Steve Dunn, Head of Exchange Traded Funds, Aberdeen Standard Investments met with Julie Cooling, Founder & CEO, RIA Channel to discuss the current market environment and opportunity in precious metals.
Aberdeen Standard Investments, a roughly $645 billion global asset manager, is well known for its international reach and innovative investment solutions. Aiming to deliver unique strategies and real value to its investors around the world, ASI offers access to a wide range of asset classes including: equities, multi-asset, fixed income, liquidity, sovereign wealth funds, real estate and private markets.
The firm’s precious metal ETF lineup offers low-cost exposure to gold, platinum, palladium or precious metals broadly. In today’s volatile market, Dunn believes that precious metals are a critical component of a well-balanced portfolio. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many investors are turning to gold as a defensive measure. The Aberdeen Standard Physical Gold Shares ETF (SGOL) has seen tremendous inflows over the last year, gathering $1 billion in assets since August of 2019, and currently has more than $2 billion in net assets.
As Head of Exchange Traded Funds, Dunn oversees ASI’s strategic direction and distribution strategy for ETFs. Steve also heads up national accounts and investor accounts across a broad product suite. Before joining Aberdeen, Dunn was a Director with Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management in charge of managing relationships with US ETF Strategists and overseeing the Eastern Division sales team. Prior to that, Steve was a consultant at Brandywine Global Investment Management and has also held sales and distribution strategy positions at iShares, BlackRock and Vanguard.
To learn more, register for Aberdeen’s webcast: Shine On – The Path Forward for Investing in Precious Metals
Steve Dunn, CIMA®, Head of Exchange Traded Funds, and Stan Kiang, Director of Strategic Accounts, will speak on behalf of Aberdeen Standard Investments to discuss why we believe precious metals are a critical component of a well-balanced investment portfolio. In addition to providing a market outlook, they will discuss why an allocation to metals shouldn’t reflect only a tactical reaction to market volatility spikes but can be a strategic, long-term hold.
This webcast will provide key insights and actionable strategies for diversifying with precious metals. Some of the topics that will be addressed include:
- The benefits of investing in physically-backed metals.
- How high fees can derail the goals of precious metals investors.
- The differences between investing in metals versus miners.