EDHEC-Risk slams France on commodity derivatives regulation

The EDHEC-Risk Institute says it supports tighter regulation in the commodity derivatives market, but has criticised the motives behind the request by three French ministers for better regulatory measures due to a lack of evidence.

In an open letter to European Commissioner Michel Barnier, the institute says that the warning to the European Commission (EC) by the ministers that France will overhaul its commodities oversight regulation to stop speculative commodities price movements caused by fin