BRICS

China is stepping up its efforts to become a central player in global finance by offering to safeguard gold reserves on behalf of foreign governments.

To function, a gold standard would require a far higher price than today. Will Donald Trump, willingly or not, help China and Russia rebuild the international monetary system? The answer could come within weeks — or months at most.

The start of the new school year promises to be eventful in the United States. The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in five years. With the job market remaining fragile, the spectre of recession still looming, and the trade war adding to uncertainty, this decision shows ab...

Arnaud du Plessis and John Reade share their perspectives from London and Paris, highlighting the differences between Western and Asian countries, the importance of cultural factors, and the decisive influence of the BRICS countries on the gold market.

For various reasons, whether social, cultural, political, or financial, gold is still not widely discussed among the general public. However, this trend could change.

The BRICS have placed at the heart of their arguments the urgency of sovereignty for all nations, the end of globalization as we know it, and an ideological change in the face of the civilizational crisis that the West is undergoing. From an old world based on excessive financialization and limit...

In a climate of widespread mistrust of the dollar and US economic policy, a fundamental trend is gathering pace: de-dollarization. China, at the forefront of this strategy, is methodically reducing its dependence on the greenback while at the same time stepping up its purchases of gold and the in...

Many banks, governments and large funds are buying gold on a massive scale via perfectly legal but off-market channels. This is a growing trend, mainly in the Middle East and Asia, which makes the measurement of gold's value more complex than it first appears.

Through the voices of senior politicians, Germany declares its intention to recover the gold it is storing in the United States. Far from being a simple communication stunt, this announcement reflects the profound upheavals currently affecting the international financial system. Above all, it ill...

On July 1, 2025, U.S. banks and financial institutions will be subject to the Basel III NSFR rules. For the gold market, this means that unencumbered physical gold in the capital of a bank will be considered a guarantee of financial solidity.