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Cocoa points to risk, reward on commodities frontier
London, 2 September 2010
As investors focus on frontier commodity markets in the search for superior returns, the explosive rise and sudden collapse in cocoa prices this summer should serve as a warning about the problem of managing large positions in markets with limited liquidity.
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Meat price surge fuels fears of food inflation
Source: Financial Times, 1st September 2010
Global meat prices have hit a 20-year high as robust demand from emerging countries has coincided with a drop in production by exporters such as the US and Australia, fuelling concerns about rising food inflation.
Newedge welcomes EU derivative reforms
Paris, 30 August 2010
Newedge Group, a global leader in multi-asset brokerage and clearing, supports the European Commission’s legislative proposals to reform the OTC derivatives market, and recently submitted its comments to the Commission’s Public Consultation on Derivatives and Market Infrastructures.
Imports drag U.S. 2nd-quarter growth lower
Washington, 27 August 2010
U.S. economic growth slowed more sharply than initially thought in the second quarter, held back by the largest increase in imports in 26 years, a government report showed on Friday. Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.6 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said, instead of the 2.4 percent pace it had estimated last month.
Pakistan crop concerns spark cotton price rise
Source: Financial Times, 27th August 2010
Cotton prices surged to a near 15-year high on Friday as traders fretted about tightening supplies after Pakistan's floods, the worst in 80 years, devastated a large chunk of the country's crop, just as global demand surges.
Commodity Business Awards, 2010 – Nominations Open
London, August 2010
The Commodity Business Awards (CBAs) reward talent and excellence throughout the commodity markets ... whether that's in the physical and/or financial arena, in trading, risk management, structuring, finance, research, advisory, logistics, legal or specialist technology.
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CFTC's Sommers: position limit deadline poses risk
Washington, 13 August 2010
U.S. regulators run the risk of setting commodity market position limits too low or too high because the deadline for the curbs comes before they will be able to assess the true size of the vast, opaque swaps market, according to an official who has opposed limits in the past.
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The Uncertainty Principle – Part III
Beijing, August 2010
A recent Wall Street Journal editorial commenting on the U.S. financial reform legislation was entitled, "The Uncertainty Principle". This was followed by another editorial entitled, "The Uncertainty Principle – II". It led me to the idea of adopting the same theme for the presentation at this conference in Beijing. With due deference to the WSJ, I have entitled my remarks, "The Uncertainty Principle – Part III".
The allure of options for grain market bulls
Chicago, 5 August 2010
Investors and traders looking to gain exposure to wheat and other grains and oilseeds markets typically opt for futures contracts as the vehicle of choice.
Soaring grain prices revive fears of spike in food inflation
Source: Financial Times, 5th August 2010
Soaring grain prices have revived concerns about a spike in food inflation - raising the risk of aggressive tightening action by emerging market central banks, says Manoj Pradhan, economist at Morgan Stanley.
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