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The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, has appointed Emmy Kondo to fulfil a strategic business development role within the jewellery team. Emmy will be focusing her attention on the online community LoveGold, which is approaching half a million followers and on jewellery market development across the world. Based in Chicago, Emmy will report to Sally Morrison, Managing Director, Jewellery.

The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, today convened a roundtable debate to discuss how to modernise the London Gold Fix.

At the annual London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Bullion Market Forum held for the first time in Singapore today, Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry, announced a new exchange-traded Singapore Kilobar Gold Contract[1] (“Contract”). This is the first wholesale 25 kilobar gold contract to be offered globally.

The most liquid of all ‘liquid alts’, one of a series of papers published today by the World Gold Council, highlights how gold exhibits the characteristics of liquid alternatives (or ‘liquid alts’) without many of the inherent disadvantages associated with this growing sector.

The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, has today announced it is convening a gold industry discussion forum to explore reform of the London Gold Fix.

The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, has welcomed Silver Wheaton to its Board of Members. Silver Wheaton is the largest precious metals streaming company in the world and has recently expanded its gold streams with acquisitions from Vale SA and Hudbay Minerals Inc.

The World Gold Council welcomes the decision by European central banks to agree on a new Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA). The Agreement, the fourth of its kind, marks a continued commitment from some of the world’s largest gold reserve holders to preserve the clarity and transparency that this agreement provides for gold market participants. It also firmly reasserts the importance of gold as an asset in global monetary reserves.

世界黄金协会今天推出了一份大型报告《中国黄金市场：进步与前景》。报告指出，中国的个人领域每年对黄金的需求将从目前的1,100公吨提升至2017年的1,350公吨或更多，增幅达25%。 报告也提到，在2013年中国的黄金需求创下历史新高并成为全球最大的黄金市场之后，中国在2014年的需求将有可能出现盘整，而在之后的几年将有望出现持续增长。