Sprott Asset Management CEO Eric Sprott, interviewed by Lars Schall for Matterhorn Asset Management’s Gold Switzerland Internet site, says manipulation of the gold market has become obvious, that central banks already have lost their battle against gold, and that there will never be an audit of the U.S. gold reserve.
By Lars Schall
The following interview was conducted for and originally published by Matterhorn Asset MGMT in Zurich here.
Eric Sprott is the Chairman of Sprott Inc., which is based in Toronto, Canada, with over $7 billion under management. Moreover, he is the CEO, CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager of Sprott Asset Management LP and Chairman of Sprott Money Ltd., one of Canada’s largest owners of gold and silver bullion. He has over 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada’s largest independently owned securities firms. After establishing Sprott Asset Management Inc. in December 2001 as a separate entity, Sprott divested his entire ownership of Sprott Securities to its employees. He has been widely recognized for his strategic insights and his accurate market predictions over the years, and has won multiple nominations and awards as a leader of the investment industry in precious metals.
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