Middle Eastern markets are growing faster than most markets in the western world, partly as the result of many large infrastructure projects creating a subsequent need for imported commodities. Commodity market participants in the Middle East , like their Western counterparts, trade on both physical and financial exchanges in order to improve market liquidity. Despite […]
In part 1 of this blog, entitled Fireworks and Debates in the Regulatory and Risk World, Energy Risk Magazine Asia Conference panelists discussed the unintended consequences of new OTC regulations in prompting a switch from bi-lateral OTC trading to equivalent futures products – a trend dubbed ‘futurisation’. In part 2, we switch gears to discuss […]
