Nornickel’s Global Palladium Fund has introduced pound sterling share classes for its four physically backed low-cost metal ETCs on London Stock Exchange.

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

Despite giving up some of its recent gains in March, the S&P GSCI rose 13.5% in Q1 2021.

WisdomTree has added new listings on LSE and Deutsche Börse for its recently launched low-cost “core” gold ETP.

Maxwell Gold, Head of Gold Strategy, State Street Global Advisors, examines the current inflation landscape and gold’s historical performance as a potential efficient diversifier during bouts of different forms of inflation.

First Trust has expanded its partnership with options specialist Cboe Vest Financial with the launch of the FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF (IGLD US) on Cboe BZX.

New York-based Wilshire Phoenix has made its ETF debut with the launch of a physical gold fund that tactically allocates to cash based on changes in prevailing equity and gold market volatility.

Investors in WisdomTree’s Gold Bullion Securities are no longer able to exchange their shares for gold bullion coins or bars issued by the Royal Mint.

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.