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Overview

ETFs & ETCs can be bought or sold on regulated stock exchanges through ordinary brokerage accounts.
  • Minimum trade size one security/share
  • Liquidity ETCs & ETFs are open-ended, and therefore are not limited to on-exchange volumes
  • Stop orders
  • Settlement T+3 (trade date plus three business days) in CREST
  • Management fee 0.39% per annum to 0.98% (see individual product page)

How to Buy & Sell

ETCs & ETFs can be bought or sold throughout the trading day on regulated stock exchanges, and trade just like ordinary shares.

ETCs & ETFs can be traded with all the same order types as a stock, including:
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Short sell*
  • Buy on margin*
* There are special risks associated with short selling and margin investing. Please ask your financial advisor for more information about these risks.

Brokers

ETCs & ETFs are traded on regulated exchanges by a variety of professional financial firms.

Click here for a list of stockbrokers and online brokers that trade ETCs & ETFs.

If you would like your firm to be included on this list, please contact ETF Securities directly.

Market Makers

Market makers and Authorised Participants provide liquidity for ETCs & ETFs, and will execute larger orders by phone. Authorised Participants are approved by ETF Securities to create/redeem ETCs and ETFs.

The following Authorised Participants can create/redeem ETCs & ETFs:

  • Flow Traders
  • Nyenburgh
  • Susquehanna
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Barclays Capital
  • UBS
  • RBS
  • Unicredit Group
  • HSBC
  • Citigroup
  • LaBranche
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Winterflood
  • JP Morgan
  • Banca IMI
  • Societe Generale
  • Bluefin Europe LLP
  • Commerzbank
  • Saen Options BV
  • Knight Capital Europe Ltd.
  • Credit Suisse
  • KBC Peel Hunt
  • Nomura International plc
  • IMC Trading
  • Jane Street Financial
The following professional financial firms are retail service providers for ETCs:
  • Winterflood Securities
  • Capital
Institutional investors can contact ETF Securities directly for contact details.


ETFs dealing deadlines

Dealing deadlines by fund click here

Dealing calendar click here

For any additional information please contact ETF Securities by telephone at +44 20 7448 4330 or by e-mail at info@etfsecurities.com


Fees & Charges

Management fee Click here to check the management fee for a specific ETC or ETF
Brokerage charges Your broker or financial advisor will also charge you normal transaction costs (commissions) associated with the purchase or sale of ETCs or ETFs

The fees and charges listed here are the main fees investors will incur when buying/selling our products. Investors should read the relevant Prospectus to assess if any other fees are relevant for a specific product.


Exchanges

Please see product fact sheets for detailed trading information.

Currently, ETCs and/or ETFs trade on the following regulated stock exchanges around the world: