Advanced Commodity Finance - eCourse

In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of the dynamics of the three commodity markets and understand their individual and common features.

In this lesson, you will learn about the the three main players of the commodity supply chains and their roles, priorities and financial requirements.

In this lesson, you will learn about commodity supply chain’s risks and see these illustrated. You will also learn how these risks interact and who should be the primary risk takers.

In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of the trading houses’ strategies in commodity supply chains and how commodity trading adds value to commodity flows beyond a buy/sell proposition.

You will also learn about the banker’s views on these strategies and their financial consequences.

In this lesson, you will learn about the roles of instruments in the commodity finance toolbox and how they are used by traders.

You will learn about the key concept of yield curve and explain the fundamental notions of Contango and Backwardation.

In this lesson, you will learn the financing requirements of trading houses along the commodity supply chains and learn how banks should get organized to finance commodities.

In this section, we will take a look at two sample case studies that show how simple solutions can remedy problems often seen in this sector.

This section will test your knowledge on what you have learned so far.