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Risk management in commodity derivatives trading

 

May 16, 2012

EDHEC-Risk Institute research associate Hilary Till looks at the risk management of commodity derivatives trading and the lessons that can be learned from recent high profile trading debacles.

Till, a principal, at Premia Capital Management, LLC, analysed several case studies and looks at risk management at large institutions, proprietary trading firms and at hedge funds. The research is a chapter dealing with commodity derivatives trading risk management in Risk Management in Commodity Markets: From Shipping to Agriculturals and Energy.

View this research here: Case Studies and Risk Management Lessons in Commodity Derivatives Trading

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