World Gold Council : Gold Investor December 2017 Donnerstag, 14. Dezember 2017 - 09:21
Welcome to the winter edition of Gold Investor, where leading commentators and market participants discuss new developments for gold and its evolving global role.
Carl-Ludwig Thiele, member of the executive board of the Bundesbank, reveals the motivation behind its transparency campaign and the measures taken to achieve it. Read more.
Becoming number one: the Degussa story
Six years ago, Degussa was just a name with a historic past. Today it is one of the largest independent gold retailers in the world. CEO Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Roßbach explains how the business has developed. Read more.
An online boost for the German market
Pro Aurum is the largest online business in the German-speaking gold market, with a strong retail franchise and a number of strategic partnerships among banks, investment advisers and other precious metal traders. Chief Executive Robert Hartmann explains the background to the business and its ambitions for the future.Read more.
The Asian financial crisis – 20 years later
Today, even though Asian economies have been transformed, vulnerabilities remain and gold could help to mitigate them. Manu Bhaskaran, Partner at advisory firm Centennial Group and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, explains why.Read more.
What to expect for gold in 2018
The gold price has moved ahead this year, despite rising US interest rates and a persistent bull market in equities. Looking ahead, there are several reasons to believe that gold could maintain an upward trajectory, as John Reade, Chief Market Strategist at the World Gold Council, explains. Read more.
