Insights: Posts from July 2020

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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.

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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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Jewellery demand improved further in the month but failed to recover completely due to recurring lockdowns, lower number of weddings and lack of auspicious days in the month. Bullish gold price momentum and safe-haven demand lured investors towards gold ETFs. Total holdings for Indian gold ETFs reached to 24t in June.

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We often discuss the fundamental drivers of gold as being a function of economic expansion, risk and uncertainty, opportunity cost and momentum.

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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.

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The need for accurate, rapid and cost-effective gold-based testing tools is more acute now than has been at any other point throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as some countries begin to emerge from lockdown.

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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

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For central banks focused on capital preservation, in the post-COVID world, gold may be safer than traditional reserve assets such as government bonds over a medium term horizon.

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Watch our Chief Market Strategist John Reade presenting the case for ‘Gold, the most effective commodity investment’ at Pensions Age’s recent virtual conference in June.

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Discover more on China's gold market in June - gold prices, trends in ETFs, China's economic revival, gold demand and more.

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Our Head of Americas and Global ETFs, Joe Cavatoni, joined an expert panel this week for a NYSE webinar ‘Investing in Real Assets: 2020 Mid-Year Market Outlook’

Posted 3 years 3 months ago

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Our Director of Central Banks and Public Policy, Kurtulus Taskale Diamondopoulos, joins Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, to discuss central bank gold reserves management amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted 3 years 4 months ago

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Gold demand in China, in particular, investment demand, has benefited from rising concerns for the economy as well as the lowered opportunity cost amid the COVID-19 outbreak and the central bank’s response to it. But with signs of a potential economic recovery emerging, can we expect gold’s attractiveness as a safe haven in China to fade? We believe that the answer is ‘No’.

Posted 3 years 4 months ago

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Central bank net purchases totalled 39.8t in May, in line with net purchases in March and April, and above the monthly average of 35t over the first four months of this year.

Posted 3 years 4 months ago