Corporate Darwinism for Commodity Trading Firms With banks exiting commodity trading, Commodity Trading Firms are at the cusp of a fundamental business shift. Risks are very likely to shoot up, leaving Commodity Trading firms no choice but to evolve and adjust to these shifts. Over the past decade, Physical Commodity trading business has been besieged with […]
Review: Report on Economics of Commodity Trading Firms The recent release of Report on Economics of Commodity Trading Firms is a bold step from a well-respected Commodity Trading Firm (CTF) – Trafigura, in giving an insight and “demystifying” the secretive commodity trading industry. And it is indeed a very impressive read. According to Reuters, “The […]
Avoiding Kotov’s Syndrome in Risk Management Alexander Kotov (1913-1981) was a Soviet Chess Grandmaster and author. In his book, Think Like a Grandmaster, he described a situation now known commonly as the Kotov’s Syndrome. The situation is when a player thinks hard for a very long time but does not find any clear path, and […]
Thank You ! In the past few days, we have released a couple of Publications on Commodity Risk Management. Both of these publications received an overwhelming response from our followers and readers.
Wish you a Happy & Risk-enabled 2014 ! 2013 was a year of significant turbulence and uncertainty. While Stricter Regulations pushed some investment banks to close down their commodity trading divisions (see JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank), excessive Volatility and poor returns saw some commodity hedge funds closing down. The 16 day US shut-down added significant […]