Gold prices jumped to almost $3,450 per ounce in the early hours of Friday morning as it was reported that Israel had launched strikes against Iran. The price of bullion reached $3,442.44 (£2,539.18) on Friday morning, increasing from $3,383.70 on Thursday night. As of Friday midday, gold was trading at $3,421.61 per ounce. Friday morning’s
Investors are increasingly shifting their holdings towards passive funds as low fees continue to drive inflows. Active UK fixed income funds across all sectors saw outflows of £15.87billion between January 2022 and the end of March 2025, while inflows into passive fixed income holdings saw inflows of £14.29billion, according to data from Rathbones. More recently,
The trade deal between the US and China has sparked a wave of optimism on stock markets around the world – leaving many savers and investors wondering if they can cash in. In an agreement hammered out in Geneva, the US will cut the extra tariffs imposed on Chinese goods from 145pc to 30pc while
The price of gold has rocketed in recent months as investors seek a haven for their assets amid geopolitical and market uncertainty. While equities have fallen back, with most indices making minimal gains year-to-date, investors have piled into gold. The commodity has reached record highs in 2025, up nearly 25 per cent to $3,260 year-to-date.
The trade deal between the US and China has sparked a wave of optimism on stock markets around the world – leaving many savers and investors wondering if they can cash in. In an agreement hammered out in Geneva, the US will cut the extra tariffs imposed on Chinese goods from 145pc to 30pc while
Each month, we put a senior fund or investment manager to task with tough questions for our I’m a fund manager series to find out how they manage their own money. In this instalment, we spoke to Darius McDermott, investment manager of the VT Chelsea Managed Funds at Chelsea Financial Services. When we question fund managers, we
Demand for gold coins from the Royal Mint reached a record high in the first three months of the year as investors spooked by economic uncertainty flocked to safe-haven assets. Between January and March 2025, sales of gold bullion coins increased 46 per cent on the previous quarter and 306 per cent annually, figures from The
In the autumn of 2022, gold was trading at little more than $1,600 an ounce. It has more than doubled in price since then, topping $3,300 last week. Investors spent more than £15 billion on gold funds in the first three months of this year, and central banks, from Poland to Qatar, are stocking up
The gold price has recovered to around $3,000 (£2,349) after seeing wild swings since US president Donald Trump launched a trade war against the rest of the world. The value of the precious metal hit an all-time high of $3,167.71 on 3 April as global markets were upended and investors initially rushed to buy traditional
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