SBMA News
By Albert Cheng, CEO, SBMAPublished on June 5, 2019
The team at SBMA has been busy this quarter with preparatory work for the 3rd Asia Pacific Precious Metals Conference (APPMC) in June. SBMA will be celebrating its 25th anniversary and we have planned many new activities and features at the conference to commemorate this occasion. We hope that you will celebrate with us at APPMC.
Here is an update of our activities:
April 1
SBMA holds a seminar on the launch of the Metals Focus Gold Focus 2019 report.

April 10
DCE Gordon Cheung visited precious metals related companies in Hong Kong and Shenzhen as part of an outreach trip.
April 27
SBMA holds a full-day Asian benchmark brainstorming workshop with team facilitation to develop a new three-year strategy for the association going forward.


May 6
SBMA members attend the Ministry of Law’s 1st Onboarding Conference for the industry to provide an overview of the regulatory and registration requirements under the Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Act.
May 7
DCE Gordon Cheung represents SBMA at LME Asia Week in Hong Kong.

May 22
SBMA members attend the Ministry of Law’s 2st Onboarding Conference for the industry to provide an overview of the regulatory and registration requirements under the Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Act.
Exploratory Meetings
During the quarter, we met with the following companies on membership and matters related to market development: Accadence, EIS Global, Finews Asia, ICBC Standard Bank, In Gold We Trust Report, Mileage Communications, Singapore Tourism Board, Triland Metals, UOB, Workbite and World Gold Council.
Membership
SBMA’s total membership consists of 46 companies, including three Category 1 members, 32 Local Associate Corporate members, nine Foreign Associate Corporate members, and two Affiliate members.
Upcoming Events
The IPMI is an annual conference that aims to collect, archive and share substantive, definitive and factual information regarding all aspects of the precious metals. Session topics will address precious metals topics of current interest presented by world recognised leaders and experts in the field.
More information, updates and details of past conferences are available at www.goldconvention.in.
Registration details for LBMA and LPPM members will be announced later this year.
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