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From Citywire.co.uk: The US banking reform bill risks sucking liquidity out of the commodity market and derailing the recovery in the asset class. (more...)

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From Reuters: Banks are expanding commodities trading desks in Asia as the region's rapid growth prospects and regulatory changes in the United States and Europe pull investors east. (more...)

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From Citywire.co.uk: Pension fund professionals have been telling us for some time that specialist asset classes - lumped together under the title 'alternatives' - are playing an increasingly important part in their thinking. (more...)

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From Resourceinvestor.com: In today’s ever-more interrelated financial world, China’s stock-market action is growing increasingly influential everywhere else. As the globe spins, the results of each day’s stock trading in China often spill over into Europe and then the States to affect sentiment.  (more...)

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From Commodityonline.com: Is uranium turning out to be the hottest commodity—hotter than gold—in China? China has been trying to amass gold reserves to emerge as the largest yellow metal owning country in the world.  (more...)

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From Mineweb.co.za: According to reports that appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Financial Express some of the central banks that had recently increased their gold reserves have entered into gold swaps (exchanging their gold in return for cash, agreeing to repurchase the gold at a later date) with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in order to take advantage of the recent high prices we have seen in the yellow metal. (more...)

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From Proactiveinvestors.com.au: As the bank's chief commodity strategist David Moore notes, this implies the oil price remains vulnerable to shifting perceptions with respect to the international economic outlook.  (more...)

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From Gulf-times.com: World oil demand is expected to grow by 0.95mn bpd in 2010, recent Opec data shows.It said demand growth has been ‘slightly higher’ than estimated in the first half of the year. However, an expected moderation in the pace of the economic recovery is likely to impact demand growth forecasts for the second half, Opec said. (more...)

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From Thehindubusinessline.com: To enhance global energy security and foster sustained economic development in the context of tackling climate change, an energy technology revolution is absolutely necessary.  (more...)

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From Abc.net.au: As Federal Cabinet goes through the rather novel (for them) task today of debating important economic policies, including carbon pollution reduction, they should do two fundamental things: recommit Australia to an unconditional 5 per cent reduction target, and to emissions trading. (more...)

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From Bloomberg: The threat of power-plant closures under the Obama administration’s planned limits on acid rain and smog pollution should revive efforts to pass legislation this year establishing a U.S. carbon market, an emissions trading group said today. (more...)

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From Metalbulletin.com: The European exchange-traded product (ETP) market has grown by 13.4% in 2010, with the UK leading the rest of Europe in terms of commodity products, Deutsche Bank said.  (more...)

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From Risk.net: Deutsche Bank has listed 10 new exchange-traded commodities on the London Stock Exchange to complement the 19 it issued earlier this year in Frankfurt (more...)

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From Etfdb.com: One of the most interesting developments in the ETF market over the last several years has been the extent to which investors have embraced these securities as opportunities to add commodity exposure to traditional stock-and-bond portfolios.  (more...)

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From Etfdb.com: The first half of 2010 has not been particularly kind to U.S. equity markets, but some corners of the economy have had a tougher road than others. The domestic energy sector has been battered and bruised by the first six months of the year; nearly all of the funds in the Energy Equities ETFdb Category are in negative territory year-to-date and some are down as much as 30%.  (more...)

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From Americanchronicle.com: Russell Investments has launched Russell Commodity Strategies Fund, a new mutual fund that will pursue a commodities strategy with the aim of delivering portfolio diversification and exposure to the long-term performance of global commodity markets. (more...)

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From Financialpost.com: Jefferies announced the launch of the Jefferies Asset Management Commodity Strategy Allocation Fund, an open-end mutual fund offering investors comprehensive access to global commodity and commodity-equity markets with additional inflation hedging potential through investments in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. (more...)

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From Financeasia.com: Singapore's new commodities exchange is set to become the first in Asia to offer the two dominant futures contracts for crude oil. Thomas McMahon, chief executive of Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), announced on Friday that the company will be adding Brent futures to its product offering, in addition to the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contracts it has already announced. (more...)

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From Reuters: The euro fell against the dollar on Monday, pulling back from a two-month high, with investors betting recent gains were too far, too fast as upcoming results of stress tests on European banks loom. (more...)

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From Pionline.com: While European and U.S. money managers are expanding their commodities businesses, investors interested in long-only strategies could have a tough search ahead. (more...)

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From Resourceinvestor.com: China has already surpassed the U.S. in the global competition sweepstakes and is on track to extend its lead. No, I'm not talking about some pie in the sky 2030 or 2050 forecast from some hole in the wall research boutique. I'm referring to right now, today, this minute.  (more...)

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