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LBMA gets 8 proposals to replace century-old gold fixing

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nicholas Larkin
Bloomberg News
Friday, October 17, 2014

LONDON -- Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the London Metal Exchange, and CME Group Inc. and Thomson Reuters Corp. are among firms shortlisted to develop and run a replacement for the century-old London gold fixing benchmark.

Autilla Ltd. (Sapient) and EBS are also on the short list, the London Bullion Market Association said in a statement today. Ten companies submitted eight proposals, some of them joint.

The LBMA, which said last week firms will present at a seminar on Oct. 24, expects a market consensus to emerge next month and the chosen method adopted by year-end or early 2015. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-17/lbma-gets-8-proposals-to-replac...



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