Turning up the gas

ETCs (exchange traded commodities) have yet to enter the mindset of most investors when it comes to ...

ETCs (exchange traded commodities) have yet to enter the mindset of most investors when it comes to finding somewhere to park a portion of one's cash. Yet the ETC industry, part of the much larger ETF (exchange traded funds) universe that has been in existence in the US for 15 years (eight in the UK), has in recent months been one of the fastest-growing areas of the European asset management industry - attracting in the process a growing number of adherents looking to take advantage of the unparalleled boom (until recently at least) in commodities prices. As a stock market-listed pooled i...