Kraft allegations raise concern among energy end-users

Energy firms worried about agency's more aggressive stance, conference told

Kraft successors stand accused of manipulating wheat futures market

A recent lawsuit filed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against the successor companies of Illinois-based food giant Kraft has caught the attention of energy end-users nervous about the agency’s stance on market manipulation since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, delegates at Energy Risk Summit USA heard in Houston on May 13.

“When the Kraft case was filed, clients of mine began calling right away and asking: do I have a Kraft problem?,” said Steve Humenik, head of the fut