First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff SGX reported that the Emerging Markets Asia Index jumped 40 percent in 2017, surpassing the 20 percent rise in the MSCI World Index. SGX's MSCI Taiwan Index rose 14 percent. ~JK Part 2 of CME Group's five-part Webinar Series...
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Yes, Precious: World Gold Council, LME and Banks to Launch New Gold, Silver Contracts
Sometimes the best ideas are worth waiting 139 years for. On August 9, 2016, the World Gold Council and the London Metal Exchange, together with a consortium of banks, announced a planned launch of LMEprecious, a new platform for spot, daily and monthly futures,...
The ETF That Glitters: An Interview with William Rhind, CEO of World Gold Trust Services
Today, November 18, is the 10-year anniversary of the launch of the SPDR Gold Shares ETF ("GLD"), the first physically-backed gold ETF to launch in the US. The ETF was an instant success, gathering $1 billion in the first three days...
Five Minutes with Gargi Shah, metals analyst
Gargi Shah is an independent analyst based in Mumbai, India, and was most recently a metals analyst with GFMS Ltd. (now Thomson Reuters GFMS), the London-based precious metals consultancy firm. She is a lawyer, and pursued a career in corporate law prior to entering...
Five Minutes with Juan Carlos Artigas
Juan Carlos Artigas is the global head of investment research at the World Gold Council in New York, where he is in charge of writing strategic and research notes that put gold in the context of global financial markets. He spoke at the Initiatives in Art and Culture...
John Lothian Newsletter: Traders boycott CME Eurodollar options; Clearing houses face capital stress tests; Senators defend CFTC in court over position limits
Independent traders at CME Group put hands in pockets on Friday and refused to trade Eurodollar futures in protest against private block trades. New global clearing house rules from IOSCO prescribe large capital buffers and stress tests. In the USA, senators have...
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Future of London Finance at Stake in Brexit Fight
First Read $16,961/$300,000 (5.7%) Raymond McKenzie ++++ FIA Asia-V: Are Data and Technology the New Drivers for the Business? Jeff Bergstrom - John Lothian News There is perhaps nothing more central to trading than data. The numbers flashing across your computer...
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It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
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