The funds pay their annual expenses such as storage, insurance, and management fees to the sponsor by selling a small amount of gold; therefore, the amount of gold in each share will gradually decline over time. The annual fee charged by State Street Corporation as sponsor of SPDR Gold Shares, the largest gold-backed fund in the world, is 0.40% of the assets in the fund.[1]
In the United States, sales of a gold ETF that holds the physical commodity are treated as sales of the underlying commodity and thus are taxed at the 28% long term and 35% short term capital gains tax rate for collectibles, rather than the rates applied to stock sales.[2]
Owners of these instruments may be at risk of the failure of the trustee or custodian.[3][4]
History
The first gold exchange-traded product was Central Fund of Canada, a closed-end fund founded in 1961. It amended its articles of incorporation in 1983 to provide investors with a product for ownership of gold and silver bullion. It has been listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange since 1966 and the American Stock Exchange since 1986.[5]
The idea of a gold ETF was first conceptualized by Benchmark Asset Management Company Private Ltd in India, which filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Board of India in May 2002. In March 2007 after delays in obtaining regulatory approval.[6]
On November 18, 2004, State Street Corporation launched SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), which surpassed $1 billion in assets within its first three trading days. As of 2019[update], it was the largest gold-backed ETF in the world and it had more than $40 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in daily trading volume.[9]
In March 2020, the Royal Mint entered the Gold ETF market and listed its first financial product "The Royal Mint Physical Gold - RMAU",[citation needed] making it the first Gold ETF issued by a European Sovereign entity.[citation needed] The fund is 100% backed by physical gold bars,[citation needed] held at the Royal Mint site near Cardiff in Wales.[citation needed]
In February 2021, Wilshire Phoenix launched the wShares Enhanced Gold Trust (NYSE: WGLD) which tracks the Wilshire Gold Index, a proprietary index that uses an adaptive exposure approach to automatically rebalance physical gold and cash based on changing market conditions. WGLD seeks to outperform a stand-alone investment in gold and reduce volatility without the use of any futures, leverage, or derivatives to achieve its investment objective.[10]
^"CENTRAL FUND CLOSES APPROXIMATELY US$57 MILLION SHARE ISSUE" (PDF) (Press release). Central Fund of Canada. March 5, 2008.
^"Benchmark, UTI MF get Sebi nod for gold ETFs". The Economic Times. January 18, 2007.
^"Successful listing for Gold Bullion Limited" (PDF) (Press release). 28 March 2003.
^"Lifting the Lid on the Birth of the Gold ETF". lbma.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
^"SPDR® Gold Shares, the First US Gold-backed ETF That Changed How Investors Access Gold, Celebrates 15 Years" (Press release). State Street Corporation. November 18, 2019.
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