Commodity markets
UK IFAs seek commodity exposure
Barclays in the UK has launched a new plan that focuses on the theme of agricultural commodities following interest from IFAs and potential investors. The final returns of the Barclays six-year Agricultural Commodities Plan are based on the performance…
Exchanging futures
There's no doubt that Andy Gooch takes the helm at Nymex Europe Limited in interesting times. While NEL's trading floor is in danger of closure, arch rival IntercontinentalExchange's new WTI contract has gained significant volume
A growth industry
Agricultural derivatives
Alpha abounds
Hedge fund perspective
Goldman Sachs offers commodity-linked certificates
Goldman Sachs has launched two six-year certificates that are linked to an equally weighted basket of the GSCI Agriculture Excess Return Index and the GSCI Livestock Excess Return Index. Both products are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
UBS, Diapason launch first biofuels index
Swiss bank UBS and Swiss commodity firm Diapason Commodities Management Investors launch the first commodity-based index for biological fuels.
Nymex's death knell to floor?
The New York Mercantile Exchange's decision to introduce side-by-side electronic and open-outcry trading heralds the beginning of the end for its floor trade, many market participants believe
Tussle over alpha
Alternative Investments
Taifex eyes a golden future
Taifex
Nymex’s side-by-side trading seen as deathknell to floor
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) will introduce side-by-side electronic and open-outcry trading in its physically settled energy futures contracts in the second quarter of 2006.
Challenging the giants
Energy and commodity rankings 2006
Commodities Count 2006
The recent swell in energy market participants means the battle for dominance has never been fiercer, but the increased competition means ever-more sophisticated product offerings, finds Stella Farrington
Linking asset classes
Commodity hybrids
RiskNews
RiskNews
Deutsche Bank launches exchange-traded commodity index fund
Deutsche Bank has launched a commodity index tracking fund in New York, the first commodity index-linked fund to be listed on a US exchange.
SPA newswire
North America
Playing on correlation
Alternative investment products: Commodity hybrids
A focus on ETFs
Structured products