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Commods to grow despite August blip

by Colin Packham, Sydney

Industry experts have backed the growth in commodity derivatives to continue driven primarily by strong demand from India and China, but have stressed the need for the commodity options market to “open up”.The recent troubles in the commodities market, driven by the credit crunch after the sub prime market crash, was a particular surprise given that commodities has historically had limited correlation from in equities and bonds, but experts talking at the 28th Swiss Futures and Options Association conference on Montreux described this an “unique event”. Bob...

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