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DERIVATIVES TRADING NEWS | CME announces record Forex volumes at world's leading derivatives marketplace. Foreign exchange average daily volume (ADV) reached 1.1 million contracts in Q2, marking a 20% increase compared to the same period last year. The surge in CME Group's FX trading activity was driven by heightened market volatility and increased hedging demand amid global economic uncertainties. #CME #derivatives #trading #forex #imperiumcs

BATTERY METALS TRADING NEWS | Hedge funds see the future in Cobalt. Hedge funds including Anchorage Capital Advisors and Squarepoint Capital LLP have been building positions in cobalt by buying up physical material, as tumbling spot prices and a more liquid futures market create new trading opportunities in the battery metal. #batterymetals #cobalt #hedgefund #commodities #imperiumcs

COMMODITY HEDGING NEWS | Updates on Livestock and Grain. Market news 1.7.24 in Livestock and Grain courtesy of Walsh Trading. #hedging #livestock #grain #commodities #imperiumcs

DERIVATIVES TRADING NEWS | ISDA Publishes Framework to Prepare for Close Out of Derivatives Contracts. Launch of the ISDA Close-out Framework is in response to the March 2023 failure of Signature Bank and SVB in the US, which highlighted the complexities of potentially terminating over-the-counter derivatives trading relationships following various post-crisis regulatory reforms. Specifically, in-scope entities are now required to post margin for non-cleared derivatives transactions, while various jurisdictions have introduced mandatory stays on termination rights and remedies as part of bank resolution regimes. #derivatives #trading #ISDA #commodities #imperiumcs

BIOFUELS NEWS | Spanish biofuels project gets huge boost with 285M EUR funding from the European Investment Bank. Spanish oil and gas company Cepsa has signed a deal for a EUR-285-million (USD 305m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to bankroll the construction of an advanced biofuels plant in Andalusia, it was announced today. The planned facility will be built next to the La Rabida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) from organic or agricultural waste. Cepsa will realise the project in partnership with Bio-Oils and with the backing of the InvestEU programme. #biofuels #renewables #energy #oilandgas #commodities #imperiumcs

SCRAP TRADING NEWS | What to expect in the next 7 years in Iron and Steel Scrap Trading (report) The Iron and Steel Scrap Recycling Market has grown dramatically in recent years, owing to a number of major factors, including rising demand for its goods, a larger client base, and technical improvements. During the projected timeframe, the Iron and Steel Scrap Recycling Market is anticipated to demonstrate a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.62%. #metalstrading #steel #scrap #iron #commodities #imperiumcs

Meat Trading Jobs | Imperium Commodity Search is confidentially retained by a multinational proteins trading business, urgently seeking an experiened sourcing professional to join their meats/proteins sourcing unit in the Netherlands. With a back to back trading basis as a firm, this role is commercially led and paid out in a trading manner, thus suiting a driven and PnL concious sourcing professional. Click below to learn more or contact the managing consultants on this Josh Clark, Mark Taylor & Zuzana Zvolenska #meat #sourcing #trading #job #netherlands

Coal Trading Careers | Josh Clark & Mark Taylor are confidentially retained by a mid sized trading business in Singapore, seeking to expand their geographical thermal coal coverage in Asia outside of India/China regions. With a diversified book across met and thermal coal, the firm has a well established sourcing and trading team to kickstart their expansion plans; requiring the right person with the knowledge of the wider Asian thermal coal markets to make them a reality. Click below or reach out to Josh/Mark to learn more. #coal #trading #job #singapore

COMMODITY TRADING NEWS | It's not just the little Guy anymore as Trafigura Has $1.7 Billion Headache after surge in overdue debts. A solid headline profit for commodity trading giant Trafigura Group masked something unusual beneath the surface: a significant chunk of its customers have stopped paying. Trafigura was owed $10.5 billion by trade debtors at the end of March, its half yearly report showed on Thursday. That's not unusual for the commodity trading giant, which sells hundreds of billions of dollars worth of oil, gas and metals every year. But this time a much larger proportion of them were late paying. Trafigura said that 15.8% of its receivables were more than 60 days overdue, nearly three times the level at the end of September. #financialreports #commoditytrading #latepayments #imperiumcs

BUNKER TRADING NEWS | UAE Maritime logistics specialist ADNOC set to Acquire UK based firm Navig8. The firm has signed an initial deal for 80% of Navig8 for AED 3.8 bn, subject to regulatory approvals, with them picking up the remainder 20% by 2027. #bunkerfuels #energytrading #maritimelogistics #commodities #imperiumcs