Javelin Global Commodities builds coal trading desk
Other commodities moves at CF Partners, CME, DTCC and Vectra
Javelin Global Commodities, the London-based commodity merchant that launched in June this year, has begun building its coal desk with the hiring of two traders from Goldman Sachs.
Julien Reipert and Dirk Detering – formerly, vice-presidents of coal trading at Goldman – have both joined Javelin in similar roles.
Reipert traded physical and financial coal and freight at Goldman since 2008, having previously worked in the trading arm of French oil major Total
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