Gold Market in 2022 – SSGA – 3.15.22

Summary:

Now On Demand.

Is 2022 Gold’s time to shine?

Join us to hear the discussion about inflation, interest rates, market volatility and other key tailwinds which have aided Gold so far in 2022.

Speakers:

Allison Bonds is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and Head of the Private Wealth Management Channel for the U.S. SPDR ETF business. In this role, Allison is responsible for defining and leading the SPDR ETF distribution strategy, including management of the sales and national accounts teams, to the wirehouse, regional broker-dealer and private bank channels. She is a member of the U.S. SPDR Senior Leadership Team and the SSGA Senior Leadership Team.

Prior to her current role, Allison was the Western Divisional Sales Manager for the RIA & Independent Advisor Channel, leading the team responsible for the sales and distribution of SPDR ETFs and SSGA mutual funds in the western half of the U.S. She joined SSGA as a Regional Director in the Southwest Region. Before joining State Street Global Advisors in 2008, Allison spent 8 years with Prudential Investments where she held a number of leadership positions, most recently Senior Vice President and Western Divisional Sales Manager for JennisonDryden mutual funds and separate accounts.

Allison is a graduate of Cornell University, where she received a B.S. in marketing. She is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association and maintains the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She also holds the Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA) designation from The Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. She maintains her FINRA series 7, 66, 9, 10, and 24 licenses. Allison resides in Pacific Palisades, CA.

Maxwell Gold is the Head of Gold Strategy within the SPDR ETF business at State Street Global Advisors.

Before joining SSGA in July 2019, he served as the Director of Investment Strategy at Aberdeen Standard Investments, heading macroeconomic and commodity thought leadership for its $3B U.S. ETF business. Prior to this he has also held roles within the Investment Research team at the World Gold Council, as an Investment Strategist with the Chief Investment Office at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, and with the Global Portfolio Construction team within JP Morgan Private Bank’s Chief Investment Office. Maxwell holds an M.S. in finance from the Simon Business School and a B.A. in economics from the University of Rochester. He is a CFA charterholder and holds the series 7 and 63 registrations.

George Milling-Stanley is Chief Gold Strategist with State Street Global Advisors. He joined SSGA as a Vice President and Head of Gold Strategy in November 2014. Before joining SSGA, George ran the independent consultancy George Milling-Stanley on Gold, LLC. He retired from the World Gold Council in 2011 after a 15-year career there. Most recently he had been responsible for all programs involving central banks, governments, and regulatory authorities. Before that, he was a key member of the small team that pioneered the development of gold-backed Exchange Traded Funds. His earlier career included six years on the precious metals trading desk of Lehman Brothers. Previously he worked for Consolidated Gold Fields in London, and before that spent 10 years as a reporter and columnist with the Financial Times. An acknowledged authority on all aspects of the gold business, George Milling-Stanley is a regular speaker at international conferences.