1993 IMF Paper, "Structure & Operation of the World Gold Market"

[gunDriller]

http://www.financialsense.com/fsn/presentations/files/IMF_Sept1993.pdf

interesting historical document. about 44 pages.

covers -
* international markets (London, Hong Kong, New York)
* "Gold swaps & forward sales"
* futures & option exchanges (COMEX)

[DualCarbon]

Good info. I wonder how much has changed since 1993, but I bet it's still pretty close.
I liked the info on London being the big pricing location (in the Rothschild Fixing Room at 10:30am&3pm) and Zurich being the big physical gold depository.