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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Quantitative Effect Of Adoption Of Investment Company Accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Bullion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold

 

$
139,729 

 

$
139,729 

 

$

- 

Silver

 

$
83,152 

 

$
83,152 

 

$

- 

Platinum

 

$
21,057 

 

$
21,057 

 

$

- 

Palladium

 

$
15,984 

 

$
16,538 

 

$
554 

 

Schedule Of Unrealized Gains Or Losses On The Trust's Bullion Holdings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2014

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

Gold

 

 

Silver

 

 

Platinum

 

 

Palladium

 

Total

Investment in Bullion - cost

 

$
133,156 

 

$
73,612 

 

$
19,160 

 

$
16,475 

 

$
242,403 

Unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion

 

 
200 

 

 
(8,497)

 

 
(1,220)

 

 
1,272 

 

 
(8,245)

Investment in Bullion - fair value

 

$
133,356 

 

$
65,115 

 

$
17,940 

 

$
17,747 

 

$
234,158 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

Gold

 

 

Silver

 

 

Platinum

 

 

Palladium

 

Total

Investment in Bullion - cost

 

$
139,729 

 

$
83,152 

 

$
21,057 

 

$
15,984 

 

$
259,922 

Unrealized gain on investment in Bullion

 

 

- 

 

 

- 

 

 

- 

 

 
554 

 

 
554 

Investment in Bullion - fair value

 

$
139,729 

 

$
83,152 

 

$
21,057 

 

$
16,538 

 

$
260,476 

 

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

December 31, 2014

 

December 31, 2013

Level 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in Bullion

 

$
234,158 

 

$
260,476 

 

Schedule Of Bullion Receivable And Payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

December 31, 2014

 

December 31, 2013

Bullion receivable

 

$
3,080 

 

$

- 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bullion payable

 

$

- 

 

$

- 

 

Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Year

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

 

December 31, 2012

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)

 

 

 

 

 

Number of redeemable Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 
2,200,000 

 

 
2,100,000 

Creations

 
2,050,000 

 

 
250,000 

Redemptions

 
(300,000)

 

 
(150,000)

Closing balance

 
3,950,000 

 

 
2,200,000 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

$
202,243 

 

$
182,586 

Creations

 
149,235 

 

 
24,100 

Redemptions

 
(20,607)

 

 
(13,644)

Adjustment to redemption value

 
(70,513)

 

 
9,201 

Closing balance

$
260,358 

 

$
202,243 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption value per Share at period end

$
65.91 

 

$
91.93 

 

Schedule Of Investment In Bullion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)

 

Year Ended December 31, 2014

Ounces of Bullion

 

Gold

 

Silver

 

Platinum

 

Palladium

 

Total

Opening balance

 

 
116,295.9 

 

 
4,264,181.5 

 

 
15,506.1 

 

 
23,259.1 

 

 
4,419,242.6 

Creations

 

 
52,698.7 

 

 
1,932,284.8 

 

 
7,026.5 

 

 
10,539.7 

 

 
2,002,549.7 

Redemptions

 

 
(57,312.5)

 

 
(2,101,456.8)

 

 
(7,641.7)

 

 
(11,462.5)

 

 
(2,177,873.5)

Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses

 

 
(482.8)

 

 
(17,703.5)

 

 
(64.4)

 

 
(96.6)

 

 
(18,347.3)

Closing balance

 

 
111,199.3 

 

 
4,077,306.0 

 

 
14,826.5 

 

 
22,239.7 

 

 
4,225,571.5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in Bullion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

$
139,729 

 

$
83,152 

 

$
21,057 

 

$
16,538 

 

$
260,476 

Creations

 

 
63,012 

 

 
31,840 

 

 
8,584 

 

 
8,457 

 

 
111,893 

Redemptions

 

 
(71,795)

 

 
(40,304)

 

 
(10,609)

 

 
(8,415)

 

 
(131,123)

Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares

 

 
2,793 

 

 
(729)

 

 
216 

 

 
516 

 

 
2,796 

Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses

 

 
(610)

 

 
(344)

 

 
(90)

 

 
(77)

 

 
(1,121)

Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses

 

 
27 

 

 
(3)

 

 
2 

 

 
10 

 

 
36 

Unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion

 

 
200 

 

 
(8,497)

 

 
(1,220)

 

 
718 

 

 
(8,799)

Closing balance

 

$
133,356 

 

$
65,115 

 

$
17,940 

 

$
17,747 

 

$
234,158 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013

Ounces of Bullion

 

Gold

 

Silver

 

Platinum

 

Palladium

 

Total

Opening balance

 

 
65,167.3 

 

 
2,389,467.4 

 

 
8,689.0 

 

 
13,033.4 

 

 
2,476,357.1 

Creations

 

 
60,409.7 

 

 
2,215,021.8 

 

 
8,054.6 

 

 
12,081.9 

 

 
2,295,568.0 

Redemptions

 

 
(8,837.9)

 

 
(324,057.5)

 

 
(1,178.4)

 

 
(1,767.6)

 

 
(335,841.4)

Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses

 

 
(443.2)

 

 
(16,250.2)

 

 
(59.1)

 

 
(88.6)

 

 
(16,841.1)

Closing balance

 

 
116,295.9 

 

 
4,264,181.5 

 

 
15,506.1 

 

 
23,259.1 

 

 
4,419,242.6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in Bullion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

$
96,337 

 

$
68,562 

 

$
12,213 

 

$
8,315 

 

$
185,427 

Creations

 

 
80,050 

 

 
48,772 

 

 
11,510 

 

 
8,904 

 

 
149,236 

Redemptions

 

 
(11,140)

 

 
(6,589)

 

 
(1,619)

 

 
(1,259)

 

 
(20,607)

Realized (loss) / gain on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares

 

 
(1,748)

 

 
(2,280)

 

 
(64)

 

 
82 

 

 
(4,010)

Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses

 

 
(638)

 

 
(397)

 

 
(88)

 

 
(64)

 

 
(1,187)

Realized (loss) / gain on Bullion transferred to pay expenses

 

 
(22)

 

 
(67)

 

 
4 

 

 
6 

 

 
(79)

Realized loss on investment in Bullion

 

 
(23,110)

 

 
(24,849)

 

 
(899)

 

 

- 

 

 
(48,858)

Closing balance

 

$
139,729 

 

$
83,152 

 

$
21,057 

 

$
15,984 

 

$
259,922