Commodities
110 white papers and resources
Below you will find a selection of commodities white papers covering the current issues and thinking by leading expert opinions and what to look out for in the future. Commodities are marketable goods such as raw materials or agricultural products that can be bought or sold on an open market. These commodities are usually used in the initial stages of the production process to create other goods or services. The sale and purchase of commodities are based on speculation, meaning economic and environmental factors play a key part in the purchasing and sale of commodities.
Introducing an Advanced CTRM Solution for Global Energy and Commodity Trading
We combined a market-leading, proprietary provider of news, weather and marketing analysis with a SaaS solution for the energy and commodity trading sectors to create a web-based, multi-commodity integrated risk management solution that will transform the way you do business. This resulted in a…
Legal Risk Benchmarking Survey: Results and Analysis
In 2003 the Basle Capital Accord set the challenge to Financial Institutions: to create systems and controls that will contribute to the management of ‘the legal aspects of operational risk’ (legal risk). But although Financial Services dominate this area, legal risk is an issue across all sectors…
Tackling the growing risk of cyber crime
The risk of cyber-attacks on financial institutions is highly topical but not a new issue. However, what is changing, and rapidly, is the scale, frequency and sophistication of attacks. Financial institutions rely on technology to deliver convenient internet services to customers and to operate…
Integrating Risk into Pre-Trade Analysis: Practical Ways of Bringing Credit, Liquidity, Funding and Regulatory Costs into an Integrated Profitability Framework
As regulations in the derivatives market continue to be rolled out and implemented, financial institutions face growing pressure on their current business models. To survive and thrivein this new era of derivatives trading, today’s practitioners need to adopt a more integrated and holistic approach…
Learn the Fundamentals of Managing Liquidity Under US Basel III Webinar
The developments in liquidity management regulations present significant challenges to organizations covered by US Basel III. Watch this webinar, to understand: The key aspects of the U.S. Basel III liquidity regulations. The critical challenges in implementing the liquidity elements of U.S. Basel…
5 Ways to Decrease Your Market Data Spend and Improve Workflow
In order to remain competitive in the energy and commodity markets, there's a vast amount of market data you need to collect, analyze, and act on. It's a daunting task, which requires a lotof time, effort, and, most importantly, money. If you’re not careful, keeping your market data up-to-date and…
How Transparency in German Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant Production Impacts Trading
In this paper, Genscape has analysed Combined Heat and Power or Central Heat and Power (CHP)production in the German market, the challenges it raises for market participants, and the key stepsrequired to address the fundamental lack of transparency in CHP plant production.
Controlled Chaos: Managing the Uncertainties of Renewables in Europe
Producers, system operators and traders in power markets are facing multidimensional challenges in forecasting, optimization, trading, risk management and structural changes caused by the rise of renewables in the European power grid.
Getting to a New Transparency in Netback
Internal and external pressures are causing chief financial officers, chief operating officers and other executives at oil and gas explorationand production(E&P) companies to spotlight the way they are calculating netback pricing and royalties to the owners of the energy sources.
Risk Books: High-Frequency Trading Extract
This is the survival guide for trading in a world where high-frequency trading predominates in markets, accounting for upwards of 60% of trading in equities and futures, and 40% in foreign exchange.