Talk:ETF Securities

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I only got this far: "today offers what is believed to be the world’s most comprehensive range." It also just doesn't have the type of information or the style/format we normally use. It has trademark symbols in it, which are against our manual of style, an awards section, which is promotional, and more problems than I would care to take time to explain.

What I would suggest is I will donate some time to cleaning up the article to address the tags. My advice would be to just point out any errors or corrections, unless someone at the company is willing to gain more experience editing here before making a second attempt. CorporateM (Talk) 13:21, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Convert the refs such that they follow the form [http://link link] and I'll move them into the article for you.--Laun chba ller 14:18, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done I also went through the refs, implemented content from the good ones and culled the press releases, etc. Tammy if you could provide the full-text by email of the remaining six articles that require a login, I would probably be willing to add those as well. I would donate a quick 20-30 minutes to get a decent page up. CorporateM (Talk) 14:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dear CorporateM, Thanks very much for taking the time to have a look at our page, I really appreciate it. In terms of your feedback, we've tried to make sure that all the content on our page is fully referenced to a secondary source - for example the "today offers what is believed to be the world's most comprehensive range" was written by a number of journalists, similarly although the awards section could be percived as being promotional we've tried to make sure that everything is referenced. How should we go about improving this?

I'd be happy to send through the full articles that are password protected in the reference section - how should I go about sending these through to you?

Tammy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tammy Shephard (talk • contribs) 13:39, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can eMail the content to either of us via eMail - click "eMail this user" on the left hand side of our userpages.--Laun chba ller 14:14, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, apologies I can't see an 'Email User' option on your user page, only the option to email Wikipedia directly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tammy Shephard (talk • contribs) 13:21, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the direct link: Special:EmailUser/Launchballer or Special:EmailUser/CorporateM.--Laun chba ller 13:46, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tammy. I got the sources you emailed me, but they appear to potentially be cherry-picked? For example, the Chris Flood story suggests there was a failed attempt to sell the company: "This follows the company’s decision last year to pursue an independent future rather than seeking a buyer for its business." Do we have a source for that? The Risk.net story says "along the way it has weathered the financial crisis." Is there more detail on this in another source?

I don't think I'm willing to do donate the time it would take to do the research into the less flattering aspects of the company's history in order to get a decent page together. CorporateM (Talk) 16:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request edit on 30 June 2013

Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented.

I would like to request the following corrections to the article on <<ETF Securities>>'s behalf:

Total Assets: US$30 Billion (01/04/2013) source (1): www.etfsecurities.com
Type: Private Limited Company source (1): www.etfsecurities.com
Employees: 100+ (2013)
History: The dates need to be changed as below.

-In 2003, ETF Securities listed the world's first physically-backed gold exchange-traded commodity (ETC), on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). source (2): Smith, Simon (19th December 2012) ETF Strategy – ‘Product Innovation and commodities demand drive growth at ETF Securities’ http://www.etfstrategy.co.uk/product-innovation-and-commodities-demand-drive-growth-at-etf-securities-42397/

-In 2005, ETF Securities created Europe’s first oil ETC and in 2006 established the world’s first commodities ETC platform, making 19 commodities and 10 commodity indices available on the London Stock Exchange and other European exchanges. source (3): Dickson, Claire (21st April 2011) Risk.net - ‘ETF Securities capitalises on commodities’ http://www.risk.net/structured-products/profile/2039695/etf-securities-capitalises-commodities

- In 2013, ETF Securities launched 28 new products on Switzerland’s national exchange in a range of commodities, including aluminium, zinc, coffee, cotton and sugar. source (4): Ring, Suzi (23rd January 2013) ‘ETF Securities makes Swiss commodities push’ http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2013-01-23/etf-securities-switzerland-28-commodities-products

I've tried to correct the references section but it won't update.

(1) www.etfsecurities.com

(2) Smith, Simon (19th December 2012) ETF Strategy – ‘Product Innovation and commodities demand drive growth at ETF Securities’ http://www.etfstrategy.co.uk/product-innovation-and-commodities-demand-drive-growth-at-etf-securities-42397/

(3)Dickson, Claire (21st April 2011) Risk.net - ‘ETF Securities capitalises on commodities’ http://www.risk.net/structured-products/profile/2039695/etf-securities-capitalises-commodities

(4) Ring, Suzi (23rd January 2013) ‘ETF Securities makes Swiss commodities push’ http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2013-01-23/etf-securities-switzerland-28-commodities-products

I've updated the AUM and employee count. This kind of thing I'll normally just trust a PR editor for, even in the case of prior astroturfing. Because you keep proposing specific text that I do not want to copy into the article, it makes it difficult to distinguish what the actual error is you're trying to point out. If there are still errors, please just tell us what they are, rather than asking us to copy and paste your proposed text. CorporateM (Talk) 16:18, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks CorporateM, the problem at the moment is that there isn't very much information about the company, and the information that is provided isn't structured particularly well. For example the history of the company is separated between the headings 'History' and also 'Funds' when it should all be together. Also for the sentence, 'In September 2008, the Company launched ETF Exchange, a trading platform. The platform is now available on 5 European exchanges including the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Borse, Borsa Italiana, NYSE Euronext and the ISE.' The last word 'ISE' should read 'SIX'

I've also tried to correct the references section which is out of order but can't. I would again really appreciate your help to simply correct these errors. Thanks 81.89.134.31 (talk) 13:01, 18 July 2013 (UTC)Tammy81.89.134.31 (talk) 13:01, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]