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Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space as Gold Rallies
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Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space as Gold Rallies: Commodities
September 21, 2011, 8:49 AM EDT
By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Nicholas Larkin and Debarati Roy
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Deep in the 7.4-acre Singapore FreePort next to Changi International Airport’s runways is thebullionvaultof Swiss Precious Metals, behind seven-metric-ton steel doors built to survive a plane crash or earthquake.
The rooms are almost full after demand rosefivefoldin the year since the Geneva-based company opened the facility. The firm plans an extension, and relocated Chief Executive Officer Jean-Francois Pages to Singapore last month to cope with the surge of investors willing to pay as much as 1 percent of the value of their holdings each year to keep them secure.
“The European debt crisis and its impact on thesolvencyof European financial players are driving European customers to find refuge intangiblevalues like physical gold and other precious metals,” Pages said. Demand “is totally compatible with the current financial and political globalturmoil.”
Barclays Capital is building a new vault, The Brink’s Co. and Deutsche Bank AG may add more space, and the Perth Mint may expand for the first time since 2003, a sign they expect demand to keep increasing after the 11-year rally during which prices increased sevenfold. Investors in exchange-traded products backed by gold bought 2,198 tons of bullion since 2003, exceeding all except four countries’ official stockpiles.
Gold climbed to a record $1,921.15 anounceon Sept. 6. Prices more than doubled since the end of 2007 as stock marketsslumped, economies contracted and central banks and governments pumped more than $2 trillion into the global financial system.
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Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space as Gold Rallies: Commodities
September 21, 2011, 8:49 AM EDT
By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Nicholas Larkin and Debarati Roy
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Deep in the 7.4-acre Singapore FreePort next to Changi International Airport’s runways is thebullionvaultof Swiss Precious Metals, behind seven-metric-ton steel doors built to survive a plane crash or earthquake.
The rooms are almost full after demand rosefivefoldin the year since the Geneva-based company opened the facility. The firm plans an extension, and relocated Chief Executive Officer Jean-Francois Pages to Singapore last month to cope with the surge of investors willing to pay as much as 1 percent of the value of their holdings each year to keep them secure.
“The European debt crisis and its impact on thesolvencyof European financial players are driving European customers to find refuge intangiblevalues like physical gold and other precious metals,” Pages said. Demand “is totally compatible with the current financial and political globalturmoil.”
Barclays Capital is building a new vault, The Brink’s Co. and Deutsche Bank AG may add more space, and the Perth Mint may expand for the first time since 2003, a sign they expect demand to keep increasing after the 11-year rally during which prices increased sevenfold. Investors in exchange-traded products backed by gold bought 2,198 tons of bullion since 2003, exceeding all except four countries’ official stockpiles.
Gold climbed to a record $1,921.15 anounceon Sept. 6. Prices more than doubled since the end of 2007 as stock marketsslumped, economies contracted and central banks and governments pumped more than $2 trillion into the global financial system.