July 7: The Day Gold Settlement Moves East

vibrant street scene in hong kong alleyway

On July 7, Hong Kong is expected to process the first settlement through its new gold clearing and settlement system — a milestone that may be remembered as the moment Asia stopped merely consuming gold and began building the financial infrastructure to price, settle, store, and control it. For generations, the gold market has been … Read more

Infographic: Bullion Banking Mechanics

The identities of these bullion banks The fractional reserve nature of bullion banking and the paper gold creation process How the staggeringly large paper gold trading volumes are generated The gold price discovery process and how the price of gold is set in London by unallocated trading which channels gold demand away from real physical … Read more