CME to launch physical gold futures contract in Hong Kong by year-end

``CME Group Inc will launch a physically deliverable gold futures contract in Hong Kong later this year to capture growing hedging and investment buying in the Asian region, a senior executive of the exchange said on Thursday.'' -- Guess the CME group is going to have to learn all over again how to deliver actual physical commodities ... but of course they don't want to fade into obsolescence as functioning, physical precious metals futures markets take over in Asia...