In this 4th of a series of London interviews that Lars Schall conducted for Matterhorn Asset Management this summer, Lars speaks with Jan Skoyles, the recently appointed CEO of The Real Asset Company. In the interview Skoyles addresses asset price inflation, China’s and Russia’s heavy gold buying, the technology behind Bitcoin; and the first gold-backed crypto currency.
By Lars Schall
The following video interview was conducted for and originally published here by Matterhorn Asset Management in Zurich, Switzerland.
“In terms of assets, there clearly is inflation”
Jan Skoyles, born 1987, has a First Class honours degree in International Business and Economics, from Aston University. Her degree thesis was written on the role of gold in the monetary system. She had an administrative role at Cheviot Asset Management in London. Since September 2011 she is working for The Real Asset Company, where is she was first writing on gold and finance on a regular basis and then became the CEO in 2014. Moreover, Skoyles presents “Get Real“, the first crowd-funded financial news show of the world.
London video series Aug 2014 [1]: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
London video series Aug 2014 [2]: Alasdair Macleod
London video series Aug 2014 [3]: John Butler