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Century-Old London Gold Price Benchmark Starts Makeover

By Clara Denina
Reuters
Thursday, September 4, 2014

LONDON -- The operator of the London gold price benchmark said on Thursday it formally started the process to find a new administrator for the century-old mechanism that will halt the telephone call that four institutions enter twice a day in favour of an electronic solution.

The London Gold Market Fixing Ltd (LGMFL), along with the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), said in a statement that the choice will be announced in October, and implementation will be complete by the end of 2014. ...

As it happened for silver, the LBMA is again launching a consultation among market participants, including central banks, miners, and refiners, to assess how they would like the new price mechanism to be derived. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/gold-london-prices-setting-idU...



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