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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why everybody in your organization is a Risk Manager? Several commodity trading / processing organizations think that their Chief Risk Officer (CRO) or Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or CEO has the sole responsibility of managing and reducing risk for the entire organization. In fact, surveys have shown that many Asia-Pacific based organizations think of CEO […]