Krishan Gopaul
Krishan joined the World Gold Council in early 2011, and works within the Research team. He has previously held positions at Barclays Global Investors, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of New York Mellon, focusing on investment and market data analysis for both asset management and servicing.
Krishan has a Bachelor’s degree (with honours) in Economics from the University of Essex, and a Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilCentral banks maintain interest in gold in July
Today we’ve published our latest central bank statistics which now includes data for July. Central banks added a net 30.1 tonnes (t) to global official gold reserves during the month, virtually in line (+0.3%) with net purchases in June. This continues the healthy level of interest in gold we have seen from central banks so far this year.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilOn Twitter: central banks bought a net 32t of gold in June
Based on available data, central banks bought a net 32t of gold in June 2021. While Brazil was by far the bigger buyer in the month, several other central banks were active.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilDiscussing the global market outlook
Watch Maybank Asset Management’s global market outlook webinar, where we discuss topics including gold’s role as an inflation hedge, how monetary and fiscal policy impacts gold and more!
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilChanging ECB strategy could be supportive for European gold investment
In a move which brings it closer in line with the US approach, the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to adopt the tolerance for inflation overshooting its target. What does this mean for European investors, who have been watching the wrangling within the ECB over the direction of monetary policy for months now?
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilHow is central bank demand faring against our expectations?
We have written before about how, after a more inconsistent picture for central bank demand in the second half of 2020, our expectation was for continued net purchases in 2021 but at a more moderate pace than in previous record-setting years. So, how is that expectation holding up?