- Rudolf Wolff
Rudolf Wolff & Co. was founded in
London in 1866 as a metal merchant. In 1877 Rudolf Wolff was amongst the group of merchants who formed theLondon Metal Exchange .Over the years Rudolf Wolff & Co became one of the leading brokers and Ring dealing member of theLondon Metal Exchange and members of the Company have played a very active role in the organization and running of the Exchange.In 1982 Rudolf Wolff & Co. Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Noranda.
In the 1990’s Rudolf Wolff dealt in a range of over 150 commodity futures and options, covering metals, agricultural commodities, energy, currencies, financial instruments and stock indices, trading on more than 20 international exchanges.
In 2000 Noranda decided to close Rudolf Wolff & Co. and assets from the company were brought by
Metallgesellschaft References
*"Wolff's Guide to the London Metal Exchange" (Metal Bulletin Books Limited, 3rd Edition 1987) ISBN 0-947671-05-6
*"Wolff's Guide to the London Metal Exchange" (Metal Bulletin Books Limited, 2rd Edition 1980) ISBN 0-900542-43-8
*"Wolff's Guide to the London Metal Exchange" (Metal Bulletin Books Limited, 1st Edition 1976)
*"Dealing on the London Metal Exchange and Commodity Markets" (M. C. Brackenbury & CO.)
*"Robert Gibson-Jarvie. The London Metal Exchange - a commodity market" (Woodhead-Faulkner Ltd. in association withMetallgesellschaft AG, 1st Edition 1976) ISBN 0 85941 042 0External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_128_108/ai_63263981/ American Metal Market]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/10/db1002.xml/ Jack Wolff obituary, Telegraph 10 November 2004, Director and Partner of Rudolf Wolff & Co.]
* [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n18_v96/ai_6297533/ Freddy Wolff obituary, American Metal Market 27 January 1988, Managing Director and Chairman of Rudolf Wolff & Co. and Chairman of the LME]
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