Energy and commodities voice broking will never die
Over-the-counter markets have been under siege in recent years. They won’t disappear, writes Mark Earthey
At recent conferences, in the press and in market gossip, the over-the-counter energy and commodity markets have been consigned to the history books – obituaries written and elegies muttered. Yet the demise of the market’s voice broker is far from upon us.
OTC markets in general have had a rough ride over the past decade. They took a disproportionate amount of blame for the 2007 crash, and
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