Posts Tagged ‘ Trading Floors ’

Slow trading to shut Vietnam gold floors ahead of deadline

January 31, 2010
Slow trading to shut Vietnam gold floors ahead of deadline

A woman talks on the phone at Asia Commercial Bank’s gold trading floor in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam gold exchanges said they would close far ahead of the government’s deadline due to a halting decline in trading volumes. Earlier this month, the State Bank of Vietnam told banks to halt lending for gold investments [...]

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Banks embarrassed by profit targets for 2010

January 25, 2010
Banks embarrassed by profit targets for 2010

LookAtVietnam – Commercial banks, which have been warned about difficulties in 2010, do not want to set overly high profit targets for 2010. The Government has sent a clear message that the credit growth rate in 2010 must not exceed 25 percent – a rate that is much lower than the 38-39 percent in 2009. [...]

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Gold trading floors getting ready to fold

January 15, 2010
Gold trading floors getting ready to fold

LookAtVietnam – Trading volumes on gold trading floors have been decreasing dramatically, although gold trading floors will only officially stop operating after March 30. On January 13 and 14, a number of gold exchanges announced they had stopped providing loans to fund gold investments and released plans to shut down their floors. Many gold trading [...]

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Gold trading floors freezing

January 15, 2010
Gold trading floors freezing

The trading volumes on gold trading floors have been decreasing dramatically, though gold trading floors will only officially stop operating after March 30, 2010. On January 13 and 14, a lot of gold exchanges unanimously announced that they stopped providing loans to fund gold investments and released the plan to shut down the floors. Many [...]

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Gold shops bustle while gold trading floors remain quiet

January 7, 2010
Gold shops bustle while gold trading floors remain quiet

LookAtVietnam – In-kind gold transactions are increasing following the decision to shut down gold trading floors. Nguyen Cong Tuong, an executive of the Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC), said the company is selling over 10,000 taels a day – a volume which much higher than previous months. Meanwhile, the volume of gold it is purchasing remains [...]

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Closing gold trading floors, a sound decision: gold businesses, experts

January 4, 2010
Closing gold trading floors, a sound decision: gold businesses, experts

Investors follow developments in gold prices at a gold trading floor in Ho Chi Minh City (File photo: SGGP) LookAtVietnam – Gold businesses and analysts have hailed the Government’s decision to shut down all gold trading floors by March 30, calling it a sound decision.   After two years of trial operations, the floors have failed [...]

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Vietnam to close gold trading floors by March 30

December 31, 2009
Vietnam to close gold trading floors by March 30

Vietnam will close around 20 gold trading floors that allow investors to leverage bets on the precious metal, the central bank said on Thursday, part of measures to stabilize the country’s foreign exchange market. The State Bank of Vietnam, the central bank, said in a statement that gold trading instruments must be withdrawn by March [...]

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Gold Market Review 2009

December 28, 2009
Gold Market Review 2009

LookAtVietnam – Gold prices for 2009 broke records continuously, climbing to their highest level in history. The decision to allow gold imports, released on November 11, successfully cooled the market.Here are the nine most outstanding features of the gold market from Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam. Record-setting year The gold price increased steadily in the first, second [...]

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Gold exchange solution branded illegal

December 24, 2009
Gold exchange solution branded illegal

LookAtVietnam – Both solutions proposed by the State Bank of Vietnam to limit problems with gold exchanges face strong opposition from experts . Gold investors on ACB gold trading floorThe first proposed option, Option One, would see the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) prohibit gold exchanges claiming they do not benefit society. The second, Option Two [...]

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Too early to tax gold investors?

December 22, 2009
Too early to tax gold investors?

LookAtVietnam – Analysts say that now is not the right time to begin imposing tax on gold investors. The Ministry of Finance is attempting to tax the profits of investors 20 percent. Two methods of tax collection have been proposed. In the first one, gold investors temporarily pay 0.002 percent on the purchase prices, no matter [...]

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...