John Mulligan
Head of Sustainability Strategy World Gold CouncilAfter the virus: learning lessons and building back better with gold
What lessons might we derive from the pandemic and our response to it in order to build back better? And, more specifically, how might these learnings be relevant to the most pressing challenge facing humanity - that of climate change? And, of course, what does this have to do with gold?
Mukesh Kumar
Former Senior Analyst, India World Gold CouncilIndia’s gold market in May: Jewellery demand reviving gradually, Indian gold ETFs attract strong inflows
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.
Terry Heymann
Chief Financial Officer World Gold CouncilVideo: a coffee chat on the Responsible Gold Mining Principles
Terry Heymann, our CFO, participated in a Mining Coffee Chat with Remi Piet, Senior Director Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources at Americas Market Intelligence. Watch their conversation on the Responsible Gold Mining Principles and more.
Ray Jia
Head of Research (Asia Pacific, ex-India) and Deputy Head of Trade Engagement (China) World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market in May: wholesale gold demand down, retail gold consumption up
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.
Shaokai Fan
Head of Asia Pacific (ex China) & Global Head of Central Banks World Gold CouncilCentral banks remain positive on gold amid COVID-19 risks
Our central banks team, in partnership with Yougov, recently concluded the 2020 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey. This year’s survey, which saw a jump in the number of responses, shows strong signs of an increase in gold’s relevance for central bank reserve management.
Vishal Jain
Former Head of ETFs Nippon India Mutual FundGold ETFs in India – time for growth
Vishal Jain is widely regarded as the founding father of the Indian gold ETF market. Now head of ETFs at the Nippon India Mutual Fund, Jain explains why interest in gold ETFs has soared in India recently and assesses prospects for the market.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilCentral banks remain positive towards gold despite lower buying in April
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.
Louise Street
Senior Markets Analyst World Gold CouncilSafety and expected returns attract German investors to gold
When investors in Germany buy gold, they tend to do so with the intention of protecting their wealth, while also keeping one eye on making good long-term returns. That was a finding from our 2019 survey of over 2,000 German retail investors.
World Gold Council
The experts on goldWebinar: Gold Market Trends and Outlook For Professional Investors
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.
Trevor Keel
Consultant World Gold CouncilTesting times – the ups and downs of COVID-19 rapid diagnostics
The UK is home for me, and the subject of COVID-19 diagnostics has never been far away from the front pages. The UK government has repeatedly championed the important role antibody testing will play in getting our lives back to normal... However, achieving this has turned out to be far from straight forward.
