Expert Insights on Commodities Positions and Derivatives Regulation

Policymakers are holding hearings on whether to change the regulatory framework for trading in commodities and derivatives. Few disagree that regulation changes governing trading in these assets may transform investor behavior and have profound and lasting impact on market prices

Get expert insights on:

  • CFTC hearings on curbing “excessive speculation” in the energy markets
  • Potential policy change to exemptions grated to dealers for hedging net exposure of their swaps book
  • Imposition of hard speculative position limits in energy contracts and shift of regulatory responsibility to the CFTC from exchanges
  • Derivatives reform legislation, including mandated clearing of OTC derivatives, higher capital requirements for swap dealers and their counterparties
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Featured Council Members

GLG Council Members are leading experts including academics, scientists, and industry specialists

Patrick Young, Founder and Chairman, Derivatives Vision

Patrick Young
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Founder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision

Patrick Young, Founder and Chairman, Derivatives Vision

Patrick Young
          What is a GLG Leader?|The Gerson Lehrman Group&reg; (GLG) Leader Program<sup>SM</sup> is our premium Member Program<sup>SM</sup>. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Founder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision

Elizabeth Travers, Marketing Manager, JAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH INC.

Elizabeth TraversWhat is a GLG Educator?|GLG Educators have qualified for GLG Member Programs and are therefore eligible to participate in ongoing in-depth consulting projects with GLG clients.

Marketing ManagerJAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH INC.

Elizabeth Travers, Marketing Manager, JAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH INC.

Elizabeth TraversWhat is a GLG Educator?|GLG Educators have qualified for GLG Member Programs and are therefore eligible to participate in ongoing in-depth consulting projects with GLG clients.

Marketing ManagerJAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH INC.

Pauline Baldwin, translator/interpreter/language instructor, Self-Employed

Pauline Baldwin
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translator/interpreter/language instructorSelf-Employed

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Study Groups

Study groups are populations of experts knowledgeable on specific sub-topics within a broader industry

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Recent Live Meetings

Interactive roundtables, private visits, and small scale seminars are types of GLG Live Meetings

August 12, 2009 | New York

Seminar: The Changing Supply and Demand of Commodities (New York)

August 13, 2009 | Boston

Seminar: The Changing Supply and Demand of Commodities (Boston)

September 15, 2009 | Chicago

Seminar: Steel Market Demand Trends (Chicago)

September 16, 2009 | Boston

Seminar: Steel Market Demand Trends (Boston)

September 30, 2009 | New York

Seminar: Precious Metals Outlook (New York)

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Recent News Analyses

News analyses are expert commentaries on current events, written by Council Members who are available for follow up consultations

In China, Neither Side Wants Derivatives Confrontation

September 29, 2009

Future Markets in Commodities is a major worry for Govt of India

September 6, 2009

Synchronized Dynamics of Clean Tech, Alternative Fuels, Natural Gas and Oil

August 31, 2009

Himadri Banerji, Chairman and Managing Director, EcoUrja

Imagine Cap-and-Trade

October 2, 2009

Central Bank Policy - Gold - Dollar - Accounting and the Gold Standard

October 8, 2009

Nitish Grover, Principal, Owner, Nitish Grover and Associates

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