ETF Securities

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ETF Securities
Type Private Limited
Industry Investment management
Number of locations Jersey, London, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, New York, USA
Products Exchange-traded funds, Commodities, FX
Total assets US$30bn (1/04/2013)
Employees 100+ (2013)
Website www.etfsecurities.com

ETF Securities is a London-based investment firm focused on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded commodities (Commodity ETCs) and exchange-traded currencies (Currency ETCs)

History

The company listed the first exchange-traded gold product in 2003.[1] In 2008, the Company listed the first carbon ETC on the London Stock Exchange.[2] In 2013, ETF Securities started listing currency-hedged physical gold investment products on the London Stock Exchange and the Deutsche Boerse.[3]

Funds

ETF Securities has 332 Exchange Traded Products. As of 2012, it had $30 billion in assets under management.[4]

The firm offers 146 exchange-traded commodities mostly in energy, precious metals, industrial metals, and agriculture.

In September 2008, the Company launched ETF Exchange, a trading platform. The platform is now available on five European exchanges including the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Borse, Borsa Italiana, NYSE Euronext, and the ISE.

The company launched an exchange-traded currencies software platform in November 2009.

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Simon (6 August 2012) ETF Strategy – ‘European Investors pile into physically-backed gold ETFs’
  2. ↑ Wealth Adviser (30 October 2008) ‘ETF Securities to list Europe’s first carbon exchange –traded commodity product’
  3. ↑ Wilson, Claire (20 March 2013) Portfolio Adviser ‘Currency-hedged gold products launched by ETF Securities.’
  4. ↑ Smith, Simon (19 December 2012) ETF Strategy – ‘Product Innovation and commodities demand drive growth at ETF Securities’
  1. Flood, Chris (16 January 2013) FT.com - ‘ETF Securities plans 2013 expansion’
  2. Dickson, Claire (21 April 2011) Risk.net - ‘ETF Securities capitalises on commodities’
  3. Ring, Suzi (23 January 2013) ‘ETF Securities makes Swiss commodities push’
  4. Dickson, Claire (21 April 2011) Risk.net - ‘ETF Securities capitalises on commodities’
  5. Coleman, Murray (7 February 2013) Wall Street Journal - ‘Schwab Ups Stakes in Commission-Free ETF Wars’
  6. Flood, Chris (7 February) FT.com

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