Commodity Risk Management beyond VaR First, the bad news – Value at Risk (VaR) of a position / portfolio just gives the maximum loss you can have, with a certain confidence. But it doesn’t tell you what your position / portfolio could lose beyond that confidence. If you are the one managing risks in your […]
Top 5 issues with Commodity Risk Systems This post is part of our unorganized research and survey which we have done across multiple industries and geographies, to find out the top 5 issues with Commodity Risk Systems that are being faced by the trading companies. While many companies are likely to have one of these […]
The Future of Commodity Risk Management The Future of Commodity Risk Management. Here we share what we think how Commodity Risk Management is going to change in the Future for companies that today, either don’t have a well-established risk management process or are struggling with their processes. As we talk to industry experts and commodity […]
The Humble PI of Risk Management A lot of approaches and frameworks are discussed in companies that are relatively new to implementing Risk Management process – the types of control processes, committee structure, risk reports, estimation methods, quantification models, systems, people, etc. In fact, these discussions sometimes go so intense and deep that it all […]
The evolution of Commodity Risk Management ! While maturity of Risk Management processes is good in Banking and Insurance industries which is closely followed by the Energy Trading industry, for Commodity Trading industry it is still in a relatively nascent stage. This is primarily due to delayed integration of commodity markets with the financial markets. […]