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Our research team discuss and explain the key findings from our industry-leading Q2 and H1 2020 Gold Demand Trends report. We explore gold demand in the jewellery and investment sectors, in technological applications, and across central banks and official institutions, as well as insights into gold supply.

Posted 3 years 3 months ago

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Andrew Naylor, Head of ASEAN and Public Policy, explores findings from our Q2 and H1 Gold Demand Trends report in this podcast with Money FM 89.3

Posted 3 years 3 months ago

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Despite a general belief that Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) do not invest in gold, our engagement with these institutions in recent years has increasingly shown that many SWFs do incorporate gold in their portfolios for diversification, capital preservation, and other factors.

Posted 3 years 3 months ago

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Our Managing Director, US, Joe Cavatoni discusses our Gold mid-year outlook 2020 with Maria Rosati, Contributing Editor at WealthManagement.com

Posted 3 years 3 months ago

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A rising gold price, higher volatility in the equity market and safe-haven demand lured investors towards gold ETFs. Jewellery demand improved in southern India but remained weak elsewhere.

Posted 3 years 4 months ago

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Ray Jia discusses gold prices, China's economy, gold demand and central bank gold reserves in this update on China's gold market in May.

Posted 3 years 4 months ago

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In April, central banks bought another 31.6t based on IMF data. While the monthly increase is not far off the 6-month average (34.7t), it is 24% lower than March and 35% lower than April 2019.

Posted 3 years 5 months ago

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Our Head of Research, Juan Carlos Artigas, discusses tail hedging during a crisis in this Asset TV video.

Posted 3 years 5 months ago

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Watch this webinar with Juan Carlos Artigas, Head of Research and Adam Perlaky, Manager of Investment Research for timely insights around how gold’s portfolio attributes may help address challenges and support opportunities in the current environment and beyond.

Posted 3 years 5 months ago

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A higher gold price, nation-wide lockdowns and concerns over household income curtailed gold demand on Akshaya Tritiya (AT) this year. 

Posted 3 years 6 months ago

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In today's webinar, the World Gold Council’s research team discussed and explained the main factors driving gold demand in the first quarter of 2020, including:

Posted 3 years 6 months ago

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In this blog post, read a collection of Twitter posts from John Reade

Posted 3 years 6 months ago

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In March, the SHAUPM rose by 1.4% while LBMA Gold Price AM fell slightly as the RMB weakened relative to the USD. Although new COVID-19 infections in China remained near zero in March, concerns for the pandemic’s aftermath on the domestic economy linger.

Posted 3 years 6 months ago

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To curb the spread of COVID-19, the global restrictions have impacted the global gold supply chain, from production to refining. These supply-chain disruptions have impacted both bullion and gold dore’ imports into India.

Posted 3 years 6 months ago

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In this podcast, Krishan Gopaul, of our research team, discusses gold with Andrew Monk from VSA Capital.

Posted 3 years 7 months ago

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Read these daily gold market updates by John Reade on Twitter.

Posted 3 years 7 months ago

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In this blog post, read a collection of Tweets from John Reade on gold.

Posted 3 years 7 months ago

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In February, central banks bought a net 36 tonnes (t) of gold, almost a third higher than January’s net purchases, but 52% lower y-o-y. This brings y-t-d net purchases to 64.5t, 44% lower than the 116.1t of net purchases over the first two months of 2019.

Posted 3 years 7 months ago

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak supported demand for gold as a safe-haven asset as stocks and commodities fell sharply. Physical gold demand faltered domestically due to COVID-19 and seasonality factors.

Posted 3 years 7 months ago

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Today we’ve published our latest central bank gold data, which now includes buying and selling activity for January 2020.

Posted 3 years 8 months ago