Firm Unveils Precious Metals ETF

A news release said the company is the first US ETF sponsor to provide investors with access to a suite of precious metal ETPs. Investors can now trade physically-backed gold, silver, platinum, palladium & precious metals basket ETPs from the same provider.

The objective of the ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust (GLTR) reflects the performance of the price of gold, silver, platinum and palladium, minus the trust’s expenses, the company said. The trust is open-ended and is designed for investors who want a cost-effective way to invest in all four precious metals as well as diversify their precious metal holdings. The product has an annual gross expense ratio of 0.60%.

The shares represent beneficial interest in the trust, which holds physically allocated gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion held in vaults by the Custodian (JP Morgan Chase Bank).  All physical bullion held with JP Morgan Chase Bank conforms to the London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA) and London Platinum and Palladium Market Association’s (LPPM) rules for Good Delivery. Gold and silver will be held in London and platinum and palladium will be held in London or Zurich.

According to the announcement, the five precious metal ETPs have the following key features:

• Track spot price of underlying metal less associated management fees,
• Bullion holdings audited by specialist audit firm biannually – audit reports published on the Web site www.etfsecurities.com, and 
• Bullion bar list published on Web site.