Gold
Quants mine gold for new market-making model
Novel approach to modelling cointegrated assets could be applied to FX and potentially even corporate bond pricing
Gold ETFs can weather latest turmoil as speculative selling eases, say providers
The crash in the gold price in mid-April had dramatic effects on gold ETFs, but some providers say investors' allocations are holding firm
Saxo Capital Markets UK rolls out targeted spreads as gold price collapses
Danish dealer moves to encourage trading on SaxoTrader as precious metals prices fall
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The case for gold
Axel Merk and Kieran Osborne at Merk Investments believe recent financial shocks and ongoing turbulence provide major incentives for those considering gold, not just as a safe haven, but also as a protection against inflation
Sucden Financial builds up Gold service
Institutional broker extends gold trading size to enable hedging in size
Emerging market central banks drive gold demand with reserve diversification
Mexico leads the way in reserve diversification in the first quarter
Absa Capital unveils five ETNs based on precious metals and currencies
Absa Capital has launched five exchange-traded notes, providing investors with exposure to precious metals and currencies.
RMB diversification is ‘strategic’ says Nigeria’s central bank governor
Lamido Sanusi explains why he made the decision to convert 10% of the country’s reserves into renminbi
A new safe haven?
As G-7 economies start to look more volatile than some emerging markets, Nikki Marmery investigates whether the new rash of emerging markets indexes could offer some respite
FX Invest: Macroeconomic uncertainty boosts demand for gold and oil exposure
Continued uncertainty about inflation and deepening concerns over sovereign default risks in Europe are making the commodities increasingly attractive as hedging tools
Saxo targets new traders with ForexTrading.com
Danish bank says it wants to cater for 'more self-driven' clients
TD makes play for commodities market
TD Securities is targeting demand for precious metals trading with the launch of a new global precious metals (GPM) sales and trading business today (December 6).
CME to launch e-micro gold contracts
CHICAGO - CME Group plans to launch e-micro gold futures on its electronic trading platform CME Globex on October 3, for a trade date of October 4, in response to growing demand for smaller contracts.
Gold points to repeat of summer 2008
Simon Derrick, chief foreign exchange strategist at Bank of New York Mellon in London, looks at where gold is heading and what this says about investor sentiment
Gold should form an essential part of central banks’ liquidity portfolio
The credit crisis has highlighted that in times of turmoil, gold is one of the few assets that remains liquid, says Natalie Dempster, director of government affairs at the World Gold Council
CMC: euro's loss is dollar's gain
CMC Markets (CMC) has topped the one-month and three-month currency forecast rankings with a euro-bearish, dollar-bullish stance
Time to dust off gold?
Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, discusses gold as an anchor for currencies