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Farah Miller

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Helixtap Technologies

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Inflation Risks Triggers Anxiety as Supply Constraints Persist

Higher commodity prices fanned global inflation following the surge in demand post easing of Covid-19 has jeopardized the rubber market as it continued to confront supply bottlenecks and rising energy prices. It is a tight rope walk for the rubber industry now as, on the one hand, they are struggling with the volatile demand as the key rubber-produ...

24 November 2021 /markets /predictions Business

Rubber industry grapples with aftershock of China’s crackdown

The crackdown on power consumption coupled with the crisis of Evergrande Group looms large over the demand for natural rubber in China as the industrial manufacturing sector of the country faces a setback. With the ongoing Evergrande crisis and Beijing’s unprecedented curbs on the property sector, the power supply crisis has affected Jiangsu, Zheji...

01 November 2021 /markets /predictions Financial Supply Chain

Commodity Pricing: the Need for Transparent Pricing to Benefit Supply Chains and Address ESG Risks

Change Opaque Markets – focus on agri-commodities The lack of transparency is an infamous issue in the commodities market because it creates an inherent inability to accurately price risk. This issue is particularly pervasive in the agricultural commodities sector, such as natural rubber where supply chains start with remote smallholders numberin...

15 July 2021 /sustainable /inclusion Financial Supply Chain

Data and Innovation Key Requirements for the Future of Trade Finance

Does Size Matter? There is a fundamental shift in how trade finance is taking place, with the use of data-driven decision-making to support more democratic access, beyond company size. Trade finance’s traditional focus has been that the larger the company, the easier the access to finance and borrowing terms based on balance sheets. This supporte...

18 May 2021 /regulation /inclusion Trends in Financial Services

The Future of Pricing ESG Risk

I read with great interest the recent Finextra news piece from Sustainable Finance Live and how to build actionable ESG technology strategies with a partnership ecosystem, and I wanted to add some comments and thoughts based on our own experiences, based in the APAC region and focused on the agricultural commodities sector. Talking the Talk: C...

18 March 2021 /sustainable /markets Sustainable compliance

Commodity trading and ESG: using technology to support sustainability in the natural rubber industry

Investing in ESG Investment decisions based on ESG criteria are growing and for an increasing number of asset managers, ESG inclusion in their decision-making is ever more apparent, as they see this focus as return-enhancing and risk-mitigating. Sustainability-focused funds continue to attract more capital. For example, CNBC (2020) referenced a st...

11 November 2020 /sustainable /markets Sustainable compliance

Dealing with Uncertainty in the Rubber Markets

Information is the Key to Future Success Rubber market in a state of flux The uncertainty of 2020 has caused a great deal of turbulence in the commodities markets and natural rubber has certainly also felt this impact. At the start of 2020, the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), was forecasting an increase in production and...

02 November 2020 /startups /markets Innovation in Financial Services

Cloud services kickstart the digital era for commodities markets

In August, the S&P Dow Jones Indices, which monitors the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones, announced Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), and Raytheon (RTN) were getting the boot before the market opened on August 31. The three companies that replaced these historical titans were Salesforce (CRM), Amgen (AMGN) and Honeywell International (H...

07 October 2020 /cloud /markets Trends in Financial Services

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