Commodities

How CME’s commodities chief dealt with the disruption of war

The CME has had a front-row seat amid turmoil in real-world assets this year

Financial News spoke with CME’s commodities head about how the exchange has dealt with a volatile time in commodities markets

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Klaas Knot, chair of the Financial Stability Board, and president of the Netherlands Central Bank

Risks to financial stability are mounting: ‘We haven’t seen conditions like this in almost four decades’

Macro, energy, climate and crypto risks are undermining financial stability, says Klaas Knot

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‘There are all kinds of adverse consequences that come from exchanges, changing the rules of the road after the fact,’ Ken Griffin said

Hedge fund boss Ken Griffin says LME was ‘incomprehensibly wrong’ to wipe $4bn in nickel trades

Griffin is the latest in a number of market participants and regulators to comment on the LME’s handling of nickel trading in March

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A flurry of demand sent the metal soaring to a record $100,000 per tonne

London Metal Exchange suspends nickel trading as Russia jitters send price to record

'The LME has taken this decision on orderly market grounds' as Russian sanctions push commodity prices higher

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