進軍國際金融市場 中國工行收購倫敦金庫

China's ICBC Standard bank, the world's biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy a massive vault in London. It will be the first Chinese lender to own a vault in London as it looks to grow its precious metals business.

中國工行旗下的標準銀行是目前世界上資產最多的銀行，日前該行已經就在倫敦購買一個大型金庫達成協議。這將是在倫敦擁有金庫的第一家中國銀行，而中國工行也將藉此發展旗下的貴金屬業務。

The vault, which is in a secret location and is being sold by Barclays, can hold up to 2,000 metric tons of gold, silver, platinum and palladium. The deal will give ICBC more influence over trading, pricing and storage of precious metals.

這個金庫由英國巴克萊銀行售出，地點隱祕，可容納2000噸的黃金、白銀、鉑金和鈀。這一交易將使得中國工行在貴金屬的交易、定價以及儲存方面更有影響力。

No financial details were given but the deal is expected to be completed in July.

目前交易雙方都沒有披露更多的財務細節，但是這筆交易預計將在7月份的時候完成。

China accounts for more than a quarter of global gold demand but trading of the yellow metal remains centred out of London and New York. Around $5tn (3.5tn pounds) in transactions were handled in London's bullion market last year.

中國的黃金需求量佔據了全世界需求總量的四分之一，但是黃金貿易目前仍然是以倫敦和紐約爲中心。去年，倫敦黃金市場的成交量達到了5萬億美元（約合3.5萬億英鎊）。

ICBC Standard Bank's head of commodities Mark Buncombe said the purchase "enables us to better execute on our strategy to become one of the largest Chinese banks in the precious metals market".

中國工行標準銀行商品部負責人馬克·邦科姆說，這筆交易“使我們能夠更好地執行我們的戰略，成爲貴金屬市場上最大的中國銀行之一。”

Last week, ICBC became a member of London's precious metals clearing system, which is where trades are settled. As ICBC takes on more Western clients, the bank needs infrastructure close by to store the physical gold or metals.

上週，中國工行成爲了倫敦貴金屬結算系統的成員，貴重金屬的交易都在這裏進行。由於中國工行的西方客戶越來越多，所以需要就近的設施來儲存實體黃金和其他貴重金屬。

The vault is one of the largest in Europe and took more than a year to build. It was opened in 2012 by Barclays, which says it is located within the M25 motorway that circles London.

據悉，被交易的這個金庫是歐洲最大的金庫之一，共耗費一年的時間來建造。巴克萊銀行在2012年將其投入使用。該金庫位於環繞倫敦的M25高速公路上。