An Exchange Traded Fund is a new investment product that EGX has made available for investors. It represents a portfolio of securities in the form of equities or fixed income or specific sectors to track the performance of an index. It offers investors an innovative way to get effective exposure to specific instruments, markets or sectors.

An index tracking an ETF is an open-end fund that is traded on EGX and its principal objective is to track, replicate or correspond to an index on equities, fixed income and even commodities. For example, an ETF tracking EGX 30 Index means that the ETF's objective is to track or replicate the performance of EGX 30 Index.

The Indicative Net Asset Value (iNAV) of the ETF is the net asset value of the Exchange traded fund throughout the trading session calculated according to the daily intraday closing values of the portfolio of the Fund's constituents divided by the number of certificates. This is calculated and updated every 15 seconds by the Fund management services company.

Like buying and selling shares, investors pay brokerage commission, trading and clearing fees.

The market price of an ETF is usually very close to the market value of the underlying securities held in the portfolio, and any net income not distributed.

ETFs are traded in the same size as shares so the minimum lot size is one unit.

Like investing in shares, you can trade ETFs actively to take short term profit opportunities, or you can hold ETFs for long term investment.

Yes, ETFs come with a prospectus and it is important for investors to carefully read the prospectus of an ETF as they read the prospectus of a mutual fund. The prospectus includes important disclosure information such as fund management, fund objectives, fund fees, fund risks etc.

Like shares, most ETFs pay dividends to their holders either quarterly or annually, but some ETFs may pay dividends at other times determined by the ETF fund manager. Investors are advised to look at the distribution policy as specified in the prospectus of the particular ETF.

ETFs can be purchased on margin after comlpiance with the specialized activities criteria as well as EGX approval, they are generally subject to the same terms as shares.

Yes, ETF units can be created and redeemed through the unique 'in-kind' creation and redemption process, which is typically done between market makers and fund managers.

ETFs are settled in the same way as shares i.e. at T+2.

The Net Asset Value or NAV is the fund's assets minus its liabilities divided by the number of outstanding shares. NAVs are calculated at the end of each trading day.
As a shareholder, if the NAV increases, it means the value of your holdings increases and vice versa.

Each ETF has a NAV that is calculated with reference to the market value of the securities held by it. However, the trading price of an ETF on EGX, like that of shares, is determined by the supply and demand of the market. The trading price of an ETF may not be equal to its NAV, and this disparity may give rise to arbitrage opportunities.
An ETF is an open-ended investment fund that permits “in-kind” creation and redemption; arbitrageurs can take advantage of any discrepancies between the price of an ETF and the NAV of its underlying basket of stocks.
When the traded price of an ETF is higher than its NAV, an arbitrageur will sell the ETF units and buy the underlying portfolio of stocks (to create new ETF units to meet his sale delivery). But when the traded price of an ETF is lower than its NAV, the arbitrageur will sell the underlying portfolio of stocks and buy ETF units (to redeem for the underlying portfolio of stocks to meet his sale delivery). Such arbitrage activities help to ensure that the traded price of an ETF will usually be very close to its NAV.