Gold: All that glisters

There is widespread buzz that a broker has done its cods in a gold swap.

Talk is that the broker concerned, which was supposedly lining up an IPO this year, screwed up a roll in December that left it holding a very bad position.

The broker concerned is denying any problem, but well-placed sources say that three people have already lost their jobs. The initial loss is said to have been as much as $40 million, but this has been reduced by the broker’s somewhat bizarre decision to run the position.

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