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Gold council will list ETF in Asia, make Barrick CEO chairman
Greg Wilkins is CEO of Barrick Gold.
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Gold Council to List EFT in Japan, Hong Kong
From Reuters
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/id...
MUMBAI, India -- The World Gold Council is looking to cross-list its New York-listed StreetTRACKS Gold Shares, a gold exchange-traded fund (ETF), in Japan and Hong Kong by September, a senior WGC official said on Tuesday.
"I am pretty confident that in the next two quarters we will be able to cross-list our ETF in Japan and Hong Kong," James Burton, chief executive of the World Gold Council, said.
The World Gold Council held a meeting in Mumbai to appoint a new chairman on Tuesday. Its new chairman will be Greg Wilkins.
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