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Read More »HSBC holt Chef der Fondsselektion bei Standard Life
Sai Tampi wird bei HSBC Private Banking Global Head of Funds und ETFs. Sai Tampi ist für die globale Fonds-Selektion von HSBC Private Banking verantwortlich, wie Citywire berichtet. Ausserdem verantwortet er das strategische Partnerprogramm mit ausgewählten Fonds und ETF, das im Mai 2017 startete. Sampi arbeitet von London aus und berichtet an Henry Lee, Head of Managed Investment...
Read More »New Gold Pool at the BIS Basle, Switzerland: Part 1
“In the Governor’s absence I attended the meeting in Zijlstra’s room in the BIS on the afternoon of Monday, 10th December to continue discussions about a possible gold pool. Emminger, de la Geniere, de Strycker, Leutwiler, Larre and Pohl were present.” 13 December 1979 – Kit McMahon to Gordon Richardson, Bank of England Introduction A central bank Gold Pool which many people will be familiar with operated in the...
Read More »Bank of England releases new data on its gold vault holdings
An article in February on BullionStar’s website titled “A Chink of Light into London’s Gold Vaults?” discussed an upcoming development in the London Gold Market, namely that both the Bank of England (BoE) and the commercial gold vault providers in London planned to begin publishing regular data on the quantity of physical gold actually stored in their gold vaults. Critically, this physical gold stored at both the Bank...
Read More »It Was ‘Dollars’ All Along
Ross Perot famously declared the “giant sucking sound” in the 1992 Presidential campaign. The debate over NAFTA did not end with George H. W. Bush’s defeat, as it simmered in one form or another for much of the 1990’s. Curiously, however, it seemed almost perfectly absent during the 2000’s, the very decade in which Perot’s prophecy came true. Americans didn’t notice because there was a bubble afoot. That bubble,...
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