There are several factors in commodity markets currently making credit risk a pressing concern across supply chains and trade finance providers. For example, high energy prices not only drove 31 UK suppliers out of business last year but have helped drive inflation of all goods and services, particularly via the cost of fertilisers. These factors…
In April, Commodity Trading Week returned to London for a 2 day in-person event across 5 separate conferences. The conferences covered every aspect of commodity trading, from risk management and technology to supply chain and trade finance. It also included panel discussions featuring Richard Williamson, Gen10 CEO, and Bruce Tozer, from Gen10’s Advisory Board. Today…
Carbon, climate change and ESG all featured heavily at Commodity Trading Week in London this April, with the topics discussed across each of the 5 forums at the event. We will be sharing our insights from the conference over the coming weeks, but for now wanted to share our two highlights of the event. ESG…
We’re only just back from a fantastic 2 days at Commodity Trading Week (we’ll be sharing our insights over the next few weeks), but the Gen10 team are already busy preparing for some great conversations at our next scheduled events. World Aluminium Conference The return to in-person events is in full-swing now and we are…
Commodity Trading Week is returning to London next week on 26-27 April at the Hilton Tower Bridge hotel. The event incorporates five different conferences across the two days under one ticket. Conferences include ComRisk, alongside others aimed at the different aspects of commodity trading; DigiCom, Supply Chain & Logistics, Traders Live and Commodity Trade Finance.…
These days, speaking to people in metals trading, it is very rare to find somebody who does not appreciate the importance of a metals CTRM system, even if they are not currently using one. CTRM has become a basic requirement of metals trading, but it can and should be far more than this. A good…
A little over a year ago, Gen10 published a whitepaper discussing the importance of Commodity Management for dealing with the disruption of a post-Covid world. Now, although Covid-19 remains a disruptive factor, there are many other more urgent crises to be addressed. In that last year, almost everything has changed. The Ukraine-Russia war has created…
Commodity Trading Week returns to London next month with 5 different conferences taking place from 26-27 April. Gen10 will once again be sponsoring the event, and we invite all attendees to stop by our stand or to book a meeting with us using the event app. Commodity Trading Week includes the ever-popular ComRisk conference, alongside…
The rapid growth in carbon offsetting shows no sign of slowing across either compliance or voluntary carbon markets. The ever-increasing possibility that more industry sectors and geographic locations will soon be subject to mandatory carbon offsetting is coupled with growing pressure from a wide range of stakeholders for businesses to reduce and offset their own…
The complexity of carbon markets means that transparency can be a real challenge. With thousands of different projects generating credits, hundreds of participants in both OTC and exchange markets and many different registries tracking credits and retirements, the lack of integration across these markets makes transparency even more difficult to achieve. There are several initiatives…
