Pensions Age in conjunction with The World Gold Council is for the second year running looking for your views and awareness of gold as an investment asset, so we can compare with views 12 months ago. All readers taking part in this survey (and completing all fields) will be entered into a free draw to WIN A QUARTER OUNCE GOLD BRITANNIA!

Our guarantee: Your contact details will only be used by Pensions Age and The World Gold Council, who may contact you, and will not be passed onto any other organisations. We will publish an article in a future issue of Pensions Age discussing these trends, but this will be anonymised.

IF YOU ARE AN ADVISER/CONSULTANT OR INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE, PLEASE ANSWER ON BEHALF OF THE MOST RELEVANT SCHEME YOU ADVISE ON. THANK YOU.

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Respondent Background

Where you are a Consultant or Independent Trustee please answer on behalf of all the schemes you are involved with, or where that is not relevant then please choose the largest or most relevant scheme.


£50 million or below
£50 - £100 million
£100 -£200 million
£200 - £500 million
>£500 million

DC (ex-Master Trust)
Master Trust
DB
1. Are you familiar with the World Gold Council?
Very familiar
Somewhat familiar
Heard of but not familiar
No
2. Have you visited the World Gold Council's website goldhub.com before?
No
Once or twice
Yes frequently
3. What percentage of your portfolio is currently allocated to gold?
0
1-2%
2-4%
4-6%
>6%
4. Have you changed your gold allocation over the last 12 months?
N/A
No change
Decreased significantly (>5%)
Increased slightly
Increased significantly (>5%)
5. How are you currently exposed to gold? (Multiple answers)
N/A
Gold-backed ETPs
Allocated gold (bullion bank)
Unallocated gold (bullion bank)
Gold futures
Gold forwards
Gold mining equities
6. What are your views on the following statements (True/False/NA)?
True False N/A
a) Gold delivers poor returns over the long-term
b) Gold is volatile
c) Gold isn't as liquid as other comparable markets
d) Gold doesn't pay a coupon therefore has no place in a pension fund portfolio
e) Gold is a proven and effective portfolio diversifier
f) Gold does not meet ESG requirements in our investment policy
7. A lack of data, transparency, and/or understanding prevents you from making gold investment decisions?
Strongly agree
Slightly agree
No view
Slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
8. How do you think your asset allocation will change during 2021?
Increase Maintain Decrease N/A
a) Asset class
b) Fixed Income
c) Equities
d) Cash
e) Real Estate
f) Private Equity / Debt
g) Infrastructure
h) Gold
i) Commodities (ex Gold)
j) Crypto Currency
k) Other:
9. Are ESG factors decisive in shaping your asset selection/allocation strategy?
Strongly agree
Slightly agree
No view
Slightly disagree
Strongly disagree
10. Would you be interested to speak with the World Gold Council and learn more about the role gold can play in a portfolio?
Yes please
No thanks
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