India is allowing commodity derivatives trading while the European Parliament wants to increase regulation on futures markets, time will tell which policy choice will be preferable. Elsewhere, hydrogen changes a product’s tariff scheme. Derivative Choices The Reserve Bank of India has decided to allow banks to offer commodity derivative products and exchanges are now working with the Forward Markets Commission in defining the rules of the game. Goldman Sachs had been the largest handler of commodity derivatives but it has now decided to jump into the cryptocurrency market. The Trump Administration wants to slightly loosen the reigns on futures trading but the European Parliament wants to raise the number of protective pools of money (marg...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.