Irish Central Bank Refuses To Discuss Gold Reserves In Bank of England Vaults

– As Brexit looms, the Central Bank of Ireland has refused to discuss the location and value of Irish gold reserves
– No date given for removal of “commercially sensitive” gold reserves from Bank of England vaults

– Bank of England vaults in London believed to hold almost €200 million of Irish gold
– Ireland’s financial system & economy is hugely exposed to a Brexit downturn

via Irish Independent:

IRELAND’S Central Bank has refused to say if it plans to move almost €200m worth of gold bars from the vaults of the Bank of England as a result of Brexit, insisting that any such move would be “commercially sensitive”.

The gold reserves have been held by its UK counterpart for a number of years, and the Central Bank has traditionally been coy on the precise details of the reserves, and the terms of the arrangement it has with the Bank of England.

It refused to be drawn yesterday on whether the reserves would be removed from the Bank of England either before or after the Brexit deadline of next March.

“It is for the Central Bank to determine how Ireland’s gold reserves ought to be managed,” a spokeswoman told the Irish Independent.

“The Central Bank’s portfolio is managed in line with approved parameters, which are kept under regular review and we report on key activities and developments in our annual report,” she added.

“The Central Bank’s transactions in gold are commercially sensitive and no further comment can be made at this time,” she said.

The latest Central Bank annual report shows that it had €209.3m worth of gold and gold receivables on its books at the end of 2017.

It’s believed that included €193.5m worth of fine gold held as gold bars with the Bank of England, and an additional amount of gold coins held at the Central Bank.

Editors note: This is an important story which we have covered quite frequently over the years and indeed have prompted politicians and journalists to ask questions about. Hopefully, on this occasion the story gets a bit of traction and there is a debate about the location, value and actual ownership of Irish gold reserves.

Ireland’s gold reserves and indeed the private ownership of gold by Irish investors, pension funds etc is important given the risks posed to Ireland today.

Ireland’s financial system and economy is hugely exposed to a Brexit downturn with more than a quarter of lending by main Irish banks to borrowers in the UK as reported by the Irish Independent today.

Institutional gold vaults are now available in Ireland for the first time via GoldCore and its storage partners. We will be giving the Central Bank of Ireland a call to see if we can assist them with repatriating the Irish gold reserves to where they belong – in secure vaults in Ireland.

 

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Does Bank Of England Hold €235 Million Of Irish Gold Reserves? (GoldCore)

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