The silver market is expected to experience a physical surplus of 35.3 Moz which is substantially higher than the previous year. Net holdings of ETPs have contracted 0.5 Moz to-date, following seven annual increases in the last decade. On the other hand, exchange inventories have increased for the third consecutive year in 2018, particularly on COMEX which represents approximately 76% of total, rising by 52.5 Moz. As such, the net balance is expected to post a shortfall of 16.7 Moz.

Under Basel III, monetary gold now qualifies as a Tier 1 asset, and is 100% valued for the purposes of banking viability.

The Reserve Bank of India’s gold purchase plan seems to be paying off as the monthly valuation gains have touched an eight month high with investor demand for a safe haven rallying the yellow metal.

The value of gold in the country’s foreign exchange reserves rose 1.7 per cent in three weeks from October 12 to November 2 at $20.9 billion. Gold prices rose 2 per cent during the same period.

Reserves for October

Investors in Ireland, the UK and internationally can for the first-time own gold in a secure and liquid way in accredited, professionally managed, fully insured, institutional grade vaults

Secure gold investment in Ireland for first time as global risks intensify and Dublin will compete with London as a favoured gold storage location for the first time

Brexit will likely impact the 300bn London gold market as investors move gold to other jurisdictions including Dublin

An archaeologist cleans the hoof-shaped ingots in an aristocrat's tomb that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 17, 2015. Chinese archaeologists on Tuesday discovered 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in the tomb. The gold objects 25 gold hoofs and 50 very large gold coins are the largest single batch of gold items ever found in a Han Dynasty tomb.

Paris has vaulting ambitions to capture a share of the world gold trade from London, reviving its historic role as a top-tier power in the international bullion market.

The Banque de France has teamed up with JP Morgan to offer a full range of swaps, leases, and gold deposits for global central banks and sovereign wealth funds. Global reserve managers will be able to pledge bullion as collateral for deposits or for raising foreign currency on the Paris market.

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An ex-J.P. Morgan Chase trader has admitted to manipulating the U.S. markets of an array of precious metals for about seven years -- and he has implicated his supervisors at the bank.

Confirmed today, Len Schutzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arbitrade Ltd., on behalf of the Board of Directors, announced today via its Agency of Record for Traditional and Non-Traditional Media, Creative Management Partners LLC (CMP), that Arbitrade Ltd. has received title of gold bullion stored at independent security facilities in the amount of 395,000 kgs with a current market value in excess of $10 Billion U.S. (15.6b)