ETF Securities
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ETF Securities Ltd. is a company based in London, England, specialising in exchange-traded funds tracking commodities, such as petroleum and gold.
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[edit] History
In 2003 ETF Securities Ltd. and the World Gold Council launched the world's first exchange-traded commodity (ETC) and gold exchange-traded fund, Gold Bullion Securities in Australia. Gold Bullion Securities is two-thirds owned by the World Gold Council. In 2005, ETF Securities listed ETFS Brent Oil, the world's first oil ETC. In September 2006, ETF Securities launched an entire series of ETCs.
ETCs by ETF Securities can only be traded on certain stock exchanges. The current list includes stock exchanges in England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Mexico.[1]
[edit] Exchange-traded commodities
The ETCs offered by ETF Securities and its partners include: 110 ETCs covering most energy, precious metals, industrial metals and agricultural products. Baskets of commodities are offered as well as individual commodities physically backed or tracked.
- ETFS Physical Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver and PM basket (all backed by allocated metal and bar numbers published on website)
- ETFS Agriculture, Grains, Cotton, Sugar, Soybeans and so on
- ETFS Gold (LSE: BULL) tracking the DJ-AIG Gold Sub-Index. Unlike Gold Bullion Securities (ASX: GOLD), ETFS Gold is not backed by physical gold bullion.
- Brent Oil Securities (LSE: OILB and Euronext: OILB) tracking Brent Crude.
- WTI Oil Securities (LSE: OILW and Euronext: OILW) tracking West Texas Intermediate.
- ETFS Silver (LSE: SLVR) tracking the DJ-AIG Silver Sub-Index. Unlike the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV), ETFS Silver is not backed by physical silver bullion.
[edit] See also
See Platinum Investment
