IIFM teams up with World Gold Council, improve access to gold market for Islamic investors LeapRate

March 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IIFM teams up with World Gold Council, improve access to gold market for Islamic investors

On 28 March, the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) and World Gold Council have led the IIFM-WGC Industry Consultative Meeting on Gold Documentation and Products Standardisation in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting was hosted by Borsa İstanbul and organized by the Islamic Finance Directorate. The meeting assessed current market practices with respect to identified gold related…

February 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

World Gold Council names John Reade Chief Market Strategist

The World Gold Council announced that it has appointed John Reade as Chief Market Strategist. Reade joins the World Gold Council from Paulson & Co, where he served as Managing Partner of Paulson Europe and Gold Strategist. Prior to Paulson & Co, Reade worked at UBS as the Precious Metal Strategist for a number of…

August 09, 2016 BY Mike Fox

World Gold Council, LME and global banks to launch exchange-traded metals products

The World Gold Council and the London Metal Exchange (LME), together with Goldman Sachs, ICBC Standard Bank, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, OSTC and Societe Generale, today announce their intention to introduce a suite of exchange-traded and centrally-cleared precious metals products. The initiative has been driven by the need for greater market transparency, to support and aid…

January 15, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Shanghai Gold Exchange and World Gold Council partner to develop the Shanghai Free Trade Zone as a global gold market

China entrenching itself further as a gold center on a day the safe haven metal is trading up over 1% as traders shun fiat currency on the back of the Swiss National Bank removing the price floor on the Euro currency

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