Commodities
59 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.
Revised Capital Requirements Regulation Rules: CRR2 Reforms And Beyond In The Age Of COVID-19
In this whitepaper, AxiomSL outlines upcoming changes to Basel regulations and the resulting challenges faced by financial institutions. AxiomSL then offers insight into best practices for identifying and resolving these challenges and creating efficiencies when addressing the ever-changing…
Building Resiliency For Times Of Disruption
This whitepaper details the five steps you can take to reduce the impacts on your organization, people, customers and business objectives.
Comparing Two Financial Crises
This paper explores the similarities between the current COVID-19 crisis and the early stages of the global financial crisis (GFC) in an effort to identify sensible investment strategies for the next few weeks.
The Complete Guide to Advanced Commodity Analytics
In this whitepaper you will discover how advanced commodity analytics can improve decision making, grow revenue, decrease costs, and increase profit throughout the entire commodity management deal-to-cash cycle and across every aspect of your organisation.
Climate Risk - Special Report 2020
This research report offers an inside view on the key challenges these firms are facing in moving to a greener future, the progress made to date, and what's needed to drive sustainable change
5 Reasons Spreadsheets Put Your Company at Risk
Spreadsheets aren’t just holding you back — They’re putting your company at risk. This e-book will identify the different types of risks spreadsheets expose your company to, provide examples of major blunders caused by spreadsheet errors and highlight five features and benefits you won’t find in…
5 Reasons Commodity Businesses Lose Money
This e-book will explore the challenges and solutions associated with pre-trade analysis, trade hedging and risk analysis, supply chains, regulatory compliance and controls and oversight.
5 Trends Reshaping Power Markets Globally
In this paper, we will examine five of the key trends that are impacting these global markets, especially the increasing penetration of renewable energy resources.
Agriculture: An industry ripe for disruption
This white paper discusses the three major challenges naturally materializing for companies in the agricultural industry; asset optimization, price volatility and risk management. The paper further explains how firms are taking advantage of technology to leverage the disruption in agriculture.
Dodd-Frank Position Limits: The Devil is in the Details
Commodity markets can be volatile, so end users routinely hedge the risk that prices will move against them and potentially eliminate some or all of their profit margin.At the same time, speculators with the expertise to spot trends are often willing to take on the risks that hedgers transfer to…