The HC Commodities Podcast

What is the state of the US power grid? What is driving change and what trends can we discern? What is the power grid of the future? What could hinder or accelerate that transformation – role of investment and regulation? What opportunities does that present and who will capture it? What does that mean for the power trader of the future? The rise of the nodal trader and big data. The likelihood th...

What is the background to and impact of negative oil prices? What was the impact of Dodd-Frank on financialization of commodities market? Given recent scandals in Asia is more regulation needed? How prevalent are algorithms in the commodities world? What does this mean for active vs passive trading? What have been the catalysts to changes in the market? What's the long-lasting impact from covid-19...

What is unique about financing in and for the commodities markets? What have been some of the major trends and changes in client expectations since the global financial crisis? Impact of COVID-19? What can banks and clients do to protect themselves? Digitalization and the bank industry's role? ESG and the commodities sector? For related content and to find out more about HC Group, a search firm de...

How have the LNG markets changed in the last decade? How will local markets respond to a more globalized gas market? What opportunities does that present and who (and how) can capture it? What do these changes mean for natural gas producers? Has COVID19 impacted these trends? For related content and to find out more about HC Group, a search firm dedicated to the energy & commodities sector, vi...

What differentiates the ags markets in South America compared to Europe and North America? What are the unique challenges and opportunities? How can digitalization tackle these locally and globally? What are implications for other commodities? How have the trade wars changed the markets? Impact of COVID19 on these trends? For related content and to find out more about HC Group, a search firm dedic...

What are the most prominent changes in the metals trading space over the past decade? What has driven this changes? How have the participants changed? What role has technology played? What has been the impact of hedge funds and institutional money? What does this mean for metals trading talent? How has coronavirus impacted these trends? What is GMI strategy given these changes? For related content...

In this episode, Paul Chapman, Managing Partner of HC and Kevin Brassington, former global head of grains and oilseeds trading at COFCO discuss the impacts of trade wars and other market disruptions on the traded agri commodity markets. How has trade wars and tarrification changed the landscape and opportunity for incumbent global independent traders? Will we see the continued rise of national cha...

In this episode, Paul Chapman, Managing Partner of HC and John Massey, head of ECTP’s Houston office and a cross-commodity trader the impact of COVID19 and what it highlighted about the state of the current commodity markets.   Does the concert like movement of commodity prices show real market fundamentals or simply how passive investors and algorithms now dominate the few discretionary traders l...