Commodities
Commodity traders won’t replace banks, says Citi’s Staley
Citi head of global commodities “doesn’t lay awake at night awaiting a full-scale assault” from non-bank companies, such as oil majors and commodity trading houses
Energy Risk Awards 2014
The Energy Risk Awards recognise excellence throughout the global commodity markets. You can read all the details of the winning companies by clicking the links found in this page
Data Provider of the Year: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has long been a respected provider of data, but it is also enhancing its commodities offering with innovative tools and insight from third parties
Consultancy of the Year: Baringa Partners
Baringa Partners continues to carry out valued work with top-flight clients in energy and is also proving successful at breaking into the broader commodity trading sector
Research House of the Year: Marex Spectron
The increasing prevalence of financial trading in commodities means there is a need for innovative technical analytics, which broker Marex Spectron has done well at providing
Derivatives House of the Year: Citi
While other banks are nervously pulling back from commodity and energy derivatives trading, Citi is boldly pushing ahead
JP Morgan unveils commodities succession plan
John Anderson and Michael Camacho to succeed commodities chief Blythe Masters amid sale of physical business to Mercuria
End of an era as Masters leaves JP Morgan
Goldman appoints commodities co-head; CFTC's Chilton joins law firm; energy traders flee Barclays; Alan Koh rejoins Morgan Stanley; head of oil trading quits Citi
Banks counter Fed worries on physical commodities
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley stress public benefits of allowing banks to trade physical commodities, while downplaying fears of catastrophic risk
Senior commodities salesman quits JP Morgan
David Samuels exits JP Morgan amid commodities shake-up and sale of physical business to Mercuria
Upstart banks betting on expansion in commodities
As banking industry’s top commodity players retreat, others are increasing their activity and growing their commodities business
Morgan Stanley reshuffles oil liquids business amid Rosneft acquisition
Morgan Stanley names commodities CRO Nancy King as head of oil liquids business, while promoting former deputy Brett Humphreys to post of commodities CRO
Commodities investing is still fundamentally sound
Commodity investors may have had a bad year, but putting money into commodities of finite supply continues to makes sense
Fed moves to rein in US banks’ physical commodity trading
Under pressure from politicians, the US Federal Reserve floats proposals to tighten rules on banks in physical commodities
Commodity traders not too big to fail, suggests FSB report
Trafigura, Vitol and other trading houses unlikely to be captured by proposed criteria for global systemically important financial institutions
Ex-Deutsche Bank energy traders launch hedge fund
New fund will trade financial transmission rights in US power markets
Commodity investment goes back to fundamentals
The past year has not been a good one for commodity investment. Passive commodity indexes have delivered disappointing returns, while a number of high-profile commodity hedge funds have been forced to close. What is the outlook for investor interest in…
Dodd-Frank special report
Energy Risk looks in detail at the US Dodd-Frank Act and its implications for commodity and energy market participants
Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings open for voting
Vote now in the 2014 Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings
Correlation suggests ‘return to normal’ for commodities
Commodities are being increasingly driven by market fundamentals, say analysts, forcing investors to search harder for returns
A plea for certainty in regulation
Clear and unambiguous rules have the potential to satisfy advocates of sterner regulation, as well as regulated firms
An exclusive look at Commodity Investing and Trading
A new book, Commodity Investing and Trading, is now on sale from Risk Books. Energy Risk provides an exclusive preview
Energy Risk Europe: Commodity trading demands big data, says Trafigura CRO
Commodity trading firms urged to use advancements in big data to gain strategic advantage
Asia Commodity Research House of the Year: SG CIB
Accurate forecasting and insightful analysis prove a winning formula for SG CIB