UK's gold market moves closer to reform
(MENAFN- Arab Times) NDON July 16 (AFP): London's gold market moved a step closer to reform of a century-old method of setting the price of gold authorities said Wednesday. London Gold Market Fixing Limited comprising four banks that set the gold fix twice per day announced in a statement that it has begun searching for a new company to oversee the scandal-hit process after top-level reform talks. 'LGMFL announces ... its intention to appoint a third party administrator to assume responsibility for the administration of the gold fixing process' it said. The grouping added that it was also seeking to recruit an independent chairperson for its board. The LGMFL added that an industry body the London Bullion Market Association will also help coordinate the overhaul. The industry is seeking to modernise the so-called London Gold Fix following talks over potential changes last week. London's Gold Fix the global benchmark affects the flow of billions of dollars worldwide every day. But it has been tainted by a rigging scandal and attacked by critics as old-fashioned. The benchmark gold price is set by four banks at 10:30 am London time (0930 GMT) and 3:00 pm via teleconference. The banks Britain's Barclays and HSBC Canada's Scotiabank and Societe Generale of France all agree the price twice daily. Germany's Deutsche Bank pulled out of the panel earlier this year.

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