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...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.