In a period of economic and global uncertainty, gold is seeing an onrush of attention and innovation, reports Harriet O’Brien.

London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and the World Gold Council (WGC) are collaborating to develop and implement an international system of gold bar integrity, chain of custody and provenance. 

New data from precious metals online firm BullionVault reveals that British parents and grandparents saving for their children and grandchildren are increasingly adding gold to their nest eggs, as economic uncertainty as a result of the pandemic continues urging UK savers to prepare against rainy-day risks ahead.

Research from BullionVault reveals that private investors across the Western world last month showed the weakest interest in buying gold since before the Covid Crisis began.

Cryptocurrency trading platform Xcoins has used audience data from Global Web Index of more than 60,000 investors to illustrate the vast behavioural and demographic differences between gold and cryptocurrency investors.

The vast majority of institutional investors and wealth managers are optimistic about the price of gold and silver rising in 2021, according to a new study by Global Palladium Fund (GPF), which recently listed four physically-backed metal Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) - including spot price of gold and silver ETCs.