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Commodity prices seen as greatest threat to recovery: poll
Rising commodity prices pose the biggest risk to recovery after the 2008 global financial crisis, according to a risk.net poll
Deutsche Bank has listed sterling-hedged versions of its gold, silver, oil and agricultural exchange-traded commodities
Known for their high volatility and extreme sensitivity to natural and geopolitical factors, soft commodities are nonetheless being added to the mix of structured products on offer
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Volatile agricultural commodity prices drive hedging activities
Drought in north-east China, combined with floods in Australia, has driven the volatility of wheat prices dramatically higher during the past few months. And wheat is not the only soft commodity whose price volatility is causing problems for market...
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Extreme market risk is hardly new for manufacturers, merchants and end-users in the agricultural commodity markets. Heightened commodity price volatility directly and indirectly affects profitability, which then complicates purchasing, budgeting and other...
UK products offer access to commodities, emerging markets and overseas...
Despite a near-impossible pricing environment, issuers continue to offer investors returns on FTSE 100-based products, with a few surprise exotics.
The rise and fall of commodities
Commodities have asserted themselves as one of the dominant asset classes in the last few years and consequently they are becoming more readily available to investors. However they do not come without their problems and whether the more exotic classes...
ETF Roundup: More for Amundi in Germany
Amundi lists five ETFs on Xetra; ETF Securities reports a pickup in metals and agriculture ETFs; and Invesco agrees licence agreement for real estate ETFs
BNP Paribas’ commodity research to triple
French investment bank BNP Paribas is set to more than triple its commodity research team, across metals, soft commodities and carbon emissions, in order to bolster its trading side as it goes on an aggressive drive to gather more hedge funds and institutional...
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