Below is an article on gold ETF extracted from SGX published in 2011:
1) SPDR Gold Shares® (GLD) ETF participation has increased in August on account of the volatility that has coincided with Standard & Poor’s downgrading the credit rating of the United States to AA+ from AAA.
2) Unlike Gold Futures, the GLD ETFs do not extend leverage to the ETF buyer and sellers.
3) In Asia, the GLD ETF is cross-listed in SGX, Hong Kong and Japan. SGX maintains the largest market share of GLD with over 53% of Asia volume transacted on SGX.
4) Spread-wise, the GLD ETF has the most competitive average spread of 9.487 bps where the average spread of GLD in HK and Japan are 12 bps and 11 bps over the past one week.
SGX currently lists 84 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that cater for a number of assets, investment strategies and ......
