Deutsche Börse: Xetra-Gold Top Pick For Asset Managers - Almost Three Quarters Of All Precious Metal Portfolio Recommendations For “Xetra-Gold”

Nearly 75 percent of all investment recommendations in precious metals from banks and independent investment advisors are for “Xetra-Gold”. This was the conclusion reached by Quanvest GmbH in its assessment of investment recommendations as part of this year’s Fuchsbriefe tests. “71 percent of all portfolio recommendations for precious metal investments are for Xetra-Gold,” said Christian Libor, managing director of Quanvest.

Once a year, the publisher Fuchsbriefe along with its cooperation partners at Private Banking Prüfinstanz tests the best asset managers in German-speaking countries. Quanvest supported the analysis of securities accounts. Investment recommendations made by 100 banks and independent asset managers were examined this year. The test required investment recommendations to be based on ethical and sustainable criteria and a portion of the assets to be invested in gold.

“Right before Xetra-Gold’s third birthday, we have once again received confirmation that our product concept is just right: inexpensive, flexible and very safe,” said Martina Gruber, managing director of Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH. “We know from our customers that one reason for Xetra-Gold’s popularity is that the gold reserves are not decreased by the deduction of management fees. Xetra-Gold is “durable” in the truest sense of the word,” said Gruber.

Since its launch in Germany in December 2007, Xetra-Gold has been by far the best performing product in Deutsche Börse’s ETC segment. Xetra order book turnover from January to November 2010 totaled €2.1 billion, with a monthly average of €193.6 million. This corresponds to a 33 percent market share in Deutsche Börse’s ETC segment (179 products).

Xetra-Gold is backed 100 percent by gold. Currently, Deutsche Börse Commodities gold reserves amount to 49.9 tonnes and are valued at around €1.7 billion. Private investors can have the physical gold delivered to their own bank and receive it there personally. A total of 436 private investors have taken advantage of this opportunity since Xetra-Gold has been available.