Recent events have made ever more obvious the growing importance of risk management in commodities. Indeed, one of the biggest private companies in the US, Semgroup, had to file for bankruptcy last ...

Trafigura warned of near-term commodities market turbulence on geopolitical and macroeconomic instability, uncertain trade policies and the threat of increasing inflation. The ...

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President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...

Volatility returned in 2025 as US tariff policies took effect across various commodities, increasing the importance of client hedging and financing needs. For supporting clients in this difficult ...

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Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Global commodities trading house Vitol ​increased revenues and traded more oil in 2025 compared with 2024, it said on ...

In just eight years, Maltese-born Alkagesta has transformed Malta from a Mediterranean refuelling stop into a global ...

Société Générale’s analysts have never been afraid to make contrarian calls. When lead and zinc tested historical highs last year, they predicted a 50% correction within a year’s time, a call that ...