About Us
ETF Securities is a provider of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), Exchange Traded Currencies (ETCs) and 3rd generation Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The management of ETF Securities pioneered the development of ETCs, 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.
Partners
ETF Securities has worked with the following organisations to develop ETCs:
HSBC N.A. - HSBC is one of the world's leading custodians for precious metals and is the world's leading custodian for precious metal ETCs.
World Gold Council - The World Gold Council is an organisation formed and funded by the world's leading gold mining companies with the aim of stimulating and maximising 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.
UBS - Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS is one of the world's leading financial firms. It serves a discerning, international client base with its wealth management, investment banking and asset management businesses. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail and commercial banking. UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in over 50 countries, with about 38% of its employees working in the Americas, 34% in Switzerland, 15% in the rest of Europe and 13% in Asia Pacific. UBS employs more than 75,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) - is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 36 countries. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.
History
| 2003 |
Listed world's first gold ETC. |
| 2005 |
Listed world's first oil ETC. |
| 2006 |
Listed world's first entire ETC platform. |
| 2007 |
Listed world's first physical metal ETC platform. |
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Listed world's first Forward ETC platform, providing investors the ability to invest along the commodity futures curve. |
| 2008 |
Listed world's first Short and Leveraged ETC platform. |
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Announced world's first Shariah compliant precious metal ETC platform. |
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Listed on 5 major European Exchanges: London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse, Euronext Paris and Amsterdam, Borsa Italiana. |
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Completes acquisition of Gold Bullion Securities products on London and Australian Securities Exchanges. |
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Listed the world's first Carbon ETC. |
| 2009 |
ETFS Metal Securities Australia Ltd quoted under the AQUA rule framework. |
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Listed five physical precious metals ETCs on the Australian Securities Exchange. |
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Listed world’s largest Exchange Traded Currency platform. |
Awards
| 2010 |
'Most Innovative ETF Hybrid Product Award' in Europe in 2010 - as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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'Most Innovative ETF Product Award' in Americas in 2010 with ETFS Physical Palladium Shares - as voted by the readers www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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'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 |
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'ETP with Most Asset Raised in Percentage (%) Terms Award' in Asia-Pacific in 2010 with ETFS Physical Silver, as determined by www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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'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 |
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'ETP with Most Asset Raised in Absolute Growth Terms Award' in Europe in 2010 with ETFS Physical Gold, as determined by www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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‘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 |
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Most Assets ETP, Award for Europe – ETFS Physical Gold 2009 as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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Most Assets ETP, Award for Asia Pacific – ETFS Physical Gold 2009 as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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‘Best Currency ETF Management Company 2009’ as voted by the readers of ETF Express. |
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‘Most Innovative ETF Provider 2009’ as voted by the readers of ETF Express. |
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‘Best Commodity ETF Management Company - highly commended 2009’ as voted by the readers of ETF Express. |
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'Best ETF Provider – Commodities 2009’ as voted by the readers of Portfolio Institutionell/International magazine in Germany. |
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'Most Innovative ETF Hybrid Product Award for Europe 2006', 2007' & 2008' as voted by the readers of www.exchangetradedfunds.com |
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'Most Innovative Product 2006 & 2007' as voted by the editors of Investors Chronicle (UK) |
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'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 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 specialised 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.
Associate Member
ETF Securities is an associate member of the following organisations:
- London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)
- London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM)
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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/
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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/
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