Press Review Week 42

13 October to 17 October 2014
SWISS TRADING & SHIPPING ASSOCIATION
Press Review
Week 42
About this press review :
This press review consists of a list of press articles on commodity trading published during the week in media
to which STSA has access. The articles are not selected upon the opinion expressed. It does not reflect STSA’s
opinion, nor this of its members.
I.
Switzerland
La Suisse met définitivement fin aux cinq régimes fiscaux contestés par Bruxelles, Le
Temps, October 14, 2014,
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/a75b56c2-5391-11e4-b9f96d062b046f6b/La_Suisse_met_d%C3%A9finitivement_fin_aux_cinq_r%C3%A9gimes_fiscaux_conte
st%C3%A9s_par_Bruxelles
II.
Energy
Q&A: The rout in oil price, Financial Times, October 10, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/691032d4-5053-11e4-982200144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_commodities%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
&siteedition=intl#axzz3G7mUlKcU
Ethanol companies raided in EU benchmarks antitrust case, Bloomberg, October 10, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-09/ethanol-companies-raided-in-eu-benchmarksantitrust-case.html
Oil price decline disrupts Mexico’s hedging and threatens spending, Financial Times,
October 13, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b2361e4-509c-11e4-b73e-00144feab7de.html
Wer stoppt die Ölschwemme?, Tages-Anzeiger, October 15, 2014,
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wirtschaft/konjunktur/Wer-stoppt-die-Oelschwemme/story/22077615
UK stops €5bn Russian North Sea deal, Financial Times, October 15, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9f45c70c-5458-11e4-84c600144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3GJe1Yc5S
End to oil collapse in sight for BofA, BNP Paribas, Bloomberg, October 16, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-16/end-to-oil-collapse-in-sight-for-bofa-bnp-paribas.html
Développement durables sur fond de projets pétroliers, L’AGEFI, October 16, 2014,
http://www.agefi.com/une/detail/archive/2014/october/artikel/cnuced-reflexions-sur-lamaniere-de-maximiser-la-retombee-des-investissements-en-energie-fossiles-en-afrique-383941.html
Dans la chute des cours du pétrole, l’Arabie Saoudite détient les clés du jeu, Le Temps,
October 16, 2014,
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/ac1eaecc-5529-11e4-b9f96d062b046f6b/Dans_la_chute_des_cours_du_p%C3%A9trole_lArabie_Saoudite_d%C3%A9tient_les_
cl%C3%A9s_du_jeu
III.
Soft Commodities
Preise von Agrargütern brechen ein, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, October 10, 2014,
http://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/deutliche-verluste-auf-breiter-front-1.18400827
Rekordernten drücken die Preise, Frankfurter Allgemeine, October 11, 2014,
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/devisen-rohstoffe/auf-dem-rohstoffmarkt-drueckenrekordernten-die-preise-13200924.html
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IV.
Metals
Glasenberg’s designs on Rio are food for thought for regulators, Financial Times,
October 13, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/eb52548a-51ec-11e4-b55e-00144feab7de.html#axzz3GJe1Yc5S
London silver price set-up lures China banks, Financial Times, October 14, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d23d743e-52f5-11e4-b917-00144feab7de.html
Nickel constraints belie bearish outlook, Financial Times, October 14, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00533270-52b3-11e4-a236-00144feab7de.html
China
copper
imports
set
to
plunge,
Financial
Times, October
15,
2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b7e47980-547f-11e4-bac2-00144feab7de.html#axzz3GJe1Yc5S
Trading metals for music shows shrinking job market, Bloomberg, October 15, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/heavy-metal-has-new-meaning-for-trader-turnedmusic-mogul.html
V.
Others
BNP Paribas stops letter of credit for some Russian commodities deals, Wall Street
Journal, October 9, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/articles/bnp-paribas-stops-letters-of-credit-for-some-russian-commoditiesdeals-1412869843
Ebola outbreak joins global worries list, Financial Times, October 11, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6775c70c-506e-11e4-8645-00144feab7de.html#axzz3GJe1Yc5S
Now
for
the
hard
part,
Financial
Times,
October
14,
2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/116da0a6-5081-11e4-9822-00144feab7de.html#slide0
Financement alternatif et capital, L’AGEFI, October 15, 2014,
http://agefi.com/suisse/detail/artikel/allseeds-le-producteur-et-trader-dhuile-de-tournesol-base-ageneve-souffre-du-manque-de-trade-finance-de-la-part-des-banques-locales-383840.html
Les
impacts
d’une
pandémie,
L’AGEFI,
October
16,
2014,
http://www.agefi.com/une/detail/archive/2014/october/artikel/ebola-le-virus-semble-pour-lheurecontenu-mais-les-consequences-economiques-doivent-etre-anticipees-383931.html
Ex-EDF U.S. environment boss starts London green commodity trading firm, Reuters,
October 16, 2014,
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL6N0SA4U120141015
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