We start today's podcasts assessing why Western financial institutions are now seriously questioning the role of the Usd and UST as the bedrock of the western financial system and are assessing other options.We then move onto discussing recent developments in the Chinese Gold, the rise of Hong Kong as a financial centre and how Japan and South Korea are have signed up to utilising the Yuan as a funding currency. We conclude assessing developments in West Asia to include Iran, Qatar and Syria.