Commodity futures
Insitutional investors muscle in on retail market in Korea
Korea's structured product market continues to grow as institutional investors move across to equity derivatives
Experts discuss need for commodity speculation
Squeezing out speculative capital will affect commodity market liquidity, regulator must engage with market to prevent unintended consequences
Dealers argue position limits for cash-settled contracts 'dangerous'
Cash contracts have “no impact on supply and demand”
CFTC presses on with position limits proposal
Concerns remain over position limits for commodity traders under Dodd-Frank Act as CFTC issues plan for public comment
2011 Risk and Energy Risk magazines' Commodity Ranking poll
Vote now in the 2011 Commodity Ranking poll, organised by Risk and Energy Risk magazines, for your top counterparty dealers.
CFTC to publish financial large-trader report
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday announced plans to boost transparency in the financial futures markets with the publication of a new report.
Amaranth report to ring changes
Release of report into collapse of energy hedge fund Amaranth Advisors looks set to change the way OTC markets operate in the US
Backwardation and contango change indicators for seasonal commodities
In the first part of this two-part article, Svetlana Borovkova introduced two indicators for detecting changes between backwardation and contango market states. Here, in the second part, she applies the indicators to seasonal commodities and introduces a…