London, 24 November 2010

The inaugural Commodity Business Awards were announced this evening at a special ceremony at London’s Glaziers Hall, London Bridge, presented by Gyles Brandreth. The Commodity Business Awards recognise and reward excellence in twenty key commodity business disciplines; whether that’s in the physical and/or financial arena, in trading, risk management, structuring, finance, research, advisory, logistics, legal, or specialist technology.

“Commodity business has finally been elevated to its rightful place: Critical. Over the last decade commodities have moved from a somewhat chaotic niche, into a mainstream investment opportunity. As we grow older and around 2-3 billion souls are added to our ranks, the responsibilities we have as to how the Earth’s natural resources are developed and evenly spread remains the challenge,” says Guy Isherwood, Awards Patron and Publisher/Editor of Commodities Now magazine.

“These Awards recognise and reward talent and excellence throughout the commodity complex ... to those companies making a significant impact on the way commodity business is conducted – recognising those institutions making a positive contribution to the development of markets, client responsibility, and investor satisfaction,” added Isherwood.

“In our business we have developed global market-based mechanisms to achieve the desired outcomes and, whilst not perfect, the responsibilities we have to our employers, shareholders and clients should not overshadow our need to develop markets responsibly and ethically.”

“We intend that these Awards become an important marker in the commodities calendar in years to come,” he added.

The Award Winners are:

Trading, Risk & Portfolio Management –

Energy Markets:  BNP Paribas

Industrial Metals:  MF Global

Precious Metals:  Deutsche Bank

Agricultural & Softs Markets:  Macquarie Bank

Emission Markets:  Point Carbon Thomson Reuters

Renewable Energy:  Camco International

Traded Commodity Markets (all products):  MF Global

Commodity Market Development

Risk Exposure Mitigation:  Risk Limited Corporation

Commodity Finance & Structured Products:  Société Générale CIB

Market Policy & Advisory:  Carbon Disclosure Project

CTRM Software:  OpenLink Financial

Data Management:  DataGenic

Commodity Logistics:  Triple Point Technology

Commodities: Legal - Reed Smith

Corporate Social Responsibility:  BNP Paribas

And Announcing –

Credit Suisse / Glencore Active Index Strategy (GAINS) Funds

Morgan Stanley

GFI Group (including subsidiares Amerex LLC, Trayport and Starsupply)

APX-ENDEX

Morgan Stanley

The Awards were presented by Gyles Brandreth, celebrated British author, broadcaster, actor and former Conservative Member of Parliament. He also hosted a Charity Raffle in support of the Global Village Energy Partnership [see www.gvepinternational.org].

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Write-ups of the Awards are available at the Commodities Now and Commodity Business Award websites:

www.commodities-now.com

www.commoditybusinessawards.com

Notes:

The Commodity Business Awards: A two-stage process

The Awards are a two-stage process, comprising a nomination period followed by voting on a shortlist of nominees in each award category.

Stage 1: This first stage was for nominations and concluded on October 1st 2010. Companies from throughout the commodity complex were invited to nominate themselves or others in any one of the categories of excellence.

Stage 2: The second stage [during October 2010] involved voting for one of the shortlisted nominees from each category drawn up by the Awards Panel. Over 14,500 votes were received this year for these Awards.

Full information on the Awards and the awards process is available at the website:

www.commoditybusinessawards.com

Contacts:

The Commodity Business Awards were adjudicated by Commodities Now magazine and numerous market specialists. All correspondence associated with these awards should be addressed to:

Guy Isherwood

Publisher/Editor,

Commodities Now magazine

T: + 44 (0) 20 7584 0000

E:  gish@commodities–now.com