Book Launch and High-level Panel Discussion: “Commodity Exchanges and Their Economic Role”
Date and Time: Friday, 25 March 2022 (9am-11am EST Quebec Time, 13pm-15pm GMT and London Time, 15pm-17pm Kigali Time)
Virtual event: the event will take place simultaneously in London, Quebec City, Abidjan & Kigali)
This event will feature the launch of the recently published book “Commodity Exchanges: Concepts, Tools and Guidelines” by Prof. Issouf Soumaré, followed by a high-level policy discussion on the role of commodity exchanges in economic development.
The panel will feature high profile academics and practitioners from SOAS University of London, Laval University, BRVM securities exchange (West Africa), UNECA (East Africa Office in Rwanda) and Electricité de Guinée, among others.
Partner institutions:
Main organiser: Laboratory for Financial Engineering of Université Laval (Quebec, Canada)
Partner institutions:
Center for Global Finance at SOAS Univeristy of London (London, UK)
BRVM Securities Exchange of WAEMU, BMPA Project (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
UNECA East Africa Office, Kigali, Rwanda
About the book “Commodity Exchanges: Concepts, Tools and Guidelines” (ISBN: 9781800887039)
Author: Issouf Soumaré, Professor of Finance, Laval University, Québec, Canada
Commodities are basic goods used in commerce and are most often used as inputs in the production of other semi-finished or finished materials. They are very important products in our lives today and constitute non-negligible sources of income for many countries. This book serves as a guide to the marketing of these goods and provides scholars and commodity market participants with useful concepts, tools and guidelines to better organize and operate commodities exchanges.
The book explains in detail commodities exchanges, from conceptualization of the exchange to its operationalization. It describes the architecture of a typical commodities exchange, looking at its trading and clearing functions, the warehouse receipt system and the regulatory framework. The book also presents practices of commodities exchanges around the world and discusses commodity products and instruments traded on these exchanges, their pricing and usage. This book is very useful and timely, as many emerging countries are setting up commodities exchanges.
Academics interested in commodities and their marketing as well as industry professionals such as commodity traders, commodity exporters, risk managers, clearing officers, market makers, commodity producers, agricultural cooperatives, commodity processors, bankers, warehouse operators, and regulators will find this a useful reference.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/commodity-exchanges-9781800887039.html