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May 2012
21 May 2012
Société Générale managing directors Frédéric Lasserre and Christophe Cordonnier are set to leave the French bank to launch Belaco Capital, a multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund based in Paris, the fund announced on Monday May 21.
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15 May 2012
Marex Spectron expects copper prices to dip to a low of $7,500-700 per tonne in the next three months before rebounding to hit $9,000 per tonne late in the third quarter, macro strategist Guy Wolf told Metal Bulletin.
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15 May 2012
Base metals research that focuses heavily on fundamentals is not well-tailored to buy-side investors such as hedge funds that trade across multiple markets, Marex Spectron macro strategist Guy Wolf told Metal Bulletin.
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14 May 2012
John Greenslade has resigned as a director of Mexico-focused copper developer Baja Mining, as well as from his positions as Baja’s ceo and president.
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11 May 2012
Prices continued to trend down on Friday May 11, helping boost swaps volumes as market participants rushed in to tap into much-sought liquidity.
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April 2012
27 April 2012
Growing deregulation will lead to an explosion of interest in global commodity markets from small and medium-sized companies in China and will facilitate western companies’ access to liquidity from the country that is the world's largest consumer of metals.
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26 April 2012
Business conducted on the London Metal Exchange by brokers for their clients in Asia has grown by 15-20% annually in recent years, Marex Spectron md Gavin Prentice estimated.
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13 April 2012
Investment funds are uninspired by the price dynamics and fundamental outlook for the zinc market, sources told Metal Bulletin on the sidelines of the Zinc and Its Market conference in Milan.