UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 001-34441

ETFS ASIAN GOLD TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


New York	26-4587209
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

c/o ETF Securities USA LLC
48 Wall Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY	10005
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(212) 918-4954

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

	Title of each class			Name of each exchange on which registered
ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares			NYSE Arca

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer 	Accelerated filer 

Non-accelerated filer 	Smaller reporting company ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Yes ☐ No ☒

Aggregate market value of the registrant’s shares outstanding held by non-affiliates of the registrant based upon the closing price of a share on June 30, 2014 as reported by the NYSE Arca, Inc. on that date: $58,171,500.

As of February 26, 2015, ETFS Asian Gold Trust has 450,000 ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains various “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements usually include the verbs, “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “understands” and other verbs suggesting uncertainty. We remind readers that forward-looking statements are merely predictions and therefore inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors and involve known and unknown risks that could cause the actual results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Trust undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Additional significant uncertainties and other factors affecting forward-looking statements are presented in the Risk Factors section herein.

TABLE OF CONTENTS



PART I	1
Item 1. Business	1
Trust Objective	1
Overview of the Gold Industry	2
Operation of the Gold Bullion Market	5
Secondary Market Trading	8
Valuation of Gold and Computation of Net Asset Value	8
Trust Expenses	9
Deposit of Gold; Issuance of Shares	9
Withdrawal of Gold and Redemption of Shares	10
Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee	10
The Sponsor	10
The Trustee	11
The Custodian	11
Inspection of Gold	12
Description of the Shares	12
Custody of the Trust’s Gold	13
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences	14
ERISA and Related Considerations	17
Item 1A. Risk Factors	18
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments	23
Item 2. Properties	23
Item 3. Legal Proceedings	23
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	23

PART II	24
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	24
Item 6. Selected Financial Data	26
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	27
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	30
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. (Unaudited)	31
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	32
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures	32
Item 9B. Other Information	32

PART III	33
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	33
Item 11. Executive Compensation	33
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	34
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	34
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services	34

PART IV	35
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	35

PART I

Item 1. Business

The purpose of the ETFS Asian Gold Trust (the “Trust”) is to own gold transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust (“Shares”). Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust. The assets of the Trust are anticipated to consist solely of gold bullion. The Trust was formed on January 10, 2011 when an initial deposit of gold was made in exchange for the issuance of 7 Baskets (a “Basket” consists of 50,000 Shares).

The sponsor of the Trust is ETF Securities USA LLC (the “Sponsor”). The trustee of the Trust is The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”) and the custodian is JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London branch (the “Custodian”).

The Trust’s Shares at redeemable value decreased from $53,444,811 at December 31, 2013 to $53,136,683 at December 31, 2014, the Trust’s fiscal year end. There was no change in the number outstanding Shares in the Trust during the year. Outstanding Shares at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014 were 450,000 Shares.

The Trust is not managed like a corporation or an active investment vehicle. The Trust has no directors, officers or employees. It does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from or to improve the losses caused by changes in the price of gold. The gold held by the Trust will only be delivered to pay the remuneration due to the Sponsor (the “Sponsor’s Fee”), distributed to Authorized Participants (defined below) in connection with the redemption of Baskets or sold (1) on an as-needed basis to pay Trust expenses not assumed by the Sponsor, (2) in the event the Trust terminates and liquidates its assets, or (3) as otherwise required by law or regulation.

The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act. The Trust does not and will not hold or trade in commodities futures contracts regulated by the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”), as administered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”). The Trust is not a commodity pool for purposes of the CEA and neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee is subject to regulation as a commodity pool operator or a commodity trading advisor in connection with the Shares. The Trust has no fixed termination date.

The Sponsor of the registrant maintains an Internet website at www.etfsecurities.com, through which the registrant’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, are made available free of charge after they have been filed or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Additional information regarding the Trust may also be found on the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.

Trust Objective

The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the expenses of the Trust’s operations. The Shares are intended to constitute a simple and cost-effective means of making an investment similar to an investment in physical gold. An investment in physical gold requires expensive and sometimes complicated arrangements in connection with the assay, transportation, warehousing and insurance of the metal. Traditionally, such expense and complications have resulted in investments in physical gold being efficient only in amounts beyond the reach of many investors.

The Shares are intended to provide institutional and retail investors with a simple and cost-efficient means, with minimal credit risk, of gaining investment benefits similar to those of holding gold bullion. The Shares offer an investment that:

•Is Easily Accessible. The Shares trade on the NYSE Arca and provide institutional and retail investors with indirect access to the gold bullion market. The Shares are bought and sold on the NYSE Arca like any other exchange-listed securities. The close of the NYSE Arca trading session is 4:00 PM New York time.

•Is Relatively Cost Effective. The Sponsor expects that, for many investors, costs associated with buying and selling the Shares in the secondary market and the payment of the Trust’s ongoing expenses will be lower than the costs associated with buying and selling gold bullion and storing and insuring gold bullion in a traditional allocated gold bullion account.

•Has Minimal Credit Risk. The Shares represent an interest in physical bullion owned by the Trust (other than an amount held in unallocated form which is not sufficient to make up a whole bar or which is held temporarily to effect a creation or redemption of Shares). Physical bullion of the Trust in the Custodian’s possession is not subject to borrowing arrangements with third parties. Other than the gold temporarily being held in an unallocated gold account with the Custodian, the physical bullion of the Trust is not subject to counterparty or credit risks. See “Risk Factors—Gold held in the Trust’s unallocated gold account and any Authorized Participant’s unallocated gold account is not segregated from the Custodian’s assets....” This contrasts with most other financial products that gain exposure to bullion through the use of derivatives that are subject to counterparty and credit risks.

Investing in the Shares does not insulate the investor from certain risks, including price volatility. See “Risk Factors.”

Overview of the Gold Industry

Market Participants

The participants in the world gold market may be classified in the following sectors: the mining and producer sector, the banking sector, the official sector, the investment sector, and the manufacturing sector. A brief description of each follows.

Mining and Producer Sector.

This group includes mining companies that specialize in gold and silver production, mining companies that produce gold as a by-product of other production (such as a copper or silver producer), scrap merchants and recyclers.

Banking Sector.

Gold bullion banks provide a variety of services to the gold market and its participants, thereby facilitating interactions between other parties. Services provided by the gold bullion banking community include traditional banking products as well as mine financing, physical gold purchases and sales, hedging and risk management, inventory management for industrial users and consumers, and gold deposit and loan instruments.

The Official Sector.

The official sector encompasses the activities of the various central banking operations of gold-holding countries. According to statistics released by the World Gold Council, central banks are estimated to hold approximately 32,000 tonnes (when used in this annual report “tonne” refers to one metric tonne, which is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms or 32,151 troy ounces) of gold reserves, or approximately 20% of existing above-ground stocks. Since September 2009, the European Central Bank and 18 other central banks have operated under the Central Bank Gold Agreement (“CBGA”). The CBGA maintains a cap on lending and derivatives activities and allows a maximum level of sales of 400 tonnes per year, with an overall total of no more than 2,000 tonnes permitted during the five-year life of the CBGA.

The Investment Sector.

This sector includes the investment and trading activities of both professional & private investors and speculators. These participants range from large hedge and mutual funds to day-traders on futures exchanges, and retail-level coin collectors.

The Manufacturing Sector.

The fabrication and manufacturing sector represents all the commercial and industrial users of gold for whom gold is a daily part of their business. The jewelry industry is a large user of gold. Other industrial users of gold include the electronics and dental industries.

World Gold Supply and Demand 2005-2014 (in tonnes)

The following table sets forth a summary of the world gold supply and demand for the last 10 years and is based on information reported by Thomson Reuters GFMS Ltd and the World Gold Council.



(tonnes)	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Gold Supply
Mine Production	2,561	2,496	2,499	2,430	2,613	2,741	2,839	2,861	3,049	3,109
Scrap	902	1,132	1,005	1,350	1,726	1,711	1,659	1,634	1,262	1,122
Net Hedging Supply	(92)	(434)	(432)	(357)	(234)	(106)	11	(40)	(39)	42
Total Supply	3,371	3,194	3,072	3,423	4,105	4,346	4,509	4,455	4,272	4,273

Gold Demand
Jewelry	2,721	2,302	2,425	2,306	1,817	2,034	2,029	1,998	2,385	2,133
Industrial Fabrication	440	471	477	464	414	469	458	415	408	389
Retail Investment in Coins & Bars	412	427	442	915	825	1,229	1,569	1,357	1,765	1,057
Net Official Sector	(663)	(365)	(484)	(235)	(34)	77	457	544	409	461
ETP Inventory Build	208	260	253	321	623	382	185	279	(880)	(152)
Exchange Inventory Build	29	32	(10)	34	39	54	(6)	(10)	(98)	1
Total Demand	3,147	3,127	3,103	3,805	3,684	4,245	4,692	4,583	3,989	3,889
Source: GFMS, Thompson Reuters

The following are some of the main characteristics of the gold market illustrated by the table:

One factor which separates gold from other precious metals is that there are large above-ground stocks which can be quickly mobilised. As a result of gold’s liquidity, gold often acts more like a currency than a commodity.

Over the past ten years, (new) mine production of gold has experienced a modest rise of about 2% per annum, increasing 2% in 2014. Of the three sources of supply, mine production accounts for nearly 70% of total supply. Recycled gold volumes have ranged from 902 tonnes to 1,726 tonnes over the past 10 years.

On the demand side, jewelry is clearly the greatest source of demand however jewelry’s contribution to demand has fallen from 87% in 2005 to 44% of demand in 2012. In 2014, jewelry demand represented 55% of total demand. Industrial demand has been relatively constant, contributing between 9% to 15% of total demand but declining the past few years to 10% of total demand in 2014 compared to 14% in 2005. Exchange traded product inventory build had seen strong growth until 2009, rising approximately three-fold between 2005 and 2009, before tapering and eventually seeing outflows in 2013 as the price of gold fell by 27% in that year. During the 2013 price crash, retail coin and bar demand rose to at a 10-year high as retail investors, especially from China, were enticed by the falling prices. Exchange traded products continued to see outflows in 2014 but the price of gold declined modestly.

Historical Chart of the Price of Gold

The price of gold is volatile and fluctuations are expected to have a direct impact on the value of the Shares. However, movements in the price of gold in the past are not a reliable indicator of future movements. Movements may be influenced by various factors, including announcements from central banks regarding a country’s reserve gold holdings, agreements among central banks, political uncertainties around the world, and economic concerns.

The following chart illustrates the movements in the price of an ounce of gold in US dollars from January 2005 to January 2015:

Operation of the Gold Bullion Market

The global trade in gold consists of Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) transactions in spot, forwards, and options and other derivatives, together with exchange-traded futures and options.

Global Over-The-Counter Market

The OTC market trades on a 24-hour per day continuous basis and accounts for most global gold trading.

Market makers, as well as others in the OTC market, trade with each other and with their clients on a principal-to-principal basis. All risks and issues of credit are between the parties directly involved in the transaction. Market makers include the market-making members of the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”), the trade association that acts as the coordinator for activities conducted on behalf of its members and other participants in the London bullion market. The fourteen market-making members of the LBMA are: Barclays Bank plc, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (London Branch), Goldman Sachs International, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, The Bank of Nova Scotia–ScotiaMocatta, Société Générale, Mitsui & Co. Precious Metals Inc, Standard Chartered Bank and UBS AG. The OTC market provides a relatively flexible market in terms of quotes, price, size, destinations for delivery and other factors. Bullion dealers customize transactions to meet clients’ requirements. The OTC market has no formal structure and no open-outcry meeting place.

The main centers of the OTC market are London, Zurich and New York. Mining companies, central banks, manufacturers of jewelry and industrial products, together with investors and speculators, tend to transact their business through one of these market centers. Centers such as Dubai and several cities in the Far East also transact substantial OTC market business, typically involving jewelry and small gold bars (1 kilogram or less) and will hedge their exposure by selling into one of these main OTC centers. Bullion dealers have offices around the world and most of the world’s major bullion dealers are either members or associate members of the LBMA. Of the fourteen market-making members of the LBMA, six offer clearing services. There are a further 62 full members, plus a number of associate members around the world. The number of LBMA market-making, clearing and full members reported in this annual report are as of the date of this annual report. These numbers may change from time to time as new members are added and existing members drop out.

In the OTC market, the standard size of gold trades between market makers ranges between 5,000 and 10,000 ounces. Bid-offer spreads are typically 50 US cents per ounce. Certain dealers are willing to offer clients competitive prices for much larger volumes, including trades over 100,000 ounces, although this will vary according to the dealer, the client and market conditions, as transaction costs in the OTC market are negotiable between the parties and therefore vary widely. Cost indicators can be obtained from various information service providers as well as dealers.

Liquidity in the OTC market can vary from time to time during the course of the 24-hour trading day. Fluctuations in liquidity are reflected in adjustments to dealing spreads—the differential between a dealer’s “buy” and “sell” prices. The period of greatest liquidity in the gold market generally occurs at the time of day when trading in the European time zones overlaps with trading in the United States, which is when OTC market trading in London, New York and other centers coincides with futures and options trading on the COMEX. This period lasts for approximately four hours each New York business day morning.

The London Bullion Market

Although the market for physical gold is distributed globally, most OTC market trades are cleared through London. In addition to coordinating market activities, the LBMA acts as the principal point of contact between the market and its regulators. A primary function of the LBMA is its involvement in the promotion of refining standards by maintenance of the “London Good Delivery Lists,” which are the lists of LBMA accredited melters and assayers of gold. The LBMA also coordinates market clearing and vaulting, promotes good trading practices and develops standard documentation.

The terms “loco London” gold and “loco Singapore” gold refer to gold physically held in London and Singapore, respectively, that meets the specifications for weight, dimensions, fineness (or purity), identifying marks (including the assay stamp of a LBMA acceptable refiner) and appearance set forth in “The Good Delivery Rules for Gold and Silver Bars” published by the LBMA. Gold bars meeting these requirements are described in this annual report from time to time as “London Good Delivery Bars.” The unit of trade in London is the troy ounce, whose gram conversion is: 1,000 grams equals 32.1507465 troy ounces and 1 troy ounce equals 31.1034768 grams. A London Good Delivery Bar is acceptable for delivery in settlement of a transaction on the OTC market. Typically referred to as 400-ounce bars, a London Good Delivery Bar must contain between 350 and 430 fine troy ounces of gold, with a minimum fineness (or purity) of 995 parts per 1,000 (99.5%), be of good appearance and be easy to handle and stack. The fine gold content of a gold bar is calculated by multiplying the gross weight of the bar (expressed in units of 0.025 troy ounces) by the fineness of the bar. A London Good Delivery Bar must also bear the stamp of one of the melters and assayers who are on the LBMA approved list. Unless otherwise specified, the gold spot price always refers to that of a London Good Delivery Bar. Business generally is conducted over the phone and through electronic dealing systems.

Twice daily during London trading hours there is a fix which provides reference gold prices for that day’s trading often referred to as the “London Fix” for gold. Many long-term contracts will be priced on the basis of either the morning (AM) or afternoon (PM) London Fix, and market participants will usually refer to one or the other of these prices when looking for a basis for valuations. The London Fix is the most widely used benchmark for daily gold prices and is quoted by various financial information sources.

Formal participation in the London Fix is traditionally limited to four members, each of which is a bullion dealer and a member of the LBMA. The chairmanship now rotates annually among the four member firms. The morning session of the London Fix starts at 10:30 AM London time and the afternoon session starts at 3:00 PM London time. The members of the London Fix are currently The Bank of Nova Scotia-ScotiaMocatta, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Société Générale and Barclays Bank plc. Any other market participant wishing to participate in the trading on the London Fix is required to do so through one of the five gold fixing members.

Orders are placed either with one of the five fixing members or with another bullion dealer who will then be in contact with a fixing member during the fixing. The fixing members net-off all orders when communicating their net interest at the fixing. The fix begins with the fixing chairman suggesting a “trying price,” reflecting the market price prevailing at the opening of the fix. This is relayed by the fixing members to their dealing rooms which have direct communication with all interested parties. Any market participant may enter the fixing process at any time, or adjust or withdraw his order. The gold price is adjusted up or down until all the buy and sell orders are matched, at which time the price is declared fixed. All fixing orders are transacted on the basis of this fixed price, which is instantly relayed to the market through various media. The London Fix is widely viewed as a full and fair representation of all market interest at the time of the fix.

The LBMA has announced that the telephonic London Fix for gold pricing conducted by the fixing members will cease to operate on March 19, 2015. The LBMA has accepted a proposal by ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) to administer a replacement gold price benchmark mechanism. Commencing on March 20, 2015, the IBA will operate an electronic, auction-based, tradable and auditable gold bullion market clearing process that will replace the London Fix for gold. the IBA’s electronic price fixing process, like the current process for the London Fix for gold, will establish and publish fixed prices for troy ounces of gold twice each London trading day at electronic auctions starting at 10:30 am London time and 3:00 pm London time.

The Singapore Bullion Market

After London and Zurich, Singapore is one of the key regional cities for physical gold trading and one of the largest gold trading centers in Asia. Singapore was traditionally linked to the consumer and jewelry markets but is slowly becoming a hub for investment trading as well. In 2010, the Singapore Mercantile Exchange launched the first locally settled Gold futures contract, and Singapore opened its first free-trade zone for the custody and storage of precious metals.

Futures Exchanges

The most significant gold futures exchanges are the COMEX and the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (“TOCOM”). The COMEX is the largest exchange in the world for trading precious metals futures and options and has been trading gold since 1974. The TOCOM has been trading gold since 1982. Trading on these exchanges is based on fixed delivery dates and transaction sizes for the futures and options contracts traded. Trading costs are negotiable. As a matter of practice, only a small percentage of the futures market turnover ever comes to physical delivery of the gold represented by the contracts traded. Both exchanges permit trading on margin. Margin trading can add to the speculative risk involved given the potential for margin calls if the price moves against the contract holder. The COMEX operates through a central clearance system. On June 6, 2003, the TOCOM adopted a similar clearance system. In each case, the exchange acts as a counterparty for each member for clearing purposes.

Other Exchanges

There are other gold exchange markets, such as the Istanbul Gold Exchange (trading gold since 1995), the Shanghai Gold Exchange (trading gold since 2002), the Hong Kong Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (trading gold since 1918).

Market Regulation

The global gold markets are overseen and regulated by both governmental and self-regulatory organizations. In addition, certain trade associations have established rules and protocols for market practices and participants. In the United Kingdom, responsibility for the regulation of the financial market participants, including the major participating members of the LBMA, falls under the authority of the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) as provided by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSM Act”). Under this act, all UK-based banks, together with other investment firms, are subject to a range of requirements, including fitness and properness, capital adequacy, liquidity, and systems and controls.

The FCA is responsible for regulating investment products, including derivatives, and those who deal in investment products. Regulation of spot, commercial forwards, and deposits of gold not covered by the FSM Act is provided for by The London Code of Conduct for Non-Investment Products, which was established by market participants in conjunction with the Bank of England.

The TOCOM has authority to perform financial and operational surveillance on its members’ trading activities, scrutinize positions held by members and large-scale customers, and monitor the price movements of futures markets by comparing them with cash and other derivative markets’ prices. To act as a Futures Commission Merchant Broker on the TOCOM, a broker must obtain a license from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the regulatory authority that oversees the operations of the TOCOM.

Secondary Market Trading

While the Trust’s investment objective is for the Shares to reflect the performance of gold bullion, less the expenses of the Trust, the Shares may trade in the secondary market on the NYSE Arca at prices that are lower or higher relative to their net asset value (the value of the Trust’s assets less its liabilities (“NAV”)) per Share. The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV per Share may be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between the NYSE Arca and the Commodity Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“COMEX”), and the London, Zurich and Singapore bullion markets. While the Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca until 4:00 PM New York time, liquidity in the global gold market will be reduced after the close of the COMEX at 1:30 PM New York time. As a result, during this time, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount, on the Shares may widen.

Valuation of Gold and Computation of Net Asset Value

On each business day, as promptly as practicable after 4:00 p.m. New York time on such day (the “Evaluation Time”), the Trustee evaluates the gold held by the Trust and determines the NAV of the Trust. For the purposes of making these calculations, a business day means any day other than a day when NYSE Arca is closed for regular trading.

At the Evaluation Time, the Trustee values the Trust’s gold on the basis of that day’s “London PM Fix” (the afternoon session of the London Fix of the price of an ounce of gold which starts at 3:00 PM London, England time and is performed in London by the five LBMA members of the London Fix). If no London PM Fix is made on such day or has not been announced by the Evaluation Time, the next most recent London Fix (AM or PM) determined prior to the Evaluation Time will be used, unless the Sponsor determines that such price is inappropriate as a basis for evaluation. In the event the Sponsor determines that the London PM Fix or such other publicly available price as the Sponsor may deem fairly represents the commercial value of the Trust’s gold is not an appropriate basis for evaluation of the Trust’s gold, it shall identify an alternative basis for such evaluation to be employed by the Trustee. Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor shall be liable to any person for the determination that the London PM Fix or such other publicly available price is not appropriate as a basis for evaluation of the Trust’s gold or for any determination as to the alternative basis for such evaluation provided that such determination is made in good faith.

Once the value of the gold has been determined, the Trustee will subtract all estimated accrued but unpaid fees (other than the fees accruing for such day on which the valuation takes place that are computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets), and other liabilities of the Trust from the total value of the gold and all other assets of the Trust (other than any amounts credited to the Trust’s reserve account, if established). The resulting figure is the adjusted net asset value (the “ANAV”) of the Trust. The ANAV of the Trust is used to compute the Sponsor’s Fee.

All fees accruing for the day on which the valuation takes place that are computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets shall be calculated using the ANAV calculated for such day on which the valuation takes place. The Trustee shall subtract from the ANAV the amount of accrued fees so computed for such day and the resulting figure is the NAV of the Trust. The Trustee also determines the NAV per Share by dividing the NAV of the Trust by the number of the Shares outstanding as of the close of trading on the NYSE Arca (which includes the net number of any Shares created or redeemed on such evaluation day).

The Trustee’s estimation of accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and liabilities is conclusive upon all persons interested in the Trust and no revision or correction in any computation made under the Trust Agreement will be required by reason of any difference in amounts estimated from those actually paid.

Trust Expenses

The Trust’s only ordinary recurring expense is expected to be the Sponsor’s Fee. In exchange for the Sponsor’s Fee, the Sponsor has agreed to assume the following administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust: the Trustee’s monthly fee and out-of-pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee and reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses under the Custody Agreements (defined below), Exchange listing fees, SEC registration fees, printing and mailing costs, audit fees and up to $100,000 per annum in legal expenses. The Sponsor also paid the costs of the Trust’s organization and the initial sale of the Shares, including the applicable SEC registration fees.

The Sponsor’s Fee accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.39% of the ANAV of the Trust and is payable monthly in arrears. The Sponsor’s Fee is paid by delivery of gold to an account maintained by the Custodian for the Sponsor on an unallocated basis.

The Trustee will, when directed by the Sponsor, and, in the absence of such direction, may, in its discretion, sell gold in such quantity and at such times as may be necessary to permit payment in cash of Trust expenses not assumed by the Sponsor. The Trustee is authorized to sell gold at such times and in the smallest amounts required to permit such payments as they become due, it being the intention to avoid or minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than gold. Accordingly, the amount of gold to be sold will vary from time to time depending on the level of the Trust’s expenses and the market price of gold. The Custodian is authorized to purchase from the Trust, at the request of the Trustee, gold needed to cover Trust expenses not assumed by the Sponsor at the price used by the Trustee to determine the value of the gold held by the Trust on the date of the sale.

Sponsor’s Fee for the year December 31, 2014 was $219,518 (December 31, 2013: $265,851; December 31, 2012: $294,126)

Deposit of Gold; Issuance of Shares

The Trust creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Baskets of 50,000 Shares. Only registered broker-dealers who have entered into written agreements with the Sponsor and the Trustee (each, an “Authorized Participant”) can deposit gold and receive Baskets of Shares in exchange. The creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined NAV of the number of Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received.

All gold bullion deposited with the Custodian or sub-custodians must be of at least a minimum fineness (or purity) of 995 parts per 1,000 (99.5%) and otherwise conform to the rules, regulations practices and customs of the LBMA, including the specifications for a London Good Delivery Bar.

Creation and redemption orders are accepted on “business days” the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading. Settlements of such orders requiring receipt or delivery, or confirmation of receipt or delivery, of gold in the United Kingdom, Singapore or another jurisdiction occur on “business days” when (1) banks in the United Kingdom, Singapore or such other jurisdiction and (2) the London or Singapore gold markets are regularly open for business. If such banks or the London or Singapore gold markets are not open for regular business for a full day, such a day will only be a “business day” for settlement purposes if the settlement procedures can be completed by the end of such day.

On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Trustee to purchase one or more Baskets. Purchase orders must be placed no later than 3:59:59 p.m. on each business day the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading. A purchase order so received is effective on the date it is received in satisfactory form by the Trustee. By placing a purchase order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deposit gold with the Trust, as described below. Prior to the delivery of Baskets for a purchase order, the Authorized Participant must also have wired to the Trustee the non-refundable transaction fee due for the purchase order (as explained under Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee below).

An Authorized Participant who places a purchase order is responsible for crediting its Authorized Participant Unallocated Account, either loco London or loco Singapore, with the required gold deposit amount by the third business day in London or Singapore following the purchase order date. Upon receipt of the gold deposit amount, the Custodian, after receiving appropriate instructions from the Authorized Participant and the Trustee, will transfer on the third business day following the purchase order date the gold deposit amount from the Authorized Participant Unallocated Account to the unallocated gold account of the Trust established with the Custodian under the Unallocated Account Agreement between the Trustee and the Custodian (the “Trust Unallocated Account”) and the Trustee will direct the Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”) to credit the number of Baskets ordered to the Authorized Participant’s DTC account. Acting on standing instructions given by the Trustee, the Custodian will transfer the gold deposit amount from the Trust Unallocated Account to the allocated gold account of the Trust established with the Custodian under the Allocated Account Agreement between the Trustee and the Custodian (the “Trust Allocated Account”), by transferring specific gold bars from its inventory to the Trust Allocated Account. The Trust’s Unallocated Account Agreement and Allocated Account Agreement are referred to collectively as the “Custody Agreements.”

Withdrawal of Gold and Redemption of Shares

The procedures by which an Authorized Participant can redeem one or more Baskets mirror the procedures for the creation of Baskets. On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Trustee to redeem one or more Baskets. Redemption orders must be placed no later than 3:59:59 p.m. on each business day the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading. A redemption order so received is effective on the date it is received in satisfactory form by the Trustee. The redemption procedures allow Authorized Participants to redeem Baskets and do not entitle an individual owner of beneficial interests in the Shares (a “Shareholder”) to redeem any Shares in an amount less than a Basket, or to redeem Baskets other than through an Authorized Participant.

By placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the Baskets to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the Trust not later than the third business day following the effective date of the redemption order. Prior to the delivery of the redemption distribution for a redemption order, the Authorized Participant must also have wired to the Trustee the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order (as explained under Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee below).

The redemption distribution from the Trust will consist of a credit to the redeeming Authorized Participant’s Authorized Participant Unallocated Account, either loco London or loco Singapore, representing the amount of the gold held by the Trust evidenced by the Shares being redeemed. Fractions of a fine ounce of gold included in the redemption distribution smaller than 0.001 of a fine ounce are disregarded. Redemption distributions are subject to the deduction of any applicable tax or other governmental charges which may be due.

Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee

To compensate the Trustee for services in processing the creation and redemption of Baskets, an Authorized Participant is required to pay a transaction fee to the Trustee of $500 per order to create or redeem Baskets. An order may include multiple Baskets. The transaction fee may be reduced, increased or otherwise changed by the Trustee with the consent of the Sponsor. The Trustee shall notify DTC of any agreement to change the transaction fee and will not implement any increase in the fee for the redemption of Baskets until 30 days after the date of the notice. The creation and redemption transaction fee payable to the Trustee is in addition to and independent of any gold loco swap cost that an Authorized Participant will be required to pay to the Custodian in connection with a loco London purchase or redemption order.

The Sponsor

The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company. The Sponsor’s office is located at Ordnance House, 31 Pier Road, St. Helier, Jersey JE4 8PW, Channel Islands. Under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the governing documents of the Sponsor, the sole member of the Sponsor, ETF Securities Limited, is not responsible for the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Sponsor solely by reason of being the sole member of the Sponsor.

The Sponsor’s Role

The Sponsor arranged for the creation of the Trust, the registration of the Shares for their public offering in the United States and the listing of the Shares on the NYSE Arca. The Sponsor has agreed to assume the following administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust: the Trustee’s monthly fee and out-of-pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee and the reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses under the Custody Agreements, Exchange listing fees, SEC registration fees, printing and mailing costs, audit fees and up to $100,000 per annum in legal expenses. The Sponsor also paid the costs of the Trust’s organization and the initial sale of the Shares, including the applicable SEC registration fees.

The Sponsor does not exercise day-to-day oversight over the Trustee or the Custodian. The Sponsor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee (i) if the Trustee ceases to meet certain objective requirements (including the requirement that it have capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $150 million), (ii) if, having received written notice of a material breach of its obligations under the Trust Agreement, the Trustee has not cured the breach within 30 days, or (iii) if the Trustee refuses to consent to the implementation of an amendment to the Trust’s initial Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. The Sponsor also has the right to replace the Trustee during the 90 days following any merger, consolidation or conversion in which the Trustee is not the surviving entity or, in its discretion, on the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Trust or on any subsequent third anniversary thereafter. The Sponsor also has the right to approve any new or additional custodian that the Trustee may wish to appoint.

The Sponsor or one of its affiliates or agents (1) develops a marketing plan for the Trust on an ongoing basis, (2) prepares marketing materials regarding the Shares, including the content of the Trust’s website and (3) executes the marketing plan for the Trust.

The Trustee

The Bank of New York Mellon, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York with trust powers (“BNYM”), serves as the Trustee. BNYM has a trust office at 2 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, New York 11217. BNYM is subject to supervision by the New York State Financial Services Department and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Information regarding creation and redemption Basket composition, NAV of the Trust, transaction fees and the names of the parties that have each executed an Authorized Participant Agreement may be obtained from BNYM. A copy of the Trust Agreement is available for inspection at BNYM’s trust office identified above. Under the Trust Agreement, the Trustee is required to have capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $150 million.

The Trustee’s Role

The Trustee is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust, including keeping the Trust’s operational records. The Trustee’s principal responsibilities include (1) transferring the Trust’s gold as needed to pay the Sponsor’s Fee in gold (gold transfers are expected to occur approximately monthly in the ordinary course), (2) valuing the Trust’s gold and calculating the NAV of the Trust and the NAV per Share, (3) receiving and processing orders from Authorized Participants to create and redeem Baskets and coordinating the processing of such orders with the Custodian and DTC, (4) selling the Trust’s gold as needed to pay any extraordinary Trust expenses that are not assumed by the Sponsor, (5) when appropriate, making distributions of cash or other property to Shareholders, and (6) receiving and reviewing reports from or on the Custodian’s custody of and transactions in the Trust’s gold. The Trustee shall, with respect to directing the Custodian, act in accordance with the instructions of the Sponsor. If the Custodian resigns, the Trustee shall appoint an additional or replacement Custodian selected by the Sponsor. The Trustee intends to regularly communicate with the Sponsor to monitor the overall performance of the Trust. The Trustee does not monitor the performance of the Custodian or other sub-custodians other than to review the reports provided by the Custodian pursuant to the Custody Agreements. The Trustee, along with the Sponsor, will liaise with the Trust’s legal, accounting and other professional service providers as needed. The Trustee will assist and support the Sponsor with the preparation of all periodic reports required to be filed with the SEC on behalf of the Trust.

The Trustee’s monthly fees and out-of-pocket expenses are paid by the Sponsor.

Affiliates of the Trustee may from time to time act as Authorized Participants or purchase or sell gold or Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.

The Custodian

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”) serves as the Custodian of the Trust’s gold. JPMorgan is a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America. JPMorgan is subject to supervision by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. JPMorgan’s London office is regulated by the FCA and is located at 25 Bank Street, London, E14 5JP, United Kingdom. JPMorgan is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. While the United Kingdom operations of the Custodian are regulated by the FCA, the custodial services provided by the Custodian and any sub-custodian, under the Custody Agreements, are presently not a regulated activity subject to the supervision and rules of the FCA.

The Custodian’s Role

The Custodian is responsible for safekeeping for the Trust gold deposited with it by Authorized Participants in connection with the creation of Baskets. The Custodian is also responsible for selecting sub-custodians, if any. The Custodian facilitates the transfer of gold in and out of the Trust through the unallocated gold accounts it will maintain for each Authorized Participant and the unallocated and allocated gold accounts it will maintain for the Trust. The Custodian holds the Trust’s Allocated gold at its Singapore vault premises. The Custodian is responsible for allocating specific bars of gold bullion to the Trust Allocated Account. The Custodian provides the Trustee with regular reports detailing the gold transfers in and out of the Trust’s unallocated and allocated gold accounts and identifying the gold bars held in the Trust’s allocated gold account.

The Custodian’s fees and expenses under the Custody Agreements are paid by the Sponsor.

The Custodian and its affiliates may from time to time act as Authorized Participants or purchase or sell gold or Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.

Inspection of Gold

Under the Custody Agreements, the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Sponsor’s auditors and inspectors may, only up to twice a year, visit the premises of the Custodian for the purpose of examining the Trust’s gold and certain related records maintained by the Custodian. The Trustee and the Sponsor have no right to visit the premises of any sub-custodian for the purposes of examining the Trust’s gold or any records maintained by the sub-custodian, and no sub-custodian is obligated to cooperate in any review the Trustee or the Sponsor may wish to conduct of the facilities, procedures, records or creditworthiness of such sub-custodian.

The Sponsor has exercised its right to visit the Custodian, in order to examine the gold and the records maintained by the Custodian. The most recent inspection was conducted by Inspectorate International Limited, a leading commodity inspection and testing company on December 31, 2014, confirmed that the Custodian’s records of gold held in the vault were accurate.

Description of the Shares

General

The Trustee is authorized under the Trust Agreement to create and issue an unlimited number of Shares. The Trustee creates Shares only in Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 50,000 Shares) and only upon the order of an Authorized Participant. The Shares represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust and have no par value. Any creation and issuance of Shares above the amount registered on the Trust’s then-current and effective registration statement with the SEC will require the registration of such additional Shares.

Description of Limited Rights

The Shares do not represent a traditional investment and you should not view them as similar to “shares” of a corporation operating a business enterprise with management and a board of directors. Shareholders do not have the statutory rights normally associated with the ownership of shares of a corporation, including, for example, the right to bring “oppression” or “derivative” actions. All Shares are of the same class with equal rights and privileges. Each Share is transferable, is fully paid and non-assessable and entitles the holder to vote on the limited matters upon which Shareholders may vote under the Trust Agreement. The Shares do not entitle their holders to any conversion or pre-emptive rights, or, except as provided below, any redemption rights or rights to distributions.

Distributions

If the Trust is terminated and liquidated, the Trustee will distribute to the Shareholders any amounts remaining after the satisfaction of all outstanding liabilities of the Trust and the establishment of such reserves for applicable taxes, other governmental charges and contingent or future liabilities as the Trustee shall determine. Shareholders of record on the record date fixed by the Trustee for a distribution will be entitled to receive their pro rata portion of any distribution.

Voting and Approvals

Under the Trust Agreement, Shareholders have no voting rights, except in limited circumstances. The Trustee may terminate the Trust upon the agreement of Shareholders owning at least 75% of the outstanding Shares. In addition, certain amendments to the Trust Agreement require advance notice to the Shareholders before the effectiveness of such amendments, but no Shareholder vote or approval is required for any amendment to the Trust Agreement.

Redemption of the Shares

The Shares may only be redeemed by or through an Authorized Participant and only in Baskets.

Book Entry Form

Individual certificates will not be issued for the Shares. Instead, one or more global certificates is deposited by the Trustee with DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. The global certificates evidence all of the Shares outstanding at any time. Under the Trust Agreement, Shareholders are limited to (1) participants in DTC such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies (DTC Participants), (2) those who maintain, either directly or indirectly, a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant (Indirect Participants), and (3) those banks, brokers, dealers, trust companies and others who hold interests in the Shares through DTC Participants or Indirect Participants. The Shares are only transferable through the book-entry system of DTC. Shareholders who are not DTC Participants may transfer their Shares through DTC by instructing the DTC Participant holding their Shares (or by instructing the Indirect Participant or other entity through which their Shares are held) to transfer the Shares. Transfers will be made in accordance with standard securities industry practice.

Custody of the Trust’s Gold

Custody of the gold bullion deposited with and held by the Trust is provided by the Custodian at its Singapore vaults, and by other sub-custodians on a temporary basis only in unallocated form. The Custodian is a market maker, clearer and approved weigher under the rules of the LBMA.

The Custodian is the custodian of the gold bullion credited to Trust Allocated Account in accordance with the Custody Agreements. The Custodian segregates the gold bullion credited to the Trust Allocated Account from any other precious metal it holds or holds for others by entering appropriate entries in its books and records. Under the Custody Agreements, the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Sponsor’s auditors and inspectors may inspect the vaults of the Custodian. See “Inspection of Gold”.

The Custodian, as instructed by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, is authorized to accept, on behalf of the Trust, deposits of gold in unallocated form. Acting on standing instructions given by the Trustee specified in the Custody Agreements, the Custodian allocates gold deposited in unallocated form with the Trust by selecting bars of gold bullion for deposit to the Trust Allocated Account. All gold bullion allocated to the Trust must conform to the rules, regulations, practices and customs of the LBMA.

The process of withdrawing gold from the Trust for a redemption of a Basket follows the same general procedure as for depositing gold with the Trust for a creation of a Basket, only in reverse. Each transfer of gold between the Trust Allocated Account and the Trust Unallocated Account connected with a creation or redemption of a Basket may result in a small amount of gold being held in the Trust Unallocated Account after the completion of the transfer. In making deposits and withdrawals between the Trust Allocated Account and the Trust Unallocated Account, the Custodian will use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the amount of gold held in the Trust Unallocated Account as of the close of each business day. See “Creations and Redemptions of Shares”.

United States Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a discussion of the material US federal income tax consequences that generally apply to the purchase, ownership and disposition of Shares by a US Shareholder (as defined below), and certain US federal income tax consequences that may apply to an investment in Shares by a Non-US Shareholder (as defined below). The discussion is based on the United States Internal Revenue code of 1986 as amended (the “Code”). The discussion below is based on the Code. United States Treasury Regulations (“Treasury Regulations”) promulgated under the Code and judicial and administrative interpretations of the Code, all as in effect on the date of this annual report and all of which are subject to change either prospectively or retroactively. The tax treatment of Shareholders may vary depending upon their own particular circumstances. Certain Shareholders (including broker-dealers, traders, banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, tax-exempt entities, Shareholders whose functional currency is not the US dollar or other investors with special circumstances) may be subject to special rules not discussed below. In addition, the following discussion applies only to investors who hold Shares as “capital assets” within the meaning of Code section 1221 and not as part of a straddle, hedging transaction or a conversion or constructive sale transaction. Moreover, the discussion below does not address the effect of any state, local or foreign tax law or any transfer tax on an owner of Shares. Purchasers of Shares are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to all federal, state, local and foreign tax law or any transfer tax considerations potentially applicable to their investment in Shares.

For purposes of this discussion, a “US Shareholder” is a Shareholder that is:

•An individual who is treated as a citizen or resident of the United States;

•A corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for US federal tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof;

•An estate, the income of which is includible in gross income for US federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or

•A trust, if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more US persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

A Shareholder that is not a US Shareholder as defined above (other than a partnership, or an entity treated as a partnership for US federal tax purposes) generally is considered a “Non-US Shareholder” for purposes of this discussion. For US federal income tax purposes, the treatment of any beneficial owner of an interest in a partnership, including any entity treated as a partnership for US federal income tax purposes, generally depends upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. Partnerships and partners in partnerships should consult their tax advisors about the US federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of Shares.

Taxation of the Trust

The Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for US federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself is not subject to US federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses “flow through” to the Shareholders, and the Trustee reports the Trust’s income, gains, losses and deductions to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) on that basis.

Taxation of US Shareholders

Shareholders generally are treated, for US federal income tax purposes, as if they directly owned a pro rata share of the underlying assets held by the Trust. Shareholders are also treated as if they directly received their respective pro rata shares of the Trust’s income, if any, and as if they directly incurred their respective pro rata shares of the Trust’s expenses. In the case of a Shareholder that purchases Shares for cash, its initial tax basis in its pro rata share of the assets held by the Trust at the time it acquires its Shares is equal to its cost of acquiring the Shares. In the case of a Shareholder that acquires its Shares as part of a creation of a Basket, the delivery of gold to the Trust in exchange for the Shares is not a taxable event to the Shareholder, and the Shareholder’s tax basis and holding period for the Shares are the same as its tax basis and holding period for the gold delivered in exchange therefore (except to the extent of any cash contributed for such Shares). For purposes of this discussion, it is assumed that all of a Shareholder’s Shares are acquired on the same date and at the same price per Share. Shareholders that hold multiple lots of Shares, or that are contemplating acquiring multiple lots of Shares, should consult their tax advisors.

When the Trust sells or transfers gold, for example to pay expenses, a Shareholder generally will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the Shareholder’s pro rata share of the amount realized by the Trust upon the sale or transfer and (2) the Shareholder’s tax basis for its pro rata share of the gold that was sold or transferred. Such gain or loss will generally be long-term or short-term capital gain or loss, depending upon whether the Shareholder has a holding period in its Shares of longer than one year. A Shareholder’s tax basis for its Shares generally will be determined by multiplying the Shareholder’s total basis for its share of all of the gold held in the Trust immediately prior to the sale, by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of gold sold, and the denominator of which is the total amount of the gold held by the Trust immediately prior to the sale. After any such sale, a Shareholder’s tax basis for its pro rata share of the gold remaining in the Trust will be equal to its tax basis for its Shares immediately prior to the sale, less the portion of such basis allocable to its share of the gold that was sold.

Upon a Shareholder’s sale of some or all of its Shares, the Shareholder will be treated as having sold a pro rata share of the gold held in the Trust at the time of the sale. Accordingly, the Shareholder generally will recognize gain or loss on the sale in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the amount realized pursuant to the sale of the Shares, and (2) the Shareholder’s tax basis for the Shares sold, as determined in the manner described in the preceding paragraph.

A redemption of some or all of a Shareholder’s Shares in exchange for the underlying gold represented by the Shares redeemed generally will not be a taxable event to the Shareholder. The Shareholder’s tax basis for the gold received in the redemption generally will be the same as the Shareholder’s tax basis for the Shares redeemed. The Shareholder’s holding period with respect to the gold received should include the period during which the Shareholder held the Shares redeemed. A subsequent sale of the gold received by the Shareholder will be a taxable event.

An Authorized Participant and other investors may be able to re-invest, on a tax-deferred basis, in-kind redemption proceeds received from exchange-traded products that are substantially similar to the Trust in the Trust’s Shares. Authorized Participants and other investors should consult their tax advisors as to whether and under what circumstances the reinvestment in the Shares of proceeds from substantially similar exchange-traded products can be accomplished on a tax-deferred basis.

Under current law, gains recognized by individuals, estates or trusts from the sale of “collectibles,” including gold bullion, held for more than one year are taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 28%, rather than the 20% rate applicable to most other long-term capital gains. For these purposes, gain recognized upon the sale of Shares held for more than one year, or attributable to the Trust’s sale of any gold bullion which the Shareholder is treated (through its ownership of Shares) as having held for more than one year, generally will be taxed at a maximum rate of 28%. The tax rates for capital gains recognized upon the sale of assets held by an individual US Shareholder for one year or less or by a corporate taxpayer are generally the same as those at which ordinary income is taxed.

In addition, for high-income individuals and certain trusts and estates, a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax is imposed on net investment income and gain. Shareholders should consult their tax advisor regarding this tax.

Brokerage Fees and Trust Expenses

Any brokerage or other transaction fee incurred by a Shareholder in purchasing Shares is treated as part of the Shareholder’s tax basis in the Shares. Similarly, any brokerage fee incurred by a Shareholder in selling Shares reduces the amount realized by the Shareholder with respect to the sale.

Shareholders will be required to recognize gain or loss on a sale of gold by the Trust (as discussed above), even though some or all of the proceeds of such sale are used by the Trustee to pay Trust expenses. Shareholders may deduct their respective pro rata shares of each expense incurred by the Trust to the same extent as if they directly incurred the expense. Shareholders who are individuals, estates or trusts, however, may be required to treat some or all of the expenses of the Trust, to the extent that such expenses may be deducted, as miscellaneous itemized deductions. Individuals may deduct certain miscellaneous itemized deductions only to the extent they exceed 2% of adjusted gross income. In addition, such deductions are subject to further limitations under applicable provisions of the Code, and are not deductible at all for alternative minimum tax purposes.

Investment by Regulated Investment Companies

Mutual funds and other investment vehicles which are “regulated investment companies” within the meaning of Code section 851 should consult with their tax advisors concerning (1) the likelihood that an investment in Shares, although they are a “security” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, may be considered an investment in the underlying gold for purposes of Code section 851(b), and (2) the extent to which an investment in Shares might nevertheless be consistent with preservation of their qualification under Code section 851.

United States Information Reporting and Backup Withholding for US and Non-US Shareholders

The Trustee or the appropriate broker will file certain information returns with the IRS, and provides certain tax-related information to Shareholders, in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations. Each Shareholder will be provided with information regarding its allocable portion of the Trust’s annual income (if any) and expenses.

A US Shareholder may be subject to US backup withholding tax in certain circumstances unless it provides its taxpayer identification number and complies with certain certification procedures. Non-US Shareholders may have to comply with certification procedures to establish that they are not US persons in order to avoid backup withholding tax.

The amount of any backup withholding will be allowed as a credit against a Shareholder’s US federal income tax liability and may entitle such a Shareholder to a refund, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.

Income Taxation of Non-US Shareholders

The Trust does not expect to generate taxable income except for gain (if any) upon the sale of gold. A Non-US Shareholder generally is not subject to US federal income tax with respect to gain recognized upon the sale or other disposition of Shares, or upon the sale of gold by the Trust, unless (1) the Non-US Shareholder is an individual and is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the sale or other disposition, and the gain is treated as being from United States sources; or (2) the gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the Non-US Shareholder of a trade or business in the United States.

Taxation in Jurisdictions other than the United States

Prospective purchasers of Shares that are based in or acting out of a jurisdiction other than the United States are advised to consult their own tax advisers as to the tax consequences, under the laws of such jurisdiction (or any other jurisdiction not being the United States to which they are subject), of their purchase, holding, sale and redemption of or any other dealing in Shares and, in particular, as to whether any value added tax, other consumption tax or transfer tax is payable in relation to such purchase, holding, sale, redemption or other dealing.

ERISA and Related Considerations

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and/or Code section 4975 impose certain requirements on certain employee benefit plans and certain other plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans, and certain commingled investment vehicles or insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans or arrangements are invested (collectively, “Plans”), and on persons who are fiduciaries with respect to the investment of “plan assets” of a Plan. Government plans and some church plans are not subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the provisions of section 4975 of the Code, but may be subject to substantially similar rules under other federal law, or under state or local law (“Other Law”).

In contemplating an investment of a portion of Plan assets in Shares, the Plan fiduciary responsible for making such investment should carefully consider, taking into account the facts and circumstances of the Plan and the “Risk Factors” discussed above and whether such investment is consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA or Other Law, including, but not limited to: (1) whether the investment is permitted under the Plan’s governing documents, (2) whether the fiduciary has the authority to make the investment, (3) whether the investment is consistent with the Plan’s funding objectives, (4) the tax effects of the investment on the Plan, and (5) whether the investment is prudent considering the factors discussed in this report. In addition, ERISA and Code Section 4975 prohibit a broad range of transactions involving assets of a plan and persons who are “parties in interest” under ERISA or “disqualified persons” under Section 4975 of the Code. A violation of these rules may result in the imposition of significant excise taxes and other liabilities. Plans subject to Other Law may be subject to similar restrictions.

It is anticipated that the Shares will constitute “publicly-held offered securities” as defined in the Department of Labor “Plan Asset Regulations,” §2510.3-101 (b)(2) as modified by section 3(42) of ERISA. Accordingly, pursuant to the Plan Asset Regulations, Shares purchased by a Plan, and not an interest in the underlying assets held in the Trust, should be treated as assets of the Plan, for purposes of applying the “fiduciary responsibility” rules of ERISA and the “prohibited transaction” rules of ERISA and the Code. Fiduciaries of plans subject to Other Law should consult legal counsel to determine whether there would be a similar result under the Other Law.

Investment by Certain Retirement Plans

Code section 408(m) provides that the acquisition of a “collectible” by an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or a participant-directed account maintained under any plan that is tax-qualified under Code section 401(a) is treated as a taxable distribution from the account to the owner of the IRA, or to the participant for whom the plan account is maintained, of an amount equal to the cost to the account of acquiring the collectible. The term “collectible” is defined to include, with certain exceptions, “any metal or gem”. The IRS has issued several private letter rulings to the effect that a purchase by an IRA, or by a participant-directed account under a Code section 401(a) plan, of publicly-traded Shares in a trust holding precious metals will not be treated as resulting in a taxable distribution to the IRA owner or plan participant under Code section 408(m). However the private letter rulings provide that, if any of the Shares so purchased are distributed from the IRA or plan account to the IRA owner or plan participant, or if any precious metal is received by such IRA or plan account upon the redemption of any of the Shares purchased by it, the Shares or precious metal so distributed will be subject to federal income tax in the year of distribution, to the extent provided under the applicable provisions of Code sections 408(d), 408(m) or 402.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should consider carefully the risks described below before making an investment decision. You should also refer to the other information included in the prospectus and this report, including the Trust’s financial statements and the related notes.

The value of the Shares relates directly to the value of the gold held by the Trust and fluctuations in the price of gold could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

The Shares are designed to mirror as closely as possible the performance of the price of gold bullion, and the value of the Shares relates directly to the value of the gold held by the Trust, less the Trust’s liabilities (including estimated accrued but unpaid expenses). The price of gold has fluctuated widely over the past several years. Several factors may affect the price of gold, including:

•Global gold supply and demand, which is influenced by such factors as forward selling by gold producers, purchases made by gold producers to unwind gold hedge positions, central bank purchases and sales, and production and cost levels in major gold-producing countries such as China, Australia, Russia and the United States;

•Investors’ expectations with respect to the rate of inflation;

•Currency exchange rates;

•Interest rates;

•Investment and trading activities of hedge funds and commodity funds; and

•Global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations.

In addition, investors should be aware that there is no assurance that gold will maintain its long-term value in terms of purchasing power in the future. In the event that the price of gold declines, the Sponsor expects the value of an investment in the Shares to decline proportionately.

The Shares may trade at a price which is at, above or below the NAV per Share and any discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV per Share may widen as a result of non-concurrent trading hours between the NYSE Arca and London, Zurich, Singapore and COMEX.

The Shares may trade at, above or below the NAV per Share. The NAV per Share fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Trust’s assets. The trading price of the Shares fluctuates in accordance with changes in the NAV per Share as well as market supply and demand. The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV per Share may be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between the NYSE Arca and the major gold markets. While the Shares trade on the NYSE Arca until 4:00 PM New York time, liquidity in the market for gold is reduced after the close of the major world gold markets, including London, Zurich, Singapore and the COMEX. As a result, during this time, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount on the Shares, may widen.

Purchasing activity in the gold market associated with the purchase of Baskets from the Trust may cause a temporary increase in the price of gold. This increase may adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

Purchasing activity associated with acquiring the gold required for deposit into the Trust in connection with the creation of Baskets may increase the market price of gold, which will result in higher prices for the Shares. Increases in the market price of gold may also occur as a result of the purchasing activity of other market participants. Other market participants may attempt to benefit from an increase in the market price of gold that may result from increased purchasing activity of gold connected with the issuance of Baskets. If the price of gold declines, the trading price of the Shares may also decline.

The Shares and their value could decrease if unanticipated operational or trading problems arise.

There may be unanticipated problems or issues with respect to the mechanics of the Trust’s operations and the trading of the Shares that could have a material adverse effect on an investment in the Shares. In addition, although the Trust is not actively “managed” by traditional methods, to the extent that unanticipated operational or trading problems or issues arise, the Sponsor’s past experience and qualifications may not be suitable for solving these problems or issues.

If the process of creation and redemption of Baskets encounters any unanticipated difficulties, the possibility for arbitrage transactions intended to keep the price of the Shares closely linked to the price of gold may not exist and, as a result, the price of the Shares may fall.

If the processes of creation and redemption of Shares (which depend on timely transfers of gold to and by the Custodian) encounter any unanticipated difficulties, including, but not limited to, the Trust’s inability in the future to obtain regulatory approvals for the offer and sale of additional Shares after the present offering is completed, potential market participants who would otherwise be willing to purchase or redeem Baskets to take advantage of any arbitrage opportunity arising from discrepancies between the price of the Shares and the price of the underlying gold may not take the risk that, as a result of those difficulties, they may not be able to realize the profit they expect. If this is the case, the liquidity of Shares may decline and the price of the Shares may fluctuate independently of the price of gold and may fall.

The liquidity of the Shares may be affected by the withdrawal from participation of one or more Authorized Participants.

In the event that one or more Authorized Participants having substantial interests in Shares or otherwise responsible for a significant portion of the Shares’ daily trading volume on the Exchange withdraw from participation, the liquidity of the Shares will likely decrease which could adversely affect the market price of the Shares and result in your incurring a loss on your investment.

Shareholders do not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the protections afforded by the Commodity Exchange Act.

The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act. Consequently, Shareholders do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies. The Trust does not and will not hold or trade in commodity futures contracts regulated by the CEA, as administered by the CFTC. Furthermore, the Trust is not a commodity pool for purposes of the CEA, and neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee is subject to regulation by the CFTC as a commodity pool operator or a commodity trading advisor in connection with the Shares. Consequently, Shareholders do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in CEA-regulated instruments or commodity pools.

The Trust may be required to terminate and liquidate at a time that is disadvantageous to Shareholders.

If the Trust is required to terminate and liquidate, such termination and liquidation could occur at a time which is disadvantageous to Shareholders, such as when gold prices are lower than the gold prices at the time when Shareholders purchased their Shares. In such a case, when the Trust’s gold is sold as part of the Trust’s liquidation, the resulting proceeds distributed to Shareholders will be less than if gold prices were higher at the time of sale. The lack of an active market for the Shares may limit the ability of Shareholders to sell the Shares.

Although Shares are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca, it cannot be assumed that an active trading market for the Shares will develop or be maintained. If an investor needs to sell Shares at a time when no active market for Shares exists, such lack of an active market will most likely adversely affect the price the investor receives for the Shares (assuming the investor is able to sell them).

Shareholders do not have the rights enjoyed by investors in certain other vehicles.

As interests in an investment trust, the Shares have none of the statutory rights normally associated with the ownership of shares of a corporation (including, for example, the right to bring “oppression” or “derivative” actions). In addition, the Shares have limited voting and distribution rights (for example, Shareholders do not have the right to elect directors and do not receive dividends).

An investment in the Shares may be adversely affected by competition from other methods of investing in gold.

The Trust competes with other financial vehicles, including traditional debt and equity securities issued by companies in the gold industry and other securities backed by or linked to gold, direct investments in gold and investment vehicles similar to the Trust. Market and financial conditions, and other conditions beyond the Sponsor’s control, may make it more attractive to invest in other financial vehicles or to invest in gold directly, which could limit the market for the Shares and reduce the liquidity of the Shares.

The price of gold may be affected by the sale of ETVs tracking gold markets.

To the extent existing exchange traded vehicles (“ETVs”) tracking gold markets represent a significant proportion of demand for physical gold bullion, large redemptions of the securities of these ETVs could negatively affect physical gold bullion prices and the price and NAV of the Shares.

Crises may motivate large-scale sales of gold which could decrease the price of gold and adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

The possibility of large-scale distress sales of gold in times of crisis may have a short-term negative impact on the price of gold and adversely affect an investment in the Shares. For example, the 2008 financial credit crisis resulted in significantly depressed prices of gold largely due to forced sales and deleveraging from institutional investors. Crises in the future may impair gold’s price performance which would, in turn, adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

Several factors may have the effect of causing a decline in the prices of gold and a corresponding decline in the price of Shares. Among them:

•A significant increase in gold hedging activity by gold producers. Should there be an increase in the level of hedge activity of gold producing companies, it could cause a decline in world gold prices, adversely affecting the price of the Shares.

•A significant change in the attitude of speculators and investors and central banks towards gold. Should the speculative community take a negative view towards gold, it could cause a decline in world gold prices, negatively impacting the price of the Shares.

•A widening of interest rate differentials between the cost of money and the cost of gold could negatively affect the price of gold which, in turn, could negatively affect the price of the Shares.

•A combination of rising money interest rates and a continuation of the current low cost of borrowing gold could improve the economics of selling gold forward. This could result in an increase in hedging by gold mining companies and short selling by speculative interests, which would negatively affect the price of gold. Under such circumstances, the price of the Shares would be similarly affected.

The Trust’s gold may be subject to loss, damage, theft or restriction on access.

There is a risk that part or all of the Trust’s gold could be lost, damaged or stolen. Access to the Trust’s gold could also be restricted by natural events (such as an earthquake) or human actions (such as a terrorist attack). Any of these events may adversely affect the operations of the Trust and, consequently, an investment in the Shares.

The Trust’s lack of insurance protection and the Shareholders’ limited rights of legal recourse against the Trust, the Trustee, the Sponsor, the Custodian, and any sub-custodian exposes the Trust and its Shareholders to the risk of loss of the Trust’s gold for which no person is liable.

The Trust does not insure its gold. The Custodian maintains insurance with regard to its business on such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate in connection with its custodial obligations and is responsible for all costs, fees and expenses arising from the insurance policy or policies. The Trust is not a beneficiary of any such insurance and does not have the ability to dictate the existence, nature or amount of coverage. Therefore, Shareholders cannot be assured that the Custodian maintains adequate insurance or any insurance with respect to the gold held by the Custodian on behalf of the Trust. In addition, the Custodian and the Trustee do not require any direct or indirect sub-custodians to be insured or bonded with respect to their custodial activities or in respect of the gold held by them on behalf of the Trust. Further, Shareholders’ recourse against the Trust, the Trustee and the Sponsor, under New York law, the Custodian, and any other sub-custodian, under English law, and any sub-custodians under the law governing their custody operations is limited. Consequently, a loss may be suffered with respect to the Trust’s gold which is not covered by insurance and for which no person is liable in damages.

The Custodian’s limited liability under the Custody Agreements and English law may impair the ability of the Trust to recover losses concerning its gold and any recovery may be limited, even in the event of fraud, to the market value of the gold at the time the fraud is discovered.

The liability of the Custodian is limited under the Custody Agreements. Under the agreements between the Trustee and the Custodian which establish the Trust’s unallocated gold account (“Unallocated Account Agreement”) and the Trust’s allocated gold account (“Allocated Account Agreement”) the Custodian is only liable for losses that are the direct result of its own negligence, fraud or willful default in the performance of its duties. Any such liability is further limited, in the case of the Allocated Account Agreement, to the market value of the gold held in the Trust’s allocated gold account (“Trust Allocated Account”) at the time such negligence, fraud or willful default is discovered by the Custodian and, in the case of the Unallocated Account Agreement, to the amount of gold credited to the Trust’s unallocated gold account (“Trust Unallocated Account”) at the time such negligence, fraud or willful default is discovered by the Custodian. Under each Authorized Participant Unallocated Bullion Account Agreement (between the Custodian and an Authorized Participant), the Custodian is not contractually or otherwise liable for any losses suffered by any Authorized Participant or Shareholder that are not the direct result of its own gross negligence, fraud or willful default in the performance of its duties under such agreement, and in no event will its liability exceed the market value of the balance in the Authorized Participant Unallocated Account at the time such gross negligence, fraud or willful default is discovered by the Custodian. For any Authorized Participant Unallocated Bullion Account Agreement between an Authorized Participant and another gold clearing bank, the liability of the gold clearing bank to the Authorized Participant may be greater or lesser than the Custodian’s liability to the Authorized Participant described in the preceding sentence, depending on the terms of the agreement. In addition, the Custodian will not be liable for any delay in performance or any non-performance of any of its obligations under the Allocated Account Agreement, the Unallocated Account Agreement or the Authorized Participant Unallocated Bullion Account Agreement by reason of any cause beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war or terrorism. As a result, the recourse of the Trustee or the investor, under English law, is limited. Furthermore, under English common law, the Custodian and any sub-custodian will not be liable for any delay in the performance or any non-performance of its custodial obligations by reason of any cause beyond its reasonable control.

The obligations of the Custodian, and any sub-custodians are governed by English law, which may frustrate the Trust in attempting to seek legal redress against the Custodian or any sub-custodian concerning its gold.

The obligations of the Custodian under the Custody Agreements are, and the Authorized Participant Unallocated Bullion Account Agreements may be, governed by English law. The Custodian may enter into arrangements with any sub-custodian for the temporary custody or holding of the Trust’s gold, which arrangements may also be governed by English law. The Trust is a New York common law trust. Any United States, New York or other court situated in the United States may have difficulty interpreting English law (which, insofar as it relates to custody arrangements, is largely derived from court rulings rather than statute), LBMA rules or the customs and practices in the London custody market. It may be difficult or impossible for the Trust to sue any sub-custodian in a United States, New York or other court situated in the United States. In addition, it may be difficult, time consuming and/or expensive for the Trust to enforce in a foreign court a judgment rendered by a United States, New York or other court situated in the United States.

Although the relationship between the Custodian and the Trust concerning the Trust’s allocated gold is expressly governed by English law, a court hearing any legal dispute concerning that arrangement may disregard that choice of law and apply Singapore law, in which case the ability of the Trust to seek legal redress against the Custodian may be frustrated.

The obligations of the Custodian with respect to the Trust’s allocated gold is expressly governed by English law. Nevertheless, a court in the United States, England or Singapore may determine that English law should not apply and, instead, apply Singapore law to that arrangement. Not only might it be difficult or impossible for a United States or English court to apply Singapore law to the custodial arrangement, but application of Singapore law may, among other things, alter the relative rights and obligations of the Custodian to the extent that a loss to the Trust’s gold may not have adequate or any legal redress. Further, the ability of the Trust to seek legal redress against the Custodian may be frustrated by application of Singapore law.

The Trust may not have adequate sources of recovery if its gold is lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed.

If the Trust’s gold is lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed under circumstances rendering a party liable to the Trust, the responsible party may not have the financial resources sufficient to satisfy the Trust’s claim. For example, as to a particular event of loss, the only source of recovery for the Trust might be limited to the Custodian or any sub-custodian or, to the extent identifiable, other responsible third parties (e.g., a thief or terrorist), any of which may not have the financial resources (including liability insurance coverage) to satisfy a valid claim of the Trust.

Shareholders and Authorized Participants lack the right under the Custody Agreements to assert claims directly against the Custodian and any sub-custodian.

Neither the Shareholders nor any Authorized Participant have a right under the Custody Agreements to assert a claim of the Trustee against the Custodian or any sub-custodian. Claims under the Custody Agreements may only be asserted by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.

The Custodian holds the gold allocated to the Trust Allocated Account and used to settle redemptions in Singapore. As a result, settlement of gold in connection with redemptions loco London may require more than three days.

The Custodian holds the gold allocated to the Trust Allocated Account and used to settle redemptions of Shares in Singapore. As a result, in the case for redemption orders electing gold deliveries to be received loco London, it may take longer than three business days (but no more than five business days) for gold to be credited to the Authorized Participant Unallocated Account maintained in London, which may result in a delay of settlement of the redemption order that is settled loco London.

Because neither the Trustee nor the Custodian oversees or monitors the activities of sub-custodians who may hold the Trust’s gold, failure by the sub-custodians to exercise due care in the safekeeping of the Trust’s gold could result in a loss to the Trust.

Under the Allocated Account Agreement, the Custodian may appoint from time to time one or more sub-custodians to hold the Trust’s gold on a temporary basis pending delivery to the Custodian. The sub-custodians which the Custodian currently uses are the Bank of England, Barclays Bank plc, Brink’s Global Services Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia-ScotiaMocatta, Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)., Malca Amit Commodities Limited and other LBMA clearing members that provide bullion vaulting and clearing services to third parties. The Custodian is required under the Allocated Account Agreement to use reasonable care in appointing the any sub-custodians, making the Custodian liable only for negligence or bad faith in the selection of such sub-custodians, and has an obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain delivery of the Trust’s gold from any sub-custodians appointed by the Custodian. Otherwise, the Custodian is not liable for the acts or omissions of its sub-custodians. These sub-custodians may in turn appoint further sub-custodians, but the Custodian is not responsible for the appointment of these further sub-custodians. The Custodian does not undertake to monitor the performance by sub-custodians of their custody functions or their selection of further sub-custodians. The Trustee does not monitor the performance of the Custodian other than to review the reports provided by the Custodian pursuant to the Custody Agreements and does not undertake to monitor the performance of any sub-custodian. Furthermore the Trustee may have no right to visit the premises of any sub-custodian for the purposes of examining the Trust’s gold or any records maintained by the sub-custodian, and no sub-custodian will be obligated to cooperate in any review the Trustee may wish to conduct of the facilities, procedures, records or creditworthiness of such sub-custodian. In addition, the ability of the Trustee to monitor the performance of the Custodian may be limited because under the Allocated Account Agreement and the Unallocated Account Agreement the Trustee has only limited rights to visit the premises of the Custodian for the purpose of examining the Trust’s gold and certain related records maintained by the Custodian.

The obligations of any sub-custodian of the Trust’s gold are not determined by contractual arrangements but by LBMA rules and London bullion market customs and practices, which may prevent the Trust’s recovery of damages for losses on its gold custodied with sub-custodians.

There are expected to be no written contractual arrangements between sub-custodians that hold the Trust’s gold and the Trustee or the Custodian because traditionally such arrangements are based on the LBMA’s rules and on the customs and practices of the London bullion market. In the event of a legal dispute with respect to or arising from such arrangements, it may be difficult to define such customs and practices. The LBMA’s rules may be subject to change outside the control of the Trust. Under English law, neither the Trustee nor the Custodian would have a supportable breach of contract claim against a sub-custodian for losses relating to the safekeeping of gold. If the Trust’s gold is lost or damaged while in the custody of a sub-custodian, the Trust may not be able to recover damages from the Custodian or the sub-custodian. Whether a sub-custodian will be liable for the failure of sub-custodians appointed by it to exercise due care in the safekeeping of the Trust’s gold will depend on the facts and circumstances of the particular situation. Shareholders cannot be assured that the Trustee will be able to recover damages from sub-custodians whether appointed by the Custodian or by another sub-custodian for any losses relating to the safekeeping of gold by such sub-custodian.

Gold bullion allocated to the Trust in connection with the creation of a Basket may not meet the London Good Delivery Standards and, if a Basket is issued against such gold, the Trust may suffer a loss.

Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian independently confirms the fineness of the gold allocated to the Trust in connection with the creation of a Basket. The gold bullion allocated to the Trust by the Custodian may be different from the reported fineness or weight required by the LBMA’s standards for gold bars delivered in settlement of a gold trade (“London Good Delivery Standards”), the standards required by the Trust. If the Trustee nevertheless issues a Basket against such gold, and if the Custodian fails to satisfy its obligation to credit the Trust the amount of any deficiency, the Trust may suffer a loss. The London Good Delivery Standards are described in “Operation of the Gold Bullion Market—The London Bullion Market

Gold held in the Trust’s unallocated gold account and any Authorized Participant’s unallocated gold account is not segregated from the Custodian’s assets. If the Custodian becomes insolvent, its assets may not be adequate to satisfy a claim by the Trust or any Authorized Participant. In addition, in the event of the Custodian’s insolvency, there may be a delay and costs incurred in identifying the bullion held in the Trust’s allocated gold account.

Gold which is part of a deposit for a purchase order or part of a redemption distribution is held for a time in the Trust Unallocated Account and, previously or subsequently in, the Authorized Participant Unallocated Account of the purchasing or redeeming Authorized Participant. During those times, the Trust and the Authorized Participant, as the case may be, have no proprietary rights to any specific bars of gold held by the Custodian and each is an unsecured creditor of the Custodian with respect to the amount of gold held in such unallocated accounts. In addition, if the Custodian fails to allocate the Trust’s gold in a timely manner, in the proper amounts or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Unallocated Account Agreement, or if a sub-custodian fails to so segregate gold held by it on behalf of the Trust, unallocated gold will not be segregated from the Custodian’s assets, and the Trust will be an unsecured creditor of the Custodian with respect to the amount so held in the event of the insolvency of the Custodian. In the event the Custodian becomes insolvent, the Custodian’s assets might not be adequate to satisfy a claim by the Trust or the Authorized Participant for the amount of gold held in their respective unallocated gold accounts.

In the case of the insolvency of the Custodian, a liquidator may seek to freeze access to the gold held in all of the accounts held by the Custodian, including the Trust Allocated Account. Although the Trust would be able to claim ownership of properly allocated gold, the Trust could incur expenses in connection with asserting such claims, and the assertion of such a claim by the liquidator could delay creations and redemptions of Baskets.

In issuing Baskets, the Trustee relies on certain information received from the Custodian which is subject to confirmation after the Trustee has relied on the information. If such information turns out to be incorrect, Baskets may be issued in exchange for an amount of gold which is more or less than the amount of gold which is required to be deposited with the Trust.

The Custodian’s definitive records are prepared after the close of its business day. However, when issuing Baskets, the Trustee relies on information reporting the amount of gold credited to the Trust’s accounts which it receives from the Custodian during the business day and which is subject to correction during the preparation of the Custodian’s definitive records after the close of business. If the information relied upon by the Trustee is incorrect, the amount of gold actually received by the Trust may be more or less than the amount required to be deposited for the issuance of Baskets.

The sale of the Trust’s gold to pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor at a time of low gold prices could adversely affect the value of the Shares.

The Trustee will sell gold held by the Trust to pay Trust expenses not assumed by the Sponsor on an as-needed basis irrespective of then-current gold prices. The Trust is not actively managed and no attempt will be made to buy or sell gold to protect against or to take advantage of fluctuations in the price of gold. Consequently, the Trust’s gold may be sold at a time when the gold price is low, resulting in a negative effect on the value of the Shares.

The value of the Shares will be adversely affected if the Trust is required to indemnify the Sponsor or the Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

Under the Trust Agreement, each of the Sponsor and the Trustee has a right to be indemnified from the Trust for any liability or expense it incurs without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part. That means the Sponsor or the Trustee may require the assets of the Trust to be sold in order to cover losses or liability suffered by it. Any sale of that kind would reduce the net asset value of the Trust and the value of the Shares.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

Not applicable.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Trust was formed on January 10, 2011 (the “Date of Inception”) following an initial deposit of gold. The Trust’s Shares have been listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol AGOL since its initial public offering on January 10, 2011. The following tables set out the range of high and low closing prices for the Shares as reported for NYSE Arca transactions for each of the quarters during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:



Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014: Quarter Ended
	High		Low
March 31, 2014	$	133.61	$	119.68
June 30, 2014	$	131.00	$	122.91
September 30, 2014	$	131.98	$	117.03
December 31, 2014	$	121.47	$	112.55

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013: Quarter Ended
	High		Low
March 31, 2013	$	168.87	$	155.16
June 30, 2013	$	159.09	$	120.50
September 30, 2013	$	140.75	$	119.30
December 31, 2013	$	133.05	$	117.27

The number of Shares of the Trust as of February 26, 2015 was 450,000.

Monthly Share Price

The following table sets forth, for each of the most recent six months, the high and low closing prices of the Shares, as reported for NYSE Arca transactions.


Month	High		Low
August 2014	$	129.15	$	126.69
September 2014	$	127.25	$	117.03
October 2014	$	121.47	$	114.37
November 2014	$	118.09	$	112.55
December 2014	$	120.74	$	115.14
January 2015	$	128.19	$	116.43

Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities

The Trust issues and redeems Shares only with Authorized Participants in exchange for gold, only in aggregations of 50,000 or integral multiples thereof. A list of current Authorized Participants is available from the Sponsor or the Trustee and is included in item 7 of this report. Although the Trust does not purchase Shares directly from its shareholders in connection with the redemption of Baskets, the Trust redeemed as follows during the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:



Month	Total number of Shares redeemed	Average ounces of gold per Share
January 2014	-	-
February 2014	-	-
March 2014	-	-
April 2014	-	-
May 2014	-	-
June 2014	-	-
July 2014	-	-
August 2014	-	-
September 2014	-	-
October 2014	-	-
November 2014	-	-
December 2014	-	-
Total	-	-


Month	Total number of Shares redeemed	Average ounces of gold per Share
January 2013	-	-
February 2013	-	-
March 2013	-	-
April 2013	-	-
May 2013	-	-
June 2013	-	-
July 2013	-	-
August 2013	-	-
September 2013	50,000	0.099
October 2013	-	-
November 2013	-	-
December 2013	-	-
Total	50,000	0.099

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following selected financial data for the reporting periods should be read in conjunction with the Trust’s financial statements and related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”



	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011*
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)
Total assets	$	53,155	$	53,463	$	71,764	$	63,475
Total (loss) / gain on gold	$	(89)	$	(11,270)	$	42	$	29
Change in net assets from operations	$	(309)	$	(11,536)	$	(252)	$	(217)
Weighted average number of Shares		450,000		485,753		453,962		412,640
Net decrease in net assets per Share	$	(0.69)	$	(23.75)	$	(0.56)	$	(0.53)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-

* For the period from January 10, 2011 to December 31, 2011

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to the financial statements included with this report. The discussion and analysis that follows may contain statements that relate to future events or future performance. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Neither the Sponsor, nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of forward-looking statements. Neither the Trust nor the Sponsor is under a duty to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform such statements to actual results or to a change in the Sponsor’s expectations or predictions.

Introduction.

The ETFS Asian Gold Trust (the “Trust”) is a trust formed under the laws of the State of New York. The Trust does not have any officers, directors, or employees, and is administered by The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”) acting as trustee pursuant to the Depositary Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) between the Trustee and ETF Securities USA LLC, the sponsor of the Trust (the “Sponsor”). The Trust issues Shares representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets. The assets of the Trust consist of gold bullion held by a custodian as an agent of the Trust and responsible only to the Trustee.

The Trust is a passive investment vehicle and the objective of the Trust is for the value of each Share to approximately reflect, at any given time, the price of the gold bullion owned by the Trust, less the Trust’s liabilities (anticipated to be principally for accrued operating expenses), divided by the number of outstanding Shares. The Trust does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the price of gold.

The Trust issues and redeems Shares only in exchange for gold, only in aggregations of 50,000 or integral multiples thereof (each, a “Basket”), and only in transactions with registered broker-dealers that have previously entered into an agreement with the Trust governing the terms and conditions of such issuance (such dealers, the “Authorized Participants”). As of the date of this annual report the Authorized Participants that have signed an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trust are Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., EWT, LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co., Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Newedge USA, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Virtu Financial BD, LLC.

Shares of the Trust trade on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “AGOL”.

Investing in the Shares does not insulate the investor from certain risks, including price volatility. The following table illustrates the movement in the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares against the corresponding gold price (per 1/10 of an oz. of gold) since inception:

NAV per Share vs. 1/10th Gold Fix from January 10, 2011 (the Date of Inception) to December 31, 2014

The divergence of the NAV per Share from the gold price over time reflects the cumulative effect of the Trust expenses that arise if an investment had been held since inception.

Critical Accounting Policy

The financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements relies on estimates and assumptions that impact the Trust’s financial position and results of operations. These estimates and assumptions affect the Trust’s application of accounting policies. Below we describe the valuation of gold bullion, a critical accounting policy that we believe is important to understanding our results of operations and financial position. In addition, please refer to Note 2 to the Financial Statements for further discussion of our accounting policies.

Valuation of Gold

Gold is held by the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Custodian”) on behalf of the Trust, at its Singapore vaulting premises. Gold is recorded at fair value. The cost of gold is determined according to the average cost method and the fair value is based on the London PM Fix. Realized gains and losses on sales of gold, or gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis using average cost.



	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
(Amounts in 000's of US$)
Investment in gold - cost	$	53,255	$	53,463	$	71,764
Unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in gold		(100)		-		10,827
Investment in gold - fair value	$	53,155	$	53,463	$	82,591

Inspection of Gold

Under the Custody Agreements, the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Sponsor’s auditors and inspectors may, only up to twice a year, visit the premises of the Custodian for the purpose of examining the Trust’s gold and certain related records maintained by the Custodian. The Trustee has no right to visit the premises of any sub-custodian for the purposes of examining the Trust’s gold or any records maintained by the sub-custodian, and no sub-custodian is obligated to cooperate in any review the Trustee may wish to conduct of the facilities, procedures, records or creditworthiness of such sub-custodian.

The Sponsor has exercised its right to visit the Custodian, in order to examine the gold and the records maintained by the Custodian. The inspection held as of December 31, 2014 by Inspectorate International Limited, a leading commodity inspection and testing company, confirmed that the Custodian’s records of gold held in the vault were accurate.

Liquidity

The Trust is not aware of any trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to its liquidity needs. In exchange for a fee, (the “Sponsor’s Fee”) the Sponsor has agreed to assume most of the expenses incurred by the Trust. As a result, the only expense of the Trust during the period covered by this report was the Sponsor’s Fee. The Trust’s only source of liquidity is its transfers and sales of gold.

The Trustee will, at the direction of the Sponsor or in its own discretion, sell the Trust’s gold as necessary to pay the Trust’s expenses not otherwise assumed by the Sponsor. The Trustee will not sell gold to pay the Sponsor’s Fee but will pay the Sponsor’s Fee through in-kind transfers of gold to the Sponsor. At December 31, 2014 and 2013 the Trust did not have any cash balances.

Review of Financial Results

Financial Highlights



	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
(Amounts in 000's of US$)
Total (loss) / gain on gold	$	(89)	$	(11,270)	$	42
Change in net assets from operations	$	(309)	$	(11,536)	$	(252)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	-	$	-	$	-

The year ended December 31, 2014

The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Trust is obtained by subtracting the Trust’s expenses and liabilities on any day from the value of the gold owned by the Trust on that day; the NAV per Share is obtained by dividing the NAV of the Trust on a given day by the number of Shares outstanding on that day. In previous years amounts were reported under non-investment company accounting, and the NAV reflected redeemable Shares at redemption value to investors.

The Trust’s NAV decreased from $53,444,811 at December 31, 2013 to $53,136,683 at December 31, 2014, a 0.58% decrease for the period. The decrease in the Trust’s NAV resulted primarily from an decrease in the price per ounce of gold, which fell 0.19% from $1,201.50 at December 31, 2013 to $1,199.25 at December 31, 2014.

There were no creations or redemptions of Shares during the year, therefore at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014, there were 450,000 outstanding Shares.

The NAV per Share decreased 0.58% from $118.77 at December 31, 2013 to $118.08 at December 31, 2014. The Trust’s NAV per Share fell slightly more than the price per ounce of gold on a percentage basis due to Sponsor’s Fee, which was $219,518 for the year, or 0.39% of the Trust’s assets on an annualized basis.

The NAV per Share of $136.80 at March 14, 2014 was the highest during the year, compared with a low of $112.51 at November 5, 2014.

There was no change in net assets arising from the change in accounting principle (refer to Note 2.1 to the financial statements) as of January 1, 2014. The decrease in net assets from operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 was $308,126, resulting from a realized gain of $11,120 on the transfer of gold to pay expenses, offset by a change in unrealized loss on investment in gold of $99,728 and Sponsor’s Fees of $219,518. Other than the Sponsor’s Fee, the Trust had no expenses during the year ended December 31, 2014.

The year ended December 31, 2013

The Trust’s NAV decreased from $82,563,795 at December 31, 2012 to $53,444,811 at December 31, 2013, a 35.27% decrease for the period. The decrease in the Trust’s NAV resulted primarily from an decrease in the price per ounce of gold, which fell 27.79% from $1,664.00 at December 31, 2012 to $1,201.50 at December 31, 2013, and an decrease in outstanding Shares, which fell from 500,000 Shares at December 31, 2012 to 450,000 Shares at December 31, 2013, a result of 50,000 Shares (1 Basket) being redeemed during the year. No Shares were created during the year.

The NAV per Share decreased 28.07% from $165.13 at December 31, 2012 to $118.77 at December 31, 2013. The Trust’s NAV per Share fell slightly more than the price per ounce of gold on a percentage basis due to Sponsor’s Fee, which was $265,851 for the year, or 0.39% of the Trust’s assets on an annualized basis.

The NAV per Share of $168.08 at January 2, 2013 was the highest during the year, compared with a low of $118.06 at June 28, 2013.

The net loss from operations for the period ended December 31, 2013 was $11,535,992, resulting from a net gain of $1,103 on the transfer of gold to pay expenses, offset by a net loss of $397,658 on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares a realized loss on gold of $10,873,586 and Sponsor’s Fee of $265,851. Other than the Sponsor’s Fee, the Trust had no expenses during the year ended December 31, 2013.

The year ended December 31, 2012

The Trust’s NAV increased from $70,585,998 at December 31, 2011 to $82,563,795 at December 31, 2012, a 16.97% increase for the period. The increase in the Trust’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase in the price per ounce of gold, which rose 5.68% from $1,574.50 at December 31, 2011 to $1,664.00 at December 31, 2012, and an increase in outstanding Shares, which rose from 450,000 Shares at December 31, 2011 to 500,000 Shares at December 31, 2012, a result of 50,000 Shares (1 Basket) being created and 0 Shares (0 Baskets) being redeemed during the year.

The NAV per Share increased 5.27% from $156.86 at December 31, 2011 to $165.13 at December 31, 2012. The Trust’s NAV per Share rose slightly less than the price per ounce of gold on a percentage basis due to Sponsor’s Fee, which was $294,126 for the year, or 0.39% of the Trust’s assets on an annualized basis.

The NAV per Share of $177.97 at October 4, 2012 was the highest during the year, compared with a low of $153.17 at May 30, 2012.

The net loss from operations for the period ended December 31, 2012 was $251,246, resulting from a net gain of $42,880 on the transfer of gold to pay expenses, offset by Sponsor’s Fee of $294,126. Other than the Sponsor’s Fee, the Trust had no expenses during the year ended December 31, 2012.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Trust Indenture does not authorize the Trustee to borrow for payment of the Trust’s ordinary expenses. The Trust does not engage in transactions in foreign currencies which could expose the Trust or holders of Shares to any foreign currency related market risk. The Trust invests in no derivative financial instruments and has no foreign operations or long-term debt instruments.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data (Unaudited)

Quarterly Income Statements


Year ended December 31, 2014
	Three months ended								Year ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)	March 31		June 30		September 30		December 31		December 31
EXPENSES
Sponsor's Fee	$	55	$	57	$	55	$	53		220
Total expenses		55		57		55		53		220

Net investment loss		(55)		(57)		(55)		(53)		(220)

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses		2		5		4		-		11
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in gold		4,012		1,029		(4,375)		(766)		(100)
Total gain / (loss) on gold		4,014		1,034		(4,371)		(766)		(89)

Change in net assets from operations	$	3,959	$	977	$	(4,426)	$	(819)		(309)

Net increase / (decrease) in net assets per Share	$	8.80	$	2.17	$	(9.84)	$	(1.82)	$	(0.69)

Weighted average number of Shares		450,000		450,000		450,000		450,000		450,000

Year ended December 31, 2013
	Three months ended								Year ended
	March 31		June 30		September 30		December 31		December 31
REVENUES
Value of gold transferred to pay expenses	$	79	$	73	$	65	$	58	$	275
Cost of gold transferred to pay expenses		(69)		(70)		(70)		(65)		(274)
Gain / (loss) on gold transferred to pay expenses		10		3		(5)		(7)		1

Loss on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares		-		-		(398)		-		(398)
Unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in gold		-		(12,576)		7,259		5,317		-
Realized loss on investment in gold		-		-		-		(10,873)		(10,873)
Total gain / (loss) on gold		10		(12,573)		6,856		(5,563)		(11,270)

EXPENSES
Sponsor's fee		78		66		66		56		266
Total expenses		78		66		66		56		266

Net (loss) / gain from operations	$	(68)	$	(12,639)	$	6,790	$	(5,619)	$	(11,536)

Net (loss) / gain per Share	$	(0.14)	$	(25.28)	$	13.76	$	(12.49)	$	(23.75)

Weighted average number of Shares		500,000		500,000		493,478		450,000		485,753

Note: Quarterly balances may not add to totals due to independent rounding.

The financial statements required by Regulation S-X, together with the report of the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm appear on pages F-1 to F-17 of this filing.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

There have been no changes in accountants and no disagreements with accountants on any matter of accounting principles or practices or financial statement disclosures during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Trust maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, and to the audit committee, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, the Sponsor conducted an evaluation of the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined under Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e). Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor concluded that, as of December 31, 2014, the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

There have been no changes in the Trust’s or Sponsor’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Trust’s recently completed fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s or Sponsor’s internal control over financial reporting.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Sponsor’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined under Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). The Trust’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

(1)pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Trust’s assets;

(2)provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that the Trust’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations; and

(3)provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Trust’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become ineffective because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor assessed the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014. In making this assessment, they used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Their assessment included an evaluation of the design of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting. Based on their assessment and those criteria, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor concluded that the Trust maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014.

Item 9B. Other Information

As a result of Christopher Foulds’s temporary incapacity as the Sponsor’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, due to illness, Joseph Roxburgh served as the Sponsor’s principal financial and accounting officer in the role of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from November 4, 2014 to February 26, 2015. On February 26, 2015 Mr. Foulds resumed his duties as the Sponsor’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The Trust has no directors or executive officers. The biographies of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Sponsor are set out below:

Graham Tuckwell – President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Tuckwell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ETF Securities USA LLC. He is also the founder and chairman of the following companies incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands: ETF Securities Limited, ETFS Management Company (Jersey) Limited and ETFS Holdings (Jersey) Limited. He is the founder and chairman of eleven other companies issuing exchange-traded products: Gold Bullion Securities Limited in Jersey, ETFS Metal Securities Australia Limited in Australia (which two companies obtained the world’s first listings of an exchange traded commodity on a stock exchange), ETFS Hedged Commodity Securities Limited, ETFS Commodity Securities Limited, ETFS Metal Securities Limited, ETFS Hedged Metal Securities Limited, ETFS Oil Securities Limited, ETFS Foreign Exchange Limited, ETFS Industrial Metal Securities Limited, ETFS Commodity Securities Australia Limited and Swiss Commodity Securities Limited. He is also a director of GO UCITS ETF Solutions plc and of its manager GO ETF Management Ltd in Ireland, a trustee of ETFS Trust in the US. Assets under management in those companies are in excess of US$15 billion. Previously, Mr. Tuckwell was the founder and managing director of Investor Resources Limited, a boutique corporate advisory firm which specialized in providing financial, technical and strategic advice to the resources industry. He has more than 20 years of corporate and investment banking experience. Prior to the above activities, Mr. Tuckwell was Head of Mining Asia/Pacific at Salomon Brothers, Group Executive Director at Normandy Mining responsible for Strategy and Acquisitions and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Credit Suisse First Boston in Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Australian National University.

Christopher Foulds – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Mr. Foulds has been the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of ETF Securities USA LLC since September 12, 2012, except for an absence due to illness from November 4, 2014 to February 26, 2015. He is also responsible for Financial Reporting and Compliance at ETF Securities Limited, the parent company of the Sponsor and is the Chief Financial Officer of ETF Securities Advisors LLC. Mr. Foulds is a Chartered Accountant and member of the ICAEW, having previously worked for and trained with Deloitte, Jersey. He has over ten years of finance experience and previously held a senior management position with Active Services (Jersey) Limited, providing start-up management and support services to the funds sector. He holds a BSc in Mathematics with Financial Management from the University of Portsmouth, England.

Joseph Roxburgh – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

As a result of the temporary incapacity of the Sponsor’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Christopher Foulds, due to illness, Joseph Roxburgh was appointed on November 4, 2014 and he served as the Sponsor’s principal financial and accounting officer in the role of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer until February 26, 2015 when Mr. Foulds resumed his duties. Since 2012, Mr. Roxburgh has served as the Chief Financial Officer of ETF Securities Limited, the Sponsor’s parent company that is based in Jersey, Channel Islands. Prior to acting as Chief Financial Officer of ETF Securities Limited, from 2006 to 2012, Mr. Roxburgh was Group Finance Director for a Jersey-based individual managing a global portfolio of commercial and financial investments. From 2004 to 2006, he was Group Finance Director and Company Secretary for Brand Advantage Group and held various roles at KPMG between 1993 and 2004. Mr Roxburgh is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (AMCT). He holds an Executive MBA from University of Bristol / Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausses and a BSc in Physics from the University of Manchester.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The Trust has no directors or executive officers. The only ordinary expense paid by the Trust is the Sponsor’s Fee.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth as of December 31, 2014 information with respect to each person known by the Trust to own directly or indirectly beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of the Trust:



Name and Address	Amount and Name of Beneficial Ownership		Percent of Class
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
270 Park Ave
New York, NY 10017		350,000		77.8%

Susquehanna International Group		39,904		8.9%
401 City Avenue
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Shares indicated as owned were reported on a Schedule 13F return filed by JPMorgan. The Trust is unable to determine whether JPMorgan is the ultimate beneficial owner of such Shares, and if JPMorgan is not the ultimate beneficial owner, who is such beneficial owner.

Security Ownership of Management

Not applicable.

Changes in Control

Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee knows of any arrangements which may subsequently result in a change in control of the Trust.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The Trust has no directors or executive officers.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Fees for services performed by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:



	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013

Audit fees	$	59,663	$	56,250
Audit related fees		15,000		2,500
	$	74,663	$	58,750

Pre-Approved Policies and Procedures

As referenced in Item 10 above, the Trust has no board of directors, and as a result, has no pre-approval policies or procedures with respect to fees paid to Deloitte & Touche LLP. Such determinations are made by the Sponsor.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

1. Financial Statements

See Index to Financial Statements on Page F-1 for a list of the financial statements being filed herein.

2. Financial Statement Schedules

Schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the information has otherwise been included.

3. Exhibits



Exhibit No.	Description
4.1	Depositary Trust Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

4.2	Form of Authorized Participant Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

4.3	Global Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

10.1	Allocated Account Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

10.2	Unallocated Account Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

10.3	Depository Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

10.4	Marketing Agent Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-168277 on January 10, 2011

23.1	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

31.1	Chief Executive Officer’s Certificate, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2	Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1	Chief Executive Officer’s Certificate, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2	Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS	XBRL Instance Document*

101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*

101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Document*

101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Document*

101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Document*

101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document*

* In accordance with Regulation S-T, the XBRL-related information in Exhibit 101 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K shall be deemed to be “furnished” and not “filed.”

ETFS ASIAN GOLD TRUST

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

INDEX



	Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-2

Statements of Assets and Liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013	F-3

Schedules of Investments at December 31, 2014 and 2013	F-4

Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012	F-5

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012	F-6

Statement of Net Assets for the year ended December 31, 2014	F-7

Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012	F-8

Financial Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2014	F-9

Notes to the Financial Statements	F-10

F-1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Sponsor, Trustee and the Shareholders of ETFS Asian Gold Trust

New York, New York

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of ETFS Asian Gold Trust (the "Trust"), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of operations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the statements of changes in shareholders’ deficit and the statements of cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2013. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ETFS Asian Gold Trust as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the results of its operations for the each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2014, and changes in its shareholder’s deficit and its cash flows and for the each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update ASU 2013-08, Financial Services – Investment Companies (Topic 946): Amendments to the Scope, Measurement and Disclosure Requirements, and as a result of the adoption determined that, as of that date, the Trust meets the characteristics of an investment company as defined in Topic 946. Accordingly, as discussed in Note 2.1 to the financial statements, the Trust has changed its method of accounting for investment in gold and changed the presentation of its financial statements.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York

March 2, 2015

F-2

ETFS ASIAN GOLD TRUST

Statements of Assets and Liabilities
At December 31, 2014 and 2013



		December 31, 2014 (1)		December 31, 2013 (4)
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)
ASSETS
Investment in gold (cost: December 31, 2014: $53,255; December 31, 2013: $53,463) (2)	$	53,155	$	53,463
Total assets		53,155		53,463

LIABILITIES
Fees payable to Sponsor		19		18
Total Liabilities		19		18

NET ASSETS	$	53,136	$	53,445

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS
Total net assets (3)	$	53,136	$	53,445

(1)Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust has adopted the provisions of Topic 946, Investment Companies, and follows specialized accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

(2)At December 31, 2014, the investment in gold is valued at fair value. At December 31, 2013 the investment in gold was valued at the lower of cost or market value. Refer to note 2.1 for a breakdown of cost and fair value of the investment in gold.

(3)Authorized share capital is unlimited and no par value per Share. Shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 were 450,000 and at December 31, 2013 were 450,000. Net asset value per Share at December 31, 2014 was $118.08 and at December 31, 2013 was $118.77.

(4)Derived from audited Statement of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2013. The amounts are those previously reported under non-investment company accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements.

F-3

ETFS ASIAN GOLD TRUST

Schedules of Investments
At December 31, 2014 and 2013



	December 31, 2014
Description	oz	Cost		Fair Value		% of Net Assets (1)
Investment in gold (in 000's of US$, except for oz and percentage data)
Gold	44,322.9	$	53,255	$	53,155	100.04%
Total investment in gold	44,322.9	$	53,255	$	53,155	100.04%


	December 31, 2013
Description	oz	Cost		Fair Value		% of Net Assets (2)
Investment in gold (in 000's of US$, except for oz and percentage data)
Gold	44,496.4	$	53,463	$	53,463	100.03%
Total investment in gold	44,496.4	$	53,463	$	53,463	100.03%

(1)Calculated as investment in gold at fair value divided by net assets, as at December 31, 2014, investment in gold is recorded at fair value. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

(2)Calculated as investment in gold at cost divided by net assets, as at December 31, 2013, investment in gold was recorded at the lower of cost or market value. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements.

F-4

ETFS ASIAN GOLD TRUST

Statements of Operations
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012



	Year		Year		Year
	Ended		Ended		Ended
	December 31, 2014 (1)		December 31, 2013 (2)		December 31, 2012 (2)
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)
EXPENSES
Sponsor's Fee	$	220	$	266	$	294
Total expenses		220		266		294

Net investment loss		(220)		(266)		(294)

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses		11		1		42
Realized loss on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares		-		(398)		-
Change in unrealized loss on investment in gold		(100)		-		-
Realized loss on investment in gold		-		(10,873)		-
Total (loss) / gain on gold		(89)		(11,270)		42

Change in net assets from operations	$	(309)	$	(11,536)	$	(252)

Net decrease in net assets per Share	$	(0.69)	$	(23.75)	$	(0.56)

Weighted average number of Shares		450,000		485,753		453,962

(1)Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust has adopted the provisions of Topic 946, Investment Companies, and follows specialized accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

(2)Amounts are those previously reported under non-investment company accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements.

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Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012



	Year		Year
	Ended		Ended
	December 31, 2013 (1)		December 31, 2012 (1)
(Amounts in 000's of US$)
INCREASE IN CASH FROM OPERATIONS:
Cash proceeds received from transfer of gold	$	-	$	-
Cash expenses paid		-		-
Increase in cash resulting from operations		-		-

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		-		-
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	-	$	-

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Value of gold received for creation of Shares	$	-	$	8,537

Value of gold distributed for redemption of Shares - at cost	$	7,154	$	-

RECONCILIATION OF CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Change in net assets from operations	$	(11,536)	$	(252)
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
Decrease / (increase) in investment in gold		18,301		(8,289)
(Decrease) / increase in fees payable to Sponsor		(9)		4
Increase / (decrease) in redeemable Shares:
Creations		-		8,537
Redemptions		(6,756)		-
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	-	$	-

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH ACTIVITIES:
Value of gold transferred to pay expenses	$	275	$	290

(1)

In accordance with Topic 946, Investment Companies, the Trust meets the exemption criteria to exclude a statement of cash flows. Thus one has not been presented for the year ended December 31, 2014. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the year ended December 31, 2014



	Year ended December 31, 2014 (1)
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share data)	Shares	Amount
Opening balance at January 1, 2014	450,000	$	53,445
Effect of adoption of new accounting principle (see Note 2.1)			-
Net investment loss			(220)
Realized gain on investment in gold			11
Change in unrealized gain on investment in gold			(100)
Creations	-		-
Redemptions	-		-
Closing balance at December 31, 2014	450,000	$	53,136

(1)

Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust has adopted the provisions of Topic 946, Investment Companies, and follows specialized accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit
For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012



	Year		Year
	Ended		Ended
	December 31, 2013 (1)		December 31, 2012 (1)
(Amounts in 000's of US$)
Shareholders' deficit - opening balance	$	(10,827)	$	(7,134)
Net loss for the year		(11,536)		(252)
Adjustment of redeemable Shares to redemption value		22,363		(3,441)
Shareholders' deficit - closing balance	$	-	$	(10,827)

(1)

Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust has adopted the provisions of Topic 946, Investment Companies, and follows specialized accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Financial Highlights
For the year ended December 31, 2014



	Year
	Ended
	December 31, 2014 (1)
Per Share Performance (for a Share outstanding throughout the entire period)

Net asset value per Share at beginning of year		118.77
Income from investment operations:
Net investment loss		(0.49)
Total realized and unrealized gains or losses on investment in gold		(0.20)
Change in net assets from operations		(0.69)

Net asset value per Share at end of year		118.08

Weighted average number of Shares		450,000

Expense Ratio
Sponsor's Fee per Share		0.39%

Net Investment Loss Ratio
Net investment loss ratio		(0.39)%

Total Return		(0.58)%

(1)

Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust has adopted the provisions of Topic 946, Investment Companies, and follows specialized accounting. Refer to Note 2.1 for additional information.

See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Organization

The ETFS Asian Gold Trust (the “Trust”) is an investment trust formed on January 10, 2011, under New York law pursuant to a depositary trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) executed by ETF Securities USA LLC (the “Sponsor”) and the Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”) at the time of the Trust’s organization. The Trust holds gold bullion and issues ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares (the “Shares”) (in minimum blocks of 50,000 Shares, referred to as “Baskets”) in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemption of Baskets. Shares represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust which are issued by the Trust. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETF Securities Limited, a Jersey, Channel Islands based company. The Trust is governed by the Trust Agreement.

The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold, less the Trust’s expenses and liabilities. The Trust is designed to provide an individual owner of beneficial interests in the Shares (a “Shareholder”) an opportunity to participate in the gold market through an investment in securities.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires those responsible for preparing financial statements to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust.

2.1. Basis of Accounting

Since the Trust’s inception, the Sponsor determined that the Trust was not an investment company within the scope of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Codification of Accounting Standards, Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies (“Topic 946”). Consequently, the Trust did not prepare its financial statements applying standards applicable to investment companies in accordance with Topic 946, including recording its investment in gold at “fair value” as defined in Topic 946. Instead, the Trust recorded its investment in gold at the lower of cost or fair value in accordance with ASC 330, Inventory and ASC 270, Interim Reporting.

Following the release of FASB Accounting Standards Update ASU 2013-08, Financial Services—Investments Companies (Topic 946): Amendments to the Scope, Measurement and Disclosure Requirements, the Sponsor has re-evaluated whether the Trust falls within scope and has concluded that for reporting purposes, the Trust is classified as an investment company effective January 1, 2014. The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act.

As a result of the change in the evaluation of investment company status, the Trust must, from January 1, 2014, present its investment in gold at “fair value” as defined in Topic 946.

The adoption of Topic 946 accounting changed the presentation of the Trust’s financial statements prospectively from January 1, 2014 (the date of the adoption), the most significant aspects of which are as follows:

	1.	Presentation of prior year information has been conformed to the current year accounting standards in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations. A Statement of Changes in Net Assets is required and has been presented for the year ended December 31, 2014.
	2.	A Schedule of Investments is required as of December 31, 2014. The Schedule has also been included as of December 31, 2013, for comparative presentation.
	3.	Financial Highlights are required for year ended December 31, 2014.
	4.	As the Trust meets the exemption criteria under Topic 946, a cash flow statement is not required for the year ended December 31, 2014. Since the adoption of the new accounting principle is prospective, the prior years’ statements of cash flows are still presented.
	5.	Required disclosures under Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements, have been included in the footnotes to the financial statements as of December 31, 2014. December 31, 2013 disclosures have also been included for comparative purposes.

The quantitative effect of the adoption of investment company accounting is presented below:



	Value at				Gain / (loss)
	December 31, 2013		Value at		as a result of
	at lower of cost		January 1, 2014		change in
(Amounts in 000's of US$)	or market value		at fair value		accounting principle
Investment in gold	$	53,463	$	53,463	$	-

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

2.2. Valuation of Gold

The Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820"). ASC 820 provides guidance for determining fair value and requires disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Gold is held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Custodian”), on behalf of the Trust, at its Singapore vaulting premises and is recorded at fair value. The cost of gold is determined according to the average cost method and the fair value is based on the London PM Fix. Realized gains and losses on transfers of gold, or gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis using cost. The London PM Fix price for gold is set using the afternoon session of the twice daily fix of the price of gold by five market making members of the London Bullion Market Association at approximately 3:00 PM London time, on each working day.

Once the value of gold has been determined, the net asset value (the “NAV”) is computed by the Trustee by deducting all accrued fees and other liabilities of the Trust, including the remuneration due to the Sponsor (the “Sponsor’s Fee”), from the fair value of the gold and all other assets held by the Trust. The table below summarizes the unrealized gains or losses on the Trust’s gold holdings as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:



(Amounts in 000's of US$)	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Investment in gold - cost	$	53,255	$	53,463
Unrealized loss on investment in gold		(100)		-
Investment in gold - fair value	$	53,155	$	53,463

Effective January 1, 2014, the Trust records its investment in gold at fair value and recognizes changes in fair value of the investment in gold as change in unrealized gain / loss on investment in gold in the Statement of Operations.

Prior to 2014, the Trust recognized the movements in value of the investment in gold arising from market declines on an interim basis. Increases in the value of the investment in gold through market price recoveries in later interim periods of the same fiscal year were recognized in the later interim period. Increases in value recognized on an interim basis were not permitted to exceed the previously recognized diminution in value. Unrealized losses at December 31, 2013 were crystallized as realized losses, and the average cost of gold was written down to market value.

The per Share amount of gold exchanged for a purchase or redemption is calculated daily by the Trustee, using the London PM Fix to calculate the gold amount in respect of any liabilities for which covering gold sales have not yet been made, and represents the per Share amount of gold held by the Trust, after giving effect to its liabilities, to cover expenses and liabilities and any losses that may have occurred.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

2.2. Valuation of Gold (continued)

Fair Value Hierarchy

Inputs

Generally accepted accounting principles establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:

–	Level 1.	Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the company has the ability to access.
–	Level 2.	Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments and similar data.
–	Level 3.	Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.

To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The investment in gold is classified as a level 2 asset, as the Trust’s investment in gold is calculated using third party pricing sources supported by observable, verifiable inputs.

The categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown below:



(Amounts in 000's of US$)	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013

Level 2
Investment in gold	$	53,155	$	53,463

There were no re-allocations or transfers between levels during the period.

2.3. Gold Receivable and Payable

Gold receivable or payable represents the quantity of gold covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of Shares respectively, where the gold has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account. Generally, ownership of the gold is transferred within three days of trade date. There was no gold receivable or payable at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

2.4. Creations and Redemptions of Shares

The Trust expects to create and redeem Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 50,000 Shares). The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to Authorized Participants on an ongoing basis. Individual investors cannot purchase or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust. An Authorized Participant is a person who (1) is a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant such as a bank or other financial institution which is not required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions, (2) is a participant in The Depository Trust Company, (3) has entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trustee and the Sponsor, and (4) has established an Authorized Participant Unallocated Account with the Trust’s Custodian or other gold bullion clearing bank. An Authorized Participant Agreement is an agreement entered into by each Authorized Participant, the Sponsor and the Trustee which provides the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of the gold and any cash required for such creations and redemptions. An Authorized Participant Unallocated Account is an unallocated gold account, either loco London or loco Singapore, established with the Custodian or a gold bullion clearing bank by an Authorized Participant.

The creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined NAV of the number of Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received.

Authorized Participants may, on any business day, place an order with the Trustee to create or redeem one or more Baskets. The typical settlement period for Shares is three business days. In the event of a trade date at period end, where a settlement is pending, a respective account receivable and/or payable will be recorded. When gold is exchanged in settlement of redemption, it is considered a sale of gold for financial statement purposes.

The amount of bullion represented by the Baskets created or redeemed can only be settled to the nearest 1/1000th of an ounce. As a result, the value attributed to the creation or redemption of Shares may differ from the value of bullion to be delivered or distributed by the Trust. In order to ensure that the correct metal is available at all times to back the Shares, the Sponsor accepts an adjustment to its management fees in the event of any shortfall or excess. For each transaction, this amount is not more than 1/1000th of an ounce.

As the Shares of the Trusts are subject to redemption at the option of Authorized Participants, the Trust has classified the Outstanding Shares as Redeemable Capital Shares as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and as Net Assets as of December 31, 2014. The Trust records the redemption value, which represents the maximum obligation (based on NAV per Share), with the difference from historical cost recorded as an offsetting amount to Shareholders’ Equity.

Changes in the Shares for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:



	Year		Year
	Ended		Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)	December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Number of Redeemable Shares
Opening balance		500,000		450,000
Creations		-		50,000
Redemptions		(50,000)		-
Closing balance		450,000		500,000

Redeemable Shares
Opening balance	$	82,564	$	70,586
Creations		-		8,537
Redemptions		(6,756)		-
Adjustment to redemption value		(22,363)		3,441
Closing balance	$	53,445	$	82,564

Redemption value per Share at period end	$	118.77	$	165.13

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

2.5. Realized Gains / Losses

Revenues consist of realized gains / losses resulting from the transfer of gold for Share redemptions and / or to pay expenses. Realized gains / losses are recognized on a trade date basis.

The primary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor’s Fee, which is paid by the Trust through in-kind transfers of gold to the Sponsor. With respect to expenses not otherwise assumed by the Sponsor, the Trustee will, at the direction of the Sponsor or in its own discretion, sell the Trust’s gold as necessary to pay these expenses. When selling gold to pay expenses, the Trustee will endeavor to sell the smallest amounts of gold needed to pay these expenses in order to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than gold.

Unless otherwise directed by the Sponsor, when selling gold the Trustee will endeavor to sell at the price established by the London PM Fix. The Trustee will place orders with dealers (which may include the Custodian) through which the Trustee expects to receive the most favorable price and execution of orders. The Custodian may be the purchaser of such gold only if the sale transaction is made at the London PM Fix used by the Trustee to value the Trust’s gold. A gain or loss is recognized based on the difference between the selling price and the average cost of the gold sold. Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor is liable for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale.

2.6. Income Taxes

The Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow through” to the Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, deductions, gains, and losses to the Internal Revenue Service on that basis.

The Trust has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740-10, Income Taxes. The Sponsor has evaluated the application of ASC 740 to the Trust, to determine whether or not there are uncertain tax positions in its major jurisdictions that require financial statement recognition. Based on this evaluation, the Sponsor has determined the Trust’s major jurisdictions to be where it is organized and where bullion is held. No uncertain tax positions have been identified. As a result, no income tax liability or expense has been recorded in the accompanying financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

2.7. Investment in Gold

Changes in ounces of gold and the respective values for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:



	Year		Year		Year
	Ended		Ended		Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Ounces of gold
Opening balance		44,496.4		49,633.9		44,845.6
Creations		-		-		4,963.2
Redemptions		-		(4,947.9)		-
Transfers of gold to pay expenses		(173.5)		(189.6)		(174.9)
Closing balance		44,322.9		44,496.4		49,633.9

Investment in gold
Opening balance	$	53,463	$	71,764	$	63,475
Creations		-		-		8,537
Redemptions		-		(6,756)		-
Realized loss on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares		-		(398)		-
Transfers of gold to pay expenses		(219)		(275)		(290)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses		11		1		42
Realized loss on investment in gold		-		(10,873)		-
Unrealized loss on investment in gold		(100)		-		-
Closing balance	$	53,155	$	53,463	$	71,764

2.8. Expenses

The Trust will transfer gold to the Sponsor to pay the Sponsor’s Fee that will accrue daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.39% of the adjusted daily NAV of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears.

The Sponsor has agreed to assume administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust, including the Trustee’s monthly fee and out of pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee and the reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses, exchange listing fees, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registration fees, printing and mailing costs, audit fees and certain legal expenses.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Sponsor’s Fee was $219,518 (December 31, 2013: $265,851 December 31, 2012: $294,126).

At December 31, 2014 $17,639 was payable to the Sponsor (December 31, 2013: $17,740).

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

2.9 Subsequent Events

In accordance with the provisions set forth in FASB ASC 855-10, Subsequent Events, the Trust’s management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Trust’s financial statements through the issuance date.

On November 7, 2014, the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) announced it will discontinue the “London Gold Fix” pricing benchmark on March 19, 2015. The London Gold Fix has been the benchmark price for valuation of gold bullion held by the Trust. The LBMA has accepted a proposal by the ICE Benchmark Association (“IBA”) to administer a replacement gold price benchmark mechanism. Commencing March 20, 2015, the IBA will operate an electronic, auction-based, tradable and auditable gold bullion market clearing process that will replace the London Gold Fix. The IBA’s electronic price fixing process, like the current London Gold Fix process, will establish and publish fixed prices for troy ounces of gold twice each London trading day at electronic auctions starting at 9:45 am London time and 3:00 pm London time (“IBA PM Gold Fix”).

Commencing on March 20, 2015 when the IBA PM Gold Fix is declared operative by the LBMA, on each trading day the Sponsor will use the IBA PM Gold Fix for valuing gold bullion received upon purchase of the Trust’s shares, delivered upon redemption of the Trust’s shares and otherwise held by the Trust. The Sponsor also expects to determine that the IBA PM Gold Fix will fairly represent the commercial value of gold bullion held by the Trust and, effective 60 days after the delivery of notice of such determination to The Depository Trust Company, the registered owner of the shares of the Trust, the “Benchmark Price” (as defined in the Trust’s Trust Agreement) as of any day will be the IBA PM Gold Fix for such day.

During this period, no other material subsequent events requiring adjustment to or disclosure in the Trust’s financial statements were identified.

3. Related Parties

The Sponsor and the Trustee are considered to be related parties to the Trust. The Trustee’s and Custodian’s fees are paid by the Sponsor and are not separate expenses of the Trust. The Trustee and the Custodian and their affiliates may from time to time act as Authorized Participants or purchase or sell gold or Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.

At December 31, 2014, the Custodian held 350,000 Shares, 77.8% of the outstanding Shares of the Trust. Shares indicated as owned were reported on Schedule 13F returns filed by the Custodian. The Trust is unable to determine whether they are the ultimate beneficial owners of such Shares, and if they are not the ultimate beneficial owners, who such beneficial owners are.

4. Concentration of Risk

The Trust’s sole business activity is the investment in gold, and substantially all the Trust’s assets are holdings of gold which creates a concentration risk associated with fluctuations in the price of gold. Several factors could affect the price of gold, including: (i) global gold supply and demand, which is influenced by factors such as forward selling by gold producers, purchases made by gold producers to unwind gold hedge positions, central bank purchases and sales, and production and cost levels in major gold-producing countries; (ii) investors’ expectations with respect to the rate of inflation; (iii) currency exchange rates; (iv) interest rates; (v) investment and trading activities of hedge funds and commodity funds; and (vi) global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations. In addition, there is no assurance that gold will maintain its long-term value in terms of purchasing power in the future. In the event that the price of gold declines, the Sponsor expects the value of an investment in the Shares to decline proportionately. Each of these events could have a material effect on the Trust’s financial position and results of operations.

5. Indemnification

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each of the Trustee (and its directors, employees and agents) and the Sponsor (and its members, managers, directors, officers, employees, and affiliates) is indemnified by the Trust against any liability, cost or expense it incurs without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part and without reckless disregard on its part of its obligations and duties under the Trust’s organizational documents.

The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in the capacities* indicated thereunto duly authorized.



	ETF SECURITIES USA LLC
	Sponsor of the ETFS Asian Gold Trust
	(Registrant)

Date: March 2, 2015	/s/ Graham Tuckwell
	Graham Tuckwell
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)


Date: March 2, 2015	/s/ Christopher Foulds
	Christopher Foulds
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

* The Registrant is a trust and the persons are signing in their capacities as officers of ETF Securities USA LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

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