Gold

Commodities | 9 Jun 16

UK savers buying gold through their self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) has increased by nearly a half (44%) compared to the same time last year, latest figures show.

Retirement | 8 Jun 16

The UK’s Royal Mint has opened its doors for the first time to savers looking to buy gold bars as part of their pension plan, though one brokerage firm has revealed that a British pensioner preferred to bury £850,000 ($1.2m, €1.09m) worth of gold in his back garden.

Macro Views | 5 Apr 16

What a difference a year makes. In the first quarter of 2015, the top 10 funds were a mixture of Japanese equities, Russian equities, and biotechnology funds, with a frontier markets fund rounding things out.

Commodities | 27 Mar 16

Gold outperformed most other assets as global equity markets took a beating at the start of 2016, according to State Street Global Advisors.

Commodities | 24 Mar 16

Gold has had a good start to 2016 but three months of positive fund returns and an upwardly mobile price are not enough to badge it as a safe haven.