|
QUICK LINKS
|
The ETFS Asian Gold Trust, ETFS White Metals Basket Trust, ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust, ETFS Gold Trust, ETFS Silver Trust, ETFS Palladium Trust and ETFS Platinum Trust are not investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act. Shares of the Trusts are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds. These investments are not suitable for all investors. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
|
|
|
About Us
ETF Securities is a provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) (ETFs, Commodity ETCs and Currency ETCs). ETF Securities is the innovator and leader in the issuance of Exchange Traded Commodity products, with the world's first listing of an ETC, Gold Bullion Securities in Australia and London in 2003 and then the world's first entire ETC platform which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2006.
ETF Securities now offers more than 200 Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). The ETPs provide investors with a wide variety of investment strategies, with ETPs offering access to asset classes such as equities, currencies and commodities with physical, long, forward, leveraged and short exposure.
ETPs are simple to access as they are traded in five currencies (EUR, USD, GBP, JPY and AUD) and listed on nine major exchanges globally including the London Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, NYSE-Euronext Paris, NYSE-Euronext Amsterdam, Deutsche Börse, Borsa Italiana, the Australian Securities Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange.
Global Partners
ETF Securities has worked with the following organisations to develop a market leading franchise:
HSBC N.A. - HSBC is one of the world's leading custodians for precious metals and precious metal products.
JP Morgan – JP Morgan is one of the world's leading custodians for precious metals and precious metal products.
Bank of New York Mellon – BNYM is one of the leading Trust administrators for precious metal products in the United States.
World Gold Council - The World Gold Council is an organization formed and funded by the world's leading gold mining companies with the aim of stimulating and maximizing the demand for, and holding of, gold by consumers, investors, industry, and the official sector.
Royal Dutch Shell - The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies, operating in more than 140 countries and territories.
History
| 2003 |
Listed world's first physical gold ETF. |
| 2005 |
Listed world's first oil ETF. |
| 2006 |
Listed world's first entire exchange traded commodity platform (ETC). |
| 2007 |
Listed world's first physical precious metals platform. |
| |
Listed world's first Forward ETC platform, providing investors the ability to invest further out the commodity futures curves. |
| 2008 |
Listed world's first 1x Short and 2x Leveraged ETC platform. |
| |
Announced world's first Shariah compliant precious metal ETC platform. |
| |
Listed on 5 major European Exchanges: London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse, Euronext Paris and Amsterdam, Borsa Italiana. |
| |
Completes acquisition of Gold Bullion Securities products on London and Australian Securities Exchanges. |
| |
Listed the world's first Carbon ETC. |
| 2009 |
Listed five physical precious metals ETCs on the Australian Securities Exchange. |
| |
ETF Securities breaks into US ETF market and establishes New York office |
| |
ETF Securities lists first physically backed product on NYSE Arca: ETFS Physical Silver Shares - SIVR |
| |
ETF Securities lists ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares on NYSE ARCA (SGOL) |
| |
ETF Securities lists Europe’s most complete platform of ETFs tracking 2x Short and 2x Leveraged Equity Indices. |
| |
ETF Securities lists world’s largest Exchange Traded Currency platform. |
| |
ETF Securities listed the world’s first *Third Generation ETF platform. |
| 2010 |
ETF Securities lists 1st physically backed Platinum and Palladium ETF on NYSE Arca: ETFS Physical Platinum Shares – PPLT and ETFS Physical Palladium Shares PALL. |
| |
Listed 10 new Euro-based Currency ETCs on Xetra. |
| |
Listed 14 Commodity Exchange Traded Funds on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| |
ETF Securities Launches New Precious Metals Basket (GLTR).
First US-Based Product to Offer Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium under a Single Ticker. |
| |
ETF Securities Launches New Physical White Metals Basket (WITE).
First US-Based Product to Offer, Silver, Platinum and Palladium under a Single Ticker. |
| 2011 |
ETF Securities Launches ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares (AGOL) is the first U.S. precious metals product to be vaulted in Asia. |
(Some of the referenced products are not available to US investors.)
Awards
| 2010 |
'Most Innovative ETF Hybrid Product Award' in Europe in 2010 - as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
'Most Innovative ETF Product Award' in Americas in 2010 with ETFS Physical Palladium Shares - as voted by the readers www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
'ETF with Most Asset Raised in Percentage (%) Terms Award' in Europe in 2010 with ETFS Short EUR v Long USD, as determined by www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
'ETP with Most Asset Raised in Percentage (%) Terms Award' in Asia-Pacific in 2010 with ETFS Physical Silver, as determined by www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
'ETP with Most Asset Raised in Percentage (%) Terms Award' in Europe in 2010 with ETFS Short EUR v Long USD, as determined by www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
'ETP with Most Asset Raised in Absolute Growth Terms Award' in Europe in 2010 with ETFS Physical Gold, as determined by www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
‘Most Innovative European ETF Provider’ in 2010, as voted by the readers of ETF Express |
| 2009 |
Most Innovative ETP Award for Europe – Exchange Traded Currencies 2009 as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
Most Assets ETP, Award for Europe – ETFS Physical Gold 2009 as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
Most Assets ETP, Award for Asia Pacific – ETFS Physical Gold 2009 as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
‘Best Currency ETF Management Company 2009’ as voted by the readers of ETF Express. |
| |
‘Most Innovative ETF Provider 2009’ as voted by the readers of ETF Express. |
| |
‘Best Commodity ETF Management Company - highly commended 2009’ as voted by the readers of ETF Express. |
| |
'Best ETF Provider – Commodities 2009’ as voted by the readers of Portfolio Institutionell/International magazine in Germany. |
| Older |
'Most Innovative ETF Hybrid Product Award for Europe 2006', 2007' & 2008' as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
| |
'Most Innovative Product 2006 & 2007' as voted by the editors of Investors Chronicle (UK) |
| |
'Most Innovative ETF 2005 - OILB' as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
Management
Graham Tuckwell - Chairman
 Graham Tuckwell is the founder and chairman of the ETF Securities group of companies. He is also the founder and chairman of Gold Bullion Securities Limited in the Channel Island of Jersey and Australia, which companies obtained the world's first listings of a commodity on a stock exchange. Previously, Graham was the founder and managing director of Investor Resources Limited, a boutique corporate advisory firm, which specialized in providing financial, technical and strategic advice to the resources industry. Prior to establishing Gold Bullion Securities Limited and Investor Resources Limited, he was Head of Mining Asia/Pacific at Salomon Brothers, Group Executive Director at Normandy Mining responsible for Strategy and Acquisitions and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Credit Suisse First Boston in Australia. Graham holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Australian National University. He is also a registered Representative of ALPS Distributors Inc.
*Third Generation ETPs
Third generation ETPs attempt to meet investor demands for increased levels of transparency, liquidity and counterparty risk management. Third Generation ETPs provide diversified index replication across a consortium of some the strongest financial players and concentrate liquidity within a single platform.
Associate Member
ETF Securities is an associate member of the following organisations:
- London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)
- London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM)
 |
London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) is the London-based trade association that represents the wholesale over-the-counter market for gold and silver in London. The ongoing work of the Association encompasses many areas, among them refining standards, good trading practices and standard documentation.
To find out more on LBMA, please click here: http://www.lbma.org.uk/
|
 |
London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM)
The London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM) was established in May 1987. It is a trade association, the purpose of which is to promote professional trading in London of both platinum and palladium.
To find out more on LPPM, please click here: http://www.lppm.org.uk/
|
ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares are issued by the ETFS Asian Gold Trust. ETFS Physical White Metals Basket Shares are issued by ETFS White Metals Basket Trust. ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares are issued by the ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust. ETFS Physical Silver Shares are issued by the ETFS Silver Trust. ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares are issued by the ETFS Gold Trust. ETFS Physical Platinum Shares are issued by the ETFS Platinum Trust. ETFS Physical Palladium Shares are issued by the ETFS Palladium Trust.
ETPs = Exchange Traded Products
Important Risks
The value of the Shares relates directly to the value of the precious metal held by the Trusts and fluctuations in the price could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. Several factors may affect the price of precious metals, including:
A change in economic conditions, such as a recession, can adversely affect the price of the precious metal held by the Trusts. Some metals are used in a wide range of industrial applications, and an economic downturn could have a negative impact on its demand and, consequently, its price and the price of the Shares;
Investors' expectations with respect to the rate of inflation;
Currency exchange rates;
Interest rates;
Investment and trading activities of hedge funds and commodity funds; and
Global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations. Should there be an increase in the level of hedge activity of the precious metal held by the Trusts or producing companies, it could cause a decline in world precious metal prices, adversely affecting the price of the Shares.
Also, should the speculative community take a negative view towards the precious metal held by the Trusts, it could cause a decline in prices, negatively impacting the price of the Shares.
There is a risk that part or all of the Trusts' physical precious metal could be lost, damaged or stolen. Failure by the Custodian or Sub-Custodian to exercise due care in the safekeeping of the precious metal held by the Trusts could result in a loss to the Trusts. Since there is no limit on the amount of platinum and palladium that the Trust may acquire, the Trust, as it grows, may have an impact on the supply and demand of platinum and palladium.
The Trusts have limited operating history.
Commodities generally are volatile and are not suitable for all investors. Trusts focusing on a single commodity generally experience greater volatility.
This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. Click here to review the prospectus.
Shares in the Trusts are not FDIC insured and may lose value and have no bank guarantee.
Investors buy and sell shares on a secondary market (i.e., not directly from Trusts). Only market makers or "authorized participants" may trade directly with the Trusts, typically in blocks of 50k to 100k shares.
Carefully consider each Trusts' investment objectives, risk factors, and fees and expenses before investing.
An investment in the trust does not constitute a direct investment in the underlying metal.
ALPS Distributors, Inc. is separate and unaffiliated to Dorsey Wright and Associates. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the marketing agent for ETFS Silver Trust, ETFS Gold Trust, ETFS Platinum Trust, ETFS Palladium Trust, ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust, ETFS White Metals Basket Trust and ETFS Asian Gold Trust.
For further discussion of the risks associated with an investment in the Trusts please read the prospectus.
|
|
QUICK LINKS
(09/14/11)
ETF Securities USA LLC (ETFS) today announced that the
total assets under management (AUM) of its U.S.-listed products is now $4.7 billion, which
represents 15% of the firm's new total of roughly $31 billion in AUM worldwide as at the end of
August 2011.
(08/11/11)
ETF Securities USA LLC (ETFS) announced today that on July 29, 2011, its physically-backed platinum ETP (PPLT) was the world's largest in terms of AUM, which stood at $802m. This represented roughly 450k ounces of platinum stored in secure vaults located in London, U.K. and Zurich, Switzerland.
(07/21/11)
ETF Securities has offered U.S. physically-backed precious metal exchange traded products (ETPs) since July 2009. In two years, the firm has grown its U.S. assets under management (AUM) to $4.2 billion as of July 19, 2011.
|
