I have been having a lot of conversations in recent weeks across the space and have picked up on a number of trends have emerged from those conversations. One of which is China! I have heard more about China and commodity trading this last two weeks than ever before perhaps partly due to LME week that has just happened. LME is of course part of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd Group these days and actually welcomed the Chinese Vice Premier back in June. Apparently, a session during LME was well attended by Asian firms particularly those from China. Interestingly, ComTech is itself involved in China with a presence at the 2019 China Enterprise Risk Management Forum albeit via a video introduction and our role will be in an advisory capacity going forward. However, we hear from a number of people that China is increasingly active and several vendors have set their sights on the country often via Singapore. Our own market outlook to be released in the next several weeks will also emphasize growth in Asian markets and it has this to say about China, The Asia-Pacific region, driven by high demand for commodities to meet rapidly expanding… continue reading
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