Krishan joined the World Gold Council in early 2011, and works within the Research team. He has previously held positions at Barclays Global Investors, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of New York Mellon, focusing on investment and market data analysis for both asset management and servicing.
Krishan has a Bachelor’s degree (with honours) in Economics from the University of Essex, and a Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics.
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Posted 1 week 2 days ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central banks collectively increased their gold reserves in August for the third consecutive month. They reported adding 77t to global official reserves during the month, a 38% up-tick from July’s buying. Recent buying has reinforced our confidence that the long-term trend of healthy central bank demand remains in place.
Posted 1 month ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Having reported a return to net buying in June, the latest data shows global central banks continued to add to their gold reserves in July. Central banks reported healthy net purchases of 55t during the month.
Posted 2 months ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Reported net purchases from central banks totalled 55t, the first month of sizeable global net buying since February.
As in recent months, activity from the Central Bank of Türkiye (CBRT) was pivotal to the global total.
Posted 3 months ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Global central banks reported net sales of 27t in May, less than half the net sales seen in April. Excluding Türkiye’s sales, the trend in central bank buying is still in place.
Posted 4 months ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Annual gold production rank in 2022 was unchanged y/y amongst the five largest gold producing nations, with China still the world's largest gold producer. Extending this to the top 20 countries, things look very different compared to 2010. But, more broadly, global gold mine production remains geographically diverse.
Posted 4 months 2 weeks ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank gold reserves declined by 71 tonnes in April, primarily due to Turkish selling. Despite this, we expect central banks to remain net buyers in 2023, supported by their overall positive sentiment towards gold reserves.
Posted 5 months 1 week ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
According to the IMF, reported global central bank gold reserves remained virtually unchanged in March. Available data shows purchases almost perfectly offset sales, resulting in a net increase of 0.2 tonnes.
Posted 6 months 1 week ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank gold buying momentum showed no signs of stalling in February. Reported global gold reserves rose by 52t during the month – the eleventh consecutive month of net purchases – following January's 74t. 1 This excludes updated data for Russia (more on that below), but still maintains the upward trend (based on the 12-month moving average) since June 2022.
Posted 7 months ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank gold demand in 2023 picked up from where it left off in 2022. In January, central banks collectively added a net 31t to global gold reserves (+16% m-o-m).
Posted 8 months 1 week ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
In December, central banks have reported adding a net 28t of gold to global reserves, down sharply (53%) from the previous month (60t).
Posted 9 months 1 week ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central banks bought a further 50 tonnes (t) on a net basis during the month, a 47% increase from October's (revised) 34t.
Posted 10 months ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central banks continue to accumulate gold according to the latest data available. In October – data is lagged by two months – central banks added a further net 31t of gold to international reserves (-41% m-o-m).
Posted 11 months 1 week ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank net purchases of gold slowed to 20t in August, halving m-o-m. This is the fifth consecutive month of net purchases from the central banking sector.
Posted 1 year 1 month ago
Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank demand remained robust in July. Global gold reserves increased by 37t (net), below June’s 64t increase. Added to the 270 of net purchases over H1, this pushes YTD central bank demand towards the 300t mark.
Posted 1 year 2 months ago
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