What role does commodity trading play in your organisation?

Whatever the role commodity trading plays in your organisation, recent events have significantly altered the landscape and the associated risks.

Volatility in financial and commodity markets has brought an increasing focus on participants’ risk and control frameworks both from internal and external stakeholders. It has become apparent that in too many instances risk appetite was not sufficiently aligned with risk identification and controls. Furthermore, all too often risk types tended to be looked at in isolation and their interaction not fully assessed.