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...Squire Patton Boggs has added Chris Swart and Katie Pritchard to its commodities and shipping group as partners. They join from Holman Fenwick Willan with four other lawyers....
...“Flash memory is a commodity rather than a strategic product,” said Mr Son on Wednesday, without criticising the Japanese government....
...Alper Ince, managing director at Paamco, a California-based fund of hedge funds with $9.5bn of assets, said many trend-following hedge funds — also known as managed futures funds or commodity trading advisers...
...Friday 22.00 BST: The euro, stocks and commodities surged after European leaders agreed on action to help reduce Italy’s borrowing costs and ease the rules on using bailout funds to support Spanish banks...
...A few more seasoned participants — which the mainstream media still hasn’t caught up on in detail — are EWT LLC, a subsidiary of Madison Tyler Holdings, which specialises in cross-asset arbitrage and happens...
...So who are EWT LLC?...
...Private equity groups have traditionally shied away from investing in E&P assets, because of the enormous risks associated with volatility in commodity prices....
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