Commodities
111 white papers and resources
Below you will find a selection of commodities white papers covering the current issues and thinking by leading expert opinions and what to look out for in the future. Commodities are marketable goods such as raw materials or agricultural products that can be bought or sold on an open market. These commodities are usually used in the initial stages of the production process to create other goods or services. The sale and purchase of commodities are based on speculation, meaning economic and environmental factors play a key part in the purchasing and sale of commodities.
Global Crude Benchmarks: Brent Sets the Standard - Part 3
The purpose of this report from ICE and Energy Intelligence is to provide a deep dive into the role of the Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil benchmarks, their mutual relationship, and their interaction with the global oil market.
Global Crude Benchmarks: Brent Sets the Standard - Part 2
The purpose of this report from ICE and Energy Intelligence is to provide a deep dive into the role of the Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil benchmarks, their mutual relationship, and their interaction with the global oil market.
Global Crude Benchmarks: Brent Sets the Standard - Part 1
The purpose of this report from ICE and Energy Intelligence is to provide a deep dive into the role of the Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil benchmarks, their mutual relationship, and their interaction with the global oil market.
Case study: Migrating data management to the cloud
This case study outlines why the firm chose to migrate to the managed service, the steps involved and the benefits experienced since going live. Find out what lay behind the decision; how the migration was completed in just three months; and how McKinley Capital has benefited through reduced TCO,…
Fine margins: Integrating risk and IM costs under new CCP risk models
This white paper assesses market participants’ efficiency in managing risk, margin and collateral amid increased volatility, and the transition to new central counterparty risk methodologies.
Institutional ETF trading: 4th annual global institutional ETF trading survey report
This report presents the findings from Risk.net’s fourth annual global ETF trading survey, commissioned by Jane Street. It includes responses from 285 institutional investors, as well as qualitative interviews from six buy-side firms.
EDM client case study: Managing SRI-ESG data
This case study reveals how Mirabaud Asset Management is using IHS Markit’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform to establish a strong foundation for the its long-term SRI-ESG (socially-responsible / environmental, social and governance investing) strategy. This includes empowering Mirabaud’s…
CAPE and the COVID-19 Pandemic Effect
This paper will specifically examine how the CAPE ration has behaved over the COVID-19 pandemic period, extending the analysis beyond the United States equity benchmark to look at the CAPE ratios for the UK, Europe, Japan and China, to analyse the effect of the pandemic across the major equity…
SPAN-2: enhanced margining framework
SPAN has been the industry standard for margining for decades. In recent years, the demands on margin methodologies have increased due to the growth in the diversity and complexity of products and the greater need for portfolio and capital efficiency driven by regulatory change.
Video content: Using futures to hedge bond portfolios against market uncertainties
Hosted by TMX and Asia Risk, this virtual briefing discussed how futures can be efficiently utilized in a global bond portfolio. The discussion featured expert insights from: Yoji Asamizu, Head of Fixed Income Trading Hong Kong, Royal Bank of Canada Robert Catani, Head of Institutional Sales and…