Protecting the Natural Diamond Market

AWDC Café announces webinar on 11 September 

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) announces the next (virtual) AWDC Café, featuring Diamond Standard (DS). The well announced online webinar’s – by Zoom invitation; topic is protecting the Natural Diamond (ND) Market from Lab-Grown Disruption is to be held on 11 September 2024. 

During this session, The Diamond Standard team will cover, Diamond ETP buying $1 Billion, essentially establishing natural diamonds as Investment Grade assets to secure their place in the market. In the row the Diamond Standard team share their message. 

The DS Team said, “Unless we take action, lab grown diamonds will permanently destroy the natural diamond market and your business. We must urgently answer the question. Why should I pay more for a natural diamond when a lab grown diamond is indistinguishable?”  

The DS Team added, I propose this answer: “Only natural diamonds are Investment Grade.” Investors consistently acquire 15-32% of precious metals. Unlocking investor demand for natural diamonds will solve the oversupply problem, and restore diamonds’ reputation with consumers. 

Their team will also share about Diamond Standard's upcoming launch of an exchange-traded product (ETP) on a major North American stock exchange, which will, for the first time, allow investors to allocate to natural diamonds as an asset class. This initiative aims to absorb excess inventory and revitalize the diamond supply chain, benefiting everyone from miners to retailers. 

Diamond Standard has confidential approval to file an exchange traded product (ETP) holding our commodities on a major North American stock exchange. Diamond Standard commodities are already U.S. CFTC Good for Delivery, produced under regulatory supervision and Deloitte audit, and consume the full range of natural diamonds between 0.18 to 2.05 cts.





 

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