Trafigura
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Monthly credit data review: energy sector firing on all cylinders
Bank-sourced credit data shows rising confidence about oil and gas firms
Energy industry dips toe in choppy blockchain waters
Tests of permissioned distributed ledger technology display efficiency gains, but complications persist
Citi loses senior energy traders
Brookes moves to EDF Trading as head of European gas trading
Corporates fear price rises if Basel curbs credit risk models
Trade finance exposures would move to standardised approach
SGX hopes to shake up LNG market with new index
Traders cautiously optimistic about ‘Singapore Sling’ index and derivatives
Embattled commodity trader Noble Group loses CFO
Other moves at Goldman, Mercuria, BNP Paribas and Cargill
Socar snaps up Phibro's London-based trading team
Other commodities moves at EDF Trading, Glencore, Goldman Sachs and DME
CFTC reveals members of rebooted energy committee
Other commodities moves at BTG Pactual, Koch S&T, Mercuria & Trafigura
New role for Okazawa at BNPP, and other recent job moves
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia
Trafigura hires ex-JP Morgan Asia commodities head
Other commodities moves at Citi, Danske Commodities & Marex Spectron
Base Metals House of the Year: BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas flourishes amid regulatory change and bearish markets
Trafigura paper reignites debate on systemic risk
Commodity trading houses "not too big to fail", research argues
Energy Risk Europe: Commodity trading demands big data, says Trafigura CRO
Commodity trading firms urged to use advancements in big data to gain strategic advantage
E.on trading arm makes changes at the top
Fontaine leaves BNP Paribas; GDF Suez hires Standard Bank coal head; Trafigura opens Moscow office; LME names new CEO; Morgan Stanley hires oil trader
Commodity trading houses face questions over systemic risk
The rapid growth of commodity trading houses has led critics to question whether these firms have become a source of systemic risk. But trading houses strongly reject such arguments, and suggest they are little more than paper tigers. Alexander Osipovich…
Trading positions – June 2012
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Macquarie moves into Canadian crude
Macquarie Group expands into Canadian crude market; hires ex-Trafigura Canada president to lead new business
Q&A - Galena Asset Management - Ready to launch
Backed by commodity trading giant Trafigura, Galena Asset Management is launching an oil-focused energy derivatives fund to add to its existing metals and special situations funds. Roderick Bruce meets fund manager Claude Lixi to find out more
David Mooney
With 34 trading offices active in 40 countries, Swiss commodity trading house Trafigura is no small concern. But while the firm – perhaps best known for its oil, petroleum products and metals trading activities – employs some 600 energy traders worldwide…
