Investor’s Guide to the Exchange Traded Gold Market and Gold ETFs | The Royal Mint Physical Gold ETC (Part 5/5) | RMAU

Launched via HANetf’s unique white-label platform. The Royal Mint Responsibly Sourced Physical Gold ETC (RMAU) is the first ever exchange-traded investment product from The Royal Mint. Unlike other Gold ETCs, gold in RMAU is held in the vault of The Royal Mint as opposed to with a commercial bank. This is the first and only time in history that a sovereign mint has vaulted the assets of a European gold ETC.

The Royal Mint

A History of Trust - The Royal Mint has an unbroken history of trust and authenticity through minting British coinage dating back over 1,100 years. Based in the Tower of London for over 500 years, by 1812 The Royal Mint moved out of the Tower to premises on London’s Tower Hill. In 1967 the building of a new Royal Mint began on its current site in South Wales, UK, to accommodate the minting of UK decimal coinage.

The Royal Mint is one of the world’s oldest organisations, shaping and leading the minting industry for over 1,100 years. As key players in the bullion market, The Royal Mint provides security and quality that customers would expect when choosing to invest in bullion.

Flexibility

As the foremost producer of bullion coins and bars in the UK, The Royal Mint is able to provide storage and physical delivery of gold in amounts smaller than the standard 400 ounce LBMA London ‘Good Delivery’ bar, ensuring a level playing field for large and smaller investors.

Vaulting and Security

The Royal Mint’s 35-acre site is home to a purpose-built precious metals storage facility, the VaultTM, which is the product of over 1,100 years of experience in safeguarding the nation’s coinage and precious metals. This secure location is trusted by royalty and governments to accommodate the production of UK circulating coins and coinage for an average of 60 countries every year. The Vault is built to Federal Standard 832 Class A and is guarded by state-of-the-art security systems, advanced protocols and highly-trained security staff, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Vault offers fully allocated and insured segregated storage of gold, silver and platinum coins and bars on behalf of clients around the world.

Counter-party Risk

The Royal Mint is a privately held company where Her Majesty’s Treasury is the sole shareholder. This means that you can be assured of The Royal Mint’s independence and impartiality while being confident of its integrity and reliability.

Cost Efficiency

There is a small cost to store physical gold in The Vault, see RMAU prospectus for details. It offers one of the lowest storage costs benefiting investors in The Royal Mint Physical Gold ETC.

Responsible Sourcing

The gold bars backing RMAU are responsibly sourced from the LBMA’s Responsible Gold Sourcing Programme on a best endeavour basis. Investors are assured that the gold is extracted in a manner that does not cause, support or benefit unlawful armed conflict or contribute to serious human rights abuses or breaches of humanitarian law.

Due Diligence Checklist

		RMAU
Security	Is the ETC 100% backed by physical gold?	Yes
	Are there mechanisms in place to avoid physical gold being substituted for cash or securities within the product?	Yes
	Is the physical gold London ‘Good Delivery’ standard and verifiable against the ‘Good Delivery’ database?	Yes
	Is the gold stored in a vault that is highly secure and trusted?	Yes
	Does the custodian segregate your gold from other assets they hold?	Yes
	There should be no counter-party risk from the issuer, custodian or any other participant.	Yes
	Vault location – secure and located away from areas of high risk of terrorism, conflict or military attack	Yes
Transparency	Are bullion holdings and identifiers published and updated daily?	Yes
	Is it clear who is the issuer, trustee, custodian and liquidity providers?	Yes
	Are there any potential conflicts of interests or are counter-parties independent of each other?	Yes
	Are the fees easy to find and is it clear what their impact on the NAV is?	Yes
	Is the issuer’s account audited by an assayer who is LBMA approved?	Yes
	Does the audit process include a semi-annual vault inspection that compares the actual gold holdings to the records?	Yes
Efficiency	Is the ETC supported by a liquidity network of experienced APs and market makers?	Yes
	Is there competition for business to help arbitrage and premiums in the market and ensure the price of the ETC consistently tracks the price of gold?	Yes
	Are there multiple trading counter-parties to help lessen operational risk in the event of failure of an individual liquidity provider to participate in the market?	Yes
Quality of the physical gold holdings	Does the ETC hold only LBMA ‘Good Delivery’ bars?	Yes
	Is the physical gold held with member firms of LBMA and LPMCL?	Yes
	Is the physical gold held by a custodian in vaults that meet required standards for security and size?	Yes
	Do the issuer and counter-parties supporting the ETC have strong, proven track records?	Yes
	Do the issuer and counter-parties supporting the ETC have strong understanding of the mechanics of the gold market?	Yes
	Do the counter-parties and service providers like custodians, trustees and registrars and liquidity providers have a proven track record in gold and be independent of each other?	Yes

Product Information

Exchange	Bloomberg Ticker	RIC	ISIN	SEDOL	WKN	Currency
London Stock Exchange	RMAU	RMAU.L	XS2115336336	BKT7175	A279KU	USD
London Stock Exchange	RMAP	RMAP.L	XS2115336336	BKT7197	A279KU	GBP
Borsa Italiana	RMAU	RMAU.MI	XS2115336336	BKT71B9	A279KU	EUR
Deutsche Boerse Xetra	RM8U	RM8U.DE	XS2115336336	BKT71G4	A279KU	EUR

Visit The Royal Mint Responsibly Sourced Physical Gold ETC Fund Page to learn more about RMAU.

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