Exchange Traded Commodities (Commodity ETCs)
The ETCs offered by ETF Securities and its partners include: 146 ETCs covering most energy, precious metals, industrial metals, agricultural. Baskets of commodities are offered as well as individual commodities physically backed or tracked. Below are a few examples of ETCs offered.
1. ETFS Metal Securities Ltd and Gold Bullion Securities are issuing Physically Backed ETCs. They are designed to offer investors a way to access the precious metals market ETFS Physically backed ETCs provide access to the following precious metals: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, and Precious Metals Basket
2. ETCs issued by ETFS Oil Securities Ltd. (OSL) are designed to offer investors exposure to:
- Oil prices through different maturities and oil futures contracts
- Carbon emissions prices
3. ETCs issued by ETFS Commodity Securities Ltd. (CSL) provide investors with a wide variety of investment strategies and offer long, forward, leveraged and short exposure to all commodity sectors including Energy, Precious & Industrial Metals, Agriculture and Livestock.
4. ETCS Industrial Metal Securities Ltd offer investors exposure to physically backed Industrial Metals: Aluminium, Lead, Copper, Tin, Zinc, Nickel, and Industrial Metal basket
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