Commodity markets
DME reveals trading platform details
Energy futures exchange the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), due to launch in the fourth quarter of this year, has unveiled details of its trading platform.
Feeling off-balance
Pension buy-outs
Reaping the biofuel benefits
Commodities
CBOT developing credit derivatives contract and expanding metals coverage
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is planning to offer credit derivatives to its customers.
Making green with ethanol
Financial investors and commodity traders are paying closer attention to the US corn crop, due to the potential impacts it may have on the growing ethanol market. Daven Voorhies explains
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North America
SG mines the mainland
Q&A: Stéphanie Clément de Givry
Getting it together
Hybrids
Integrated data management for commodities
Asset Control
Going electronic
Commodities
Turning up the heat
Regulation
BarCap logs on at last
Technology
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North America
Burnt by contango
Investors have poured tens of billions of dollars into commodity index products, but some claim the flood of capital has caused structural changes in commodity markets. And as spot prices fall, it could lead to an exodus of cash from these investments…
CFTC accuses BP of price manipulation
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has accused BP Products North America of price manipulation in the US propane market.
Industry gets energised
Attracting some 300 delegates, this year's Energy Risk USA conference was by far the biggest and most successful it's been since the fall of Enron, writes Stella Farrington
Clearing the way for competition
Until recently, NOS was the only player offering clearing for freight derivatives. But with the arrival of new players, competition is set to intensify. Oliver Holtaway reports
Japan's budding asset class
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