Royal Mint Opens Gold Vault to Pension Investors
by Josephine Cumbo
GATA.org
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
The Royal Mint is to open up its gold vaults to UK pension investors for the first time.
From Wednesday, Royal Mint will make some of its gold bars available to investors wanting to hold it in tax-efficient pension pots.
“For UK citizens, this is the first time that Royal Mint gold bullion has been authorized by HM Revenue & Customs … for holding in specific pensions,” said Chris Howard, the Royal Mint’s director of bullion. …