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Steel Derivatives - LME presentation on NAFTA HRC contract


Can steel really have a futures market like oil ?

Steel Derivatives - working for you


 
Steel Derivatives is a pioneering
risk-management consultancy.
We are dedicated to equipping…
 
….participants of the global steel industry
with a critical knowledge base in the new risk management field of financial derivatives for the steel industry. Specifically we offer a jargon-free explanation of steel futures, options and swaps
What are their functions ?
How do they work ?
What's the difference between them ?
Which do I use, and why ?
  ...the financial community of investment banks, pensions funds, and market analysts with an in depth understanding of steel industry dynamics.
Price dynamics and volatility  
Price credibility  
Price correlations and the interconnectivity of particular steel industry sectors  
The new LME contracts, and their underlying  
     
Steel Derivatives is a niche-product consultancy for the new financial instruments being introduced to the steel industry - steel futures, options, and swaps.

To improve the risk management techniques of steel industry participants  
To improve the financial community's assessment of steel industry risk
 
     
To the steel industry we offer:   To the financial community we offer
Insight to the design, function, and application of the new steel derivative products - Steel futures, Options, Swaps  
Advisory on the issues of internal controls, reporting structures, and regulation  
A financial jargon glossary that dispenses with financial language  
Development of firm-specific hedging strategies  
Price risk analysis  
Procurement strategy  
 
Studies on the dynamics and interconnectivity steel industry sectors  
Steel price volatility analysis  
Examinations of counter-party credit - know your customer  
Insights to government intervention on steel production, trade, and consumption  
Analysis on ownership vs controllership - who is really pulling the strings ?  
Theses on:
  So, how important is China ?
  EurAsian billet - who counts ?

 
     
There are four pillars to the Steel Derivatives knowledge base:
     
Technical design of the world's first steel futures contracts
 

Our managing partner lead the Oxford University team that developed the LME's proto-type steel futures contracts. Since Jan 2003 Steel Derivaitves has been retained by the LME's to manage its Steel Futures Project team.
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Senior level expertise in international steel trading
 

Steel Derivatives harnesses experience spanning three decades with the worlds largest independent steel trading organization.
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Highly accomplished background in structured trade and commodity finance
  Steel and base metal financing within investment banks, with on-going consultancy in steel procurement, price risk management, and cash-flow management.
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Detailed understanding and jargon-free explanation of

  Steel futures, options, and swaps, the mechanics of derivatives trading, and what derivatives products should be employed and when
All sectors of the global steel industry - production, trade, shipping, intermediary processing and ultimate consumers.
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It is this knowledge base, one that uniquely straddles the financial and steel communities, that has underpinned our rapid development. Steel Derivatives is at the cutting edge of the steel futures. We helping the steel industry understand the opportunities and risks, and helping the financial community take a fresh look at steel.

Steel Derivatives mission is knowledge communication: communicating our knowledge on steel futures, options, swaps, structured finance and risk management to those parties who need to be wholly conversant with these disciplines.

 

Dubai (Head Office)
Tel: +971 (0) 4 391 3503
Fax: +971 (0) 4 391 8668
Mob: +971 (0) 50 348 7650
E-mail: dubai@steelderivatives.com
Website: www.steelderivatives.com

London (Branch)
Tel +44 (0) 798 991 0009
E-mail: London@steelderivatives.com

John Short - Founding Partner

E-mail: john.short@steelderivatives.com
Shanghai (Branch) -
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