An overwhelming majority of institutional investors and wealth managers are optimistic about the outlook for gold and silver in 2021, according to a survey conducted by the Global Palladium Fund.

Sofia-based Expat Asset Management has launched the first ETF in Bulgaria providing exposure to gold. The Expat Gold (GLDX BU) has listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange and comes with a management fee of 1.00%.

Gold ETFs recorded global net inflows of 13.8 tonnes ($1 billion, 0.4% AUM) in January following two consecutive months of outflows in November and December, according to data from the World Gold Council.

By Fiona Boal, Head of Commodities and Real Assets at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

The headline S&P GSCI rose 4.9% in January.

As dollar weakness continues, Jeff Weniger, Head of Equity Strategy at WisdomTree makes the case for investors to position their portfolios toward commodities.

First Trust has expanded its line-up of target outcome products with the launch of the world’s first ETF offering ‘buffered’ exposure to gold.

AdvisorShares has teamed up with ThinkBetter to launch two new actively managed ETFs that deploy its proprietary quantitative ‘Q Methodology’ to guide asset allocation and manage risk.

WisdomTree has reorganized its $100 million actively managed broad commodity ETF with the fund adopting a revised investment approach.

HANetf has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management. The milestone represents a significant achievement for the London-based white-label issuer which is led by ETF veterans Hector McNeil and Nik Bienkowski.

By George Milling-Stanley, Head of Gold Strategy, SSGA.

Despite some moderation on the volatility front post-election, the new year is looking poised to serve up more uncertainty for investors.