How Commodity Traders are Capitalising on Carbon Credits

How Commodity Traders are Capitalising on Carbon Credits

Carbon credits can be purchased by companies (usually from governments) that give them permission to emit a certain amount of carbon emissions as part of their operations. One carbon credit usually equals one ton of C02 emissions. Companies can, if they wish, sell any...
Digital Transformation in the World of Commodities Analytics

Digital Transformation in the World of Commodities Analytics

Digitalisation is transforming every aspect of our world, including the commodities trading sector – which, until relatively recently, was one where much of the work was undertaken manually by telephoning brokers and gathering information from a variety of sources....
The Quantum Future of Cryptography 

The Quantum Future of Cryptography 

Earlier in 2024, NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) released finalised standards for PQC (post-quantum cryptography). These three standards cover two forms of digital signatures as well as public key encapsulation. This achievement, the...
How Does Securities Lending Work? 

How Does Securities Lending Work? 

The practice of lending shares of stocks, derivative contracts and commodities (or other securities) to other firms or investors is called securities lending. The practice requires the borrower to put up a form of collateral, such as a letter of credit, cash or...