Details of Gold: Gold was the property of pharaohs and referred to in the bible and it was one of the first metals discovered along with copper. Gold and its unique properties have been fascinating mankind for thousands of years. The word derived from the Anglo Saxon word “geolo” which means...

UK Defined Benefit Schemes and the case of Gold in it. An increasing number of UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have been contemplating their investment approach for the endgame, with the rapid growth in funding ratios over the past year, the point at which a plan moves from being...

Gold was troubled in July by strong Dollar and negative sentiment. As US dollar strength continued and inflation expectations softened, the gold price fell, gold ETFs lost 81t (US$4.5bn) and speculative positions in gold futures turned net short for only the fifth time since 2006. The market...

2022 Gold Mid-Year Outlook The second half of 2022 will be challenging for investors, needing to navigate ris-ing interest rates, soaring inflation, and resurfacing geopolitical issues. The speed at which central banks around the world tighten monetary policy in an effort to control...

Gold for Japanese Investors! While major Japanese and global assets have witnessed declines in H1, gold has delivered a 19% return in local currency over the same period. Gold’s performance was driven by a combination of rising inflation, geopolitical risks and a weaker yen. In sharp contrast...

Non-EU Owners of Cyprus Companies Entitled to Work and Live in Cyprus. The most straight forward way for non-EU business people to legally work and live in Cyprus is setting up their own company in Cyprus. The hidden gem in Cyprus’ new legislation to support business in the country provides...

Dubai Free Zone Companies – How to Choose the Best Option for You? The United Arab Emirates offers a choice of more than 40 free zones. Around 30 of them are free zones located in the Emirate of Dubai. Choosing the right one for your business might look a bit confusing. However, if you...

Four Key Factors affecting the gold prices in the coming year. Before the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war, gold was already on the rise, and today, gold shows its actual potential once again, thanks to a number of significant drivers that are currently in play. The four main trends that...

INDIA/CHINA/GOLD India can overtake China as the largest gold consumer this year. Since 2012, China has been the largest consumer of gold. Last year, China’s gold demand bounced back from 2020’s nine-year low by 55% to 993 t (source: World Gold Council). India has been narrowly behind China,...

Why central banks buy gold? Central banks are major gold holders and gold plays a key role in the management of central banks’ reserves. For decades, gold has been an important component of nations’ financial re-serves, and its appeal shows no signs of waning, with central banks set to be net...

Investors/Gold/Crypto Risk Retail investors were enthusiastic buyers of cryptocurrencies last year. A global study by Hall Partners shows that cryptos were one of the most popular investments in 2021, with 31% of respondents investing in them over the first 10 months of the year. These...

Gold’s April 2022 performance! Despite equities and bonds falling amid spiking volatility, gold fell slightly in April as rates and the US dollar shot higher. Inflows into gold ETFs totalled 39t (US$2.5bn) in April, less than 2% away from all-time tonnage highs, while US Mint coin sales were...

REASONS FOR INVESTING IN GOLD? Investors can invest in gold through: - exchange-traded funds (ETFs), - buying stock in gold miners and associated companies, and - buying a physical product. These investors have as many reasons for investing in the metal as they do methods to make...

Strong Start for Gold market in 2022! Q1 gold demand was 34% above Q1 2021, driven by strong ETF inflows. In a quarter that saw the US dollar gold price rise by 8%, gold demand (excluding OTC) increased 34% y-o-y to 1,234t – the highest since Q4 2018 and 19% above the five-year average of...

Australian super fund's portfolio and Gold! Geopolitical uncertainty, inflationary concerns and rising interest rates in key markets have impacted global financial markets in the first quarter. Against this backdrop, gold shone in Q1, registering a 4% gain in Australian dollars and the...

B&P Water Technologies is the Italian company that proposes itself as a reference point for the design of water treatment plants with industrial reverse osmosis systems. These are solutions capable of treating water professionally in order to make it usable for every need. Specifically,...

Gold’s performance amid current global economic environment! Earlier this month, gold surpassed US$2,000 per ounce, nearly to reach the previous high record in 2020. This time, though, it was driven by continued concerns about the war in Ukraine, rising commodity prices, and, more broadly,...

Gold predictions 2022 - Gold price dropped from $1,783.90 an ounce at the end of October to $1,763.90 on 3rd November, as the US Federal Reserve indicated in a statement that it would “begin reducing the monthly pace of its net asset purchases by $10bn...

INFLUENCE ON GOLD: Geopolitical events can give gold price a short-term boost but the effect can quickly wear off. Gold can benefit while geopolitical tensions are high and then it’s seen as a safe haven. As tensions built between Russia, US and EU over Ukraine, the gold price has moved $100/oz...

Inflation/Interest Rates/Gold! In the 70s the Fed raised interest rates to 20% to fight inflation that was running about 10%. The ‘70s and ‘80s saw excessive consumer and producer price increases but no housing nor equities inflation. During the 90s there was a stock market bubble...