Research on: Regulating Agricultural Derivatives Markets

Részletes elemzés 15-11-2013

After years of financial deregulation, the agricultural commodity price shocks of 2007/2008 and 2010/2011 acted as a catalyst for governments to strengthen the regulation of derivatives markets. It is increasingly recognised, at national and international levels, that financial players influence the volatility of commodity prices on exchanges and in spot markets. Reforms of the legal framework of futures markets are being carried out to: - Provide additional transparency requirements in agriculture derivatives market - Guarantee broad market information on the physical (spot) markets - Impose position limits on several agricultural commodities - Reinforce regulators' powers