
First Gold Trading Platform Listed on Australian Stock Exchange
Malaysian-owned
IGDX Holdings Ltd crystallized the nation’s vision to be a significant
player in the global gold trading community with the listing of its
“Gold for Gold” (GforG) international gold trading platform on the
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) recently.
The listing exercise that was successfully carried out in Adelaide on 9
February 2007, was officiated in Malaysia today by Deputy Prime
Minister, YAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak at a
celebratory dinner with over 500 guests comprising members of Kedah
royal family, ambassadors, dignitaries from the Jakarta Securities
Commission and The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society,
politicians, corporate luminaries, as well as associates, partners and
employees of the IGD Group of Companies.
Commenting on IGDX Holdings’ successful debut on ASX, Group Chief
Executive Officer, Dato’ Dr Shamshudeen Yunus said, “We are pleased to
be the first ever gold trading platform to be listed on any
international exchange. The listing exercise is a strategic move on our
part towards international expansion. We will also benefit from being
closer to gold mining and sources of gold, as well as Australia’s more
developed gold mining industry, especially given that our nation’s
vision is globalization, listing on ASX is a window of opportunity to
the west and other major markets.”
Over the last four years, IGD Group of Companies, has been promoting
and distributing various gold products including Gold Dinar. With a
growing presence at the international arena, the Group further
crystallised its position as a significant market maker in the global
gold trading community by attaining international recognition as the
first foreign entity to be a member of one of the most reputable
exchanges in the world, the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society
(CGSE). As bullion member of CGSE, its bullion gold bars are endorsed
and well recognized in Hong Kong, which is a window to China.
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