I would be interested in the Chinese attitude to trading gold in relation to the actually delivery.
Do they take the cash option or grab the bars and take them away.?
I will try to find any verifiable figures that may highlight the ratio of cash v physical.
Anyhow,nice to see an exchange where the physical is there if you want it.Now!
Something to read this weekend any way.
Profits to all.BMD
900 Kilos Of Gold Traded On First Day Launch Of “Gold Connect” Linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen
November 3, 2017 1 393
The gold trade is officially launched between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. “Gold Connect” looks to internationalize the yuan. Here’s more…
US$38.45 billion worth of the precious metal swap hands after Friday evening trading kick-off
Nine hundred kilos of gold, worth 300 billion yuan (US$38.45 billion) swapped hands on Friday evening, in the first cross-border trading under the newly launched “Gold Connect”, that links the gold markets of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
The first trades were made after a ceremony hosted by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and Haywood Cheung Tak-hay, president of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society.
Under the scheme, mainland investors can trade yuan-denominated 1 kilogram gold bars in Hong Kong through one of the city’s 70 exchange members in Qianhai, the special economic zone in Shenzhen designed to facilitate the development of financial services that complement Hong Kong.
Investors can opt for settlement in cash, or physical gold delivery.
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Gold Connect is the city’s second such trading scheme after a link-up between Hong Kong and the Shanghai market in 2015. The new link has 70 Hong Kong companies taking part, compared with 30 in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Gold Connect.
“The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society has a 108-year history and has been promoting offshore yuan gold trading in recent years,” said Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.
“The new Gold Connect to start tonight, as well as the gold vault in Qianhai, will help gold traders save time and money settling gold trades. This will benefit both Hong Kong and mainland gold traders and investors.”
Lam added the new scheme would create closer ties between Hong Kong and Qianhai and credited the local gold bourse’s efforts to also tie up with gold exchanges in Dubai, Singapore and Myanmar.
The proposed gold vault will operate from April, and be able to store 1,500 tonnes of gold, allowing mainlanders who trade the metal in Hong Kong via Qianhai, and gain physical delivery.
Haywood Cheung said: “The new connect will boost the internationalisation of the yuan. The Shanghai Connect has already benefited international investors to trade gold in the mainland.
The new Shenzhen leg will make it easier for 2,000 jewellery makers to trade gold in Hong Kong.”
While the Shanghai link only allows Hong Kong investors to trade on mainland city’s gold exchanges, the Shenzhen link now allows mainlanders to trade in Hong Kong.
This is different from the two Stock Connect schemes that linked up share markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 2014, and Shenzhen last year – both allow northbound and southbound trading.
● Gold prices traded in a narrow range on Friday, below the previous session’s high, as the US dollar steadied amid caution ahead of jobs data later in the day. Spot gold was mostly unchanged at US$1,275.82 per ounce at 6.57 am GMT, and was on track for its first weekly gain in three. It hit its highest in about two weeks at US$1,284.10 in the previous session.
