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Commodity alpha strategies suffer from surge in grain prices
Rising grain prices resulting from drought conditions in the US prompt unwinding of positions as banks work to add additional signals into alpha strategy algorithms
Posted collateral cannot be used to offset liabilities when calculating farm credit banks' leverage ratio
With crude palm oil prices rising 30% in the last six months, interest in hedging downside risk from palm oil producers is on the increase. So are producers locking in prices now or waiting for the market...
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ETF investors gain commodities exposure
Commodities have returned to the structured products spotlight as providers come up with new, more efficient ways of gaining exposure to the asset class and explore innovative ways to package commodity-based investments
Start of 2012 sees surge in commodities ETF launches
Commodities have returned to the structured products spotlight as providers come up with new, more efficient ways of gaining exposure to the asset class and explore innovative ways to package commodity-based investments. By Hannah Collins
New sector-specific ETFs tap demand for commodities
Lyxor and iShares find new ways to innovate with the launch of sector-specific commodity ETFs
Commodity and energy derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Big derivatives market-makers invariably have complementary strengths in the underlying asset class – big interest rate swap players also underwrite debt and trade bonds, for example. The same principle applies to commodity derivatives, but is much...
ETFs linked to agricultural commodities surge as supply tightens
Exchange-traded funds linked to some agricultural commodities such as wheat have seen the strongest investment inflows over the first part of the year, with soft commodities presenting low or stretched inventory levels leading the trend
Asian ETF market lurches forward
The exchange-traded funds market in Asia-Pacific stalled after making a promising start. But that’s all changing with a 25% increase in the number of products recorded in the first few months of this year. Richard Jory reports from the Art of Indexing...
Investors buy into agricultural land for inflation protection
Investors are looking to agricultural land as a fertile ground for investment due to increased demand for a protein-rich diet being led by countries such as China and India, as well as for its properties as a hedge against rising inflation.
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