Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange

15/05/2013

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), China’s global marketplace, announces today the addition of Glory Sky Global Markets Limited, China Maike Futures International Limited, and Holly Su Futures (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. as broking members, bringing the total Exchange membership to 43 firms.

15/05/2013

Among his many interesting points, Manny Roman notes that China's gold holdings are but an eighth of the US and half of France. So in his words, a change in Chinese demand would "move the needle quite a bit."

Manny Roman, CEO of Man Group and a keen wine collector, uses Lafite Rothschild analogy to debunk the myth that gold is very cheap

14/05/2013

"Fibre optics are likely to remain the best option for the foreseeable future for fast data transmission across oceans, where line-of-sight microwave links are not practical. Alternatives have been suggested, such as floating transmitters, or bouncing radio waves off the stratosphere, but they are not viable with current technology."

The speed of light really matters for high-frequency trading – computer-driven buying and selling of shares, currencies and other financial instruments, where millions of dollars can be made or lost within milliseconds. To gain a competitive

10/05/2013

Archer Daniels Midland is the first commodities trading house to be enmeshed in the US anti-bribery law. It may not be the last. The American company last week disclosed it had set aside $25m to cover potential penalties for violations of the

09/05/2013

Fang Yan figured a 12 percent drop in gold prices since January made this an ideal time to find some jewelry for her 18-year-old daughter’s dowry. She was too late.

09/05/2013

Gold imports by China from Hong Kong more than doubled to an all-time high in March as buyers in the biggest consumer after India boosted purchases, underscoring increased bullion demand in the world’s second-largest economy.

08/05/2013

BT today announced that the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has joined the BT Radianz Cloud community.

07/05/2013

"With risk management on futures market platform, a number of producers have survived the high price volatility arising out of post-2008 global financial crisis. If we want to calculate the direct benefits arising out of hedging on electronic exchanges, the calculations will be astronomical."

The study also showed the exchanges have helped a number of brokers, traders and producers, expand their business

07/05/2013

LONDON (Commodity Online): Whilst Barclays agrees that the demand environment remains soft for copper, there are signs that it is improving. All the usual copper demand indicators for China have been turning positive.
High frequency end-demand indicators have started to pick up, the SHFE/LME import ...

07/05/2013

Furthermore, despite various perception related issues, the underlying case for holding physical silver remains as strong as ever, while public confidence in paper currencies trends ever lower.

07/05/2013

The slump in silver this month has spurred demand for products from Silver Bullion Pte, one of Singapore’s largest suppliers of coins and bars to retail investors, depleting inventories and doubling delivery times.

07/05/2013

Senior officials at a top US financial regulator are discussing whether Bitcoin, the controversial cyber-currency, might fall under their regulatory remit. Bitcoin “is for sure something we need to explore”, Bart Chilton, one of the five