Commodity Portfolio Management News
Watchdog probes 1m US swap contracts
Source: Financial Times, 13th May 2013
Authorities are squeezing unregulated derivatives dealing in markets from commodities to interest rates in the wake of the financial crisis. A top US financial regulator has launched a broad inquiry into the legitimacy of more than 1m energy and metals transactions by the biggest traders in commodities markets over the past two years.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a “special call” asking Wall Street banks and other traders to provide documents that would prove recent derivatives transactions known as “exchanges of futures for swaps” were legal. Lawyers at the CFTC enforcement division are also scrutinising the trades for possible violations.
Hess and Elliott Management fight hots up
Source: Financial Times, 6th May 2013
Five nominees put forward by Hess board take unusual step of issuing an open letter, accusing rivals of having failed to ‘do their homework’Institutions using ETFs plan to increase assets
Stamford, CT: 6 May 2013
Half of institutions using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expect to increase their allocations to ETFs in the coming year according to the results of new study, Institutional Investors’ Relationship with ETFs Deepens, from Greenwich Associates. When looking to invest in ETFs, U.S. institutions turn most often to iShares, BlackRock’s ETF business.
Risk Weighted Version of the S&P GSCI launched
London, 25 April 2013
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&P GSCI Risk Weight which measures the S&P GSCI on a risk weighted basis. The Index takes into account the contribution of each commodity sector to the overall index risk while seeking to minimize the variance of the risk contributions from all of the commodity sectors. 
Retail earnings lift London equity markets
Source: Financial Times, 11th April 2013
Retailers boosted London equity indices on Thursday after a batch of market-pleasing earnings from some of Britain's best known high street operators.Stocks overcome hesitant start
Source: Financial Times, 2nd April 2013
Tuesday 15:20 BST. Financial markets started the post-Easter period on a positive note as most major equity indices climbed higher despite simmering concerns over the fallout from the Cyprus bailout and the absence of a stable Italian government.Japanese shares lead Asian markets lower
Source: Financial Times, 2nd April 2013
Tuesday 08:50 BST. European markets started the post-Easter period on a positive note, as most major equity indices climbed on opening and government borrowing costs edged down, despite simmering concerns over the fallout from Cyprus's bailout and the absence of a stable Italian government.Stocks edge higher as Cyprus fears fade
Source: Financial Times, 2nd April 2013
Tuesday 08:50 BST. European markets started the post-Easter period on a positive note as most major equity indices climbed on opening and government borrowing costs edged down, despite simmering concerns over the fallout from Cyprus's bailout and the absence of a stable Italian government.Stocks rise as Cyprus worries ease
Source: Financial Times, 20th March 2013
Wednesday 20:00 GMT. Investors regained their appetite for riskier assets as recent concerns about Cyprus began to ease and the Federal Reserve sprang no major surprises after a meeting of its policy-setting Open Market Committee.ETF Securities launches Sterling and Euro-hedged physical gold investment solutions
London, 20 March 2013
ETF Securities, one of the world’s leading, independent providers of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), has launched ETFS GBP Daily Hedged Physical Gold on the London Stock Exchange and will be launching ETFS EUR Daily Hedged Physical Gold on Deutsche Boerse on 21st March. The new currency-hedged investment solutions complement the firm’s current physical gold product range by offering an inbuilt daily currency-hedging mechanism, mitigating the effect of currency volatility in investors’ portfolios.
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