By Neil Hume and Xan Rice Financial Times, London Wednesday, July 9, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b0628dc8-076d-...144feab7de.html
A joint proposal by Thomson Reuters, the data and news service, and exchange operator CME Group has emerged as the frontrunner to provide a new global silver price benchmark when the 117-year old London silver fix is disbanded in August.
However, it faces a last-minute challenge from the London Metal Exchange that has joined forces with Autilla, a technology provider, to table a revised bid.
