FIS Castaway

Episode 16 is all about cross commodities. Alistair Pettey, the new head of FIS’s cross commodity execution desk joins Chris, Alex and Tom to discuss new developments as well as the usual markets updates. Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media ) Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242  

Ferts in Focus 15/07/20

India to tender again Thursday saw the announcement of India’s next urea purchasing tender. It was inevitable and widely expected, but the usual rigmarole in the lead up was spared and the announcement largely caught the market by surprise. The purchasing tender issued by MMTC is for an unspecified quantity of urea for shipment by …

Crash, Bang, Recovery

It was never going to be easy recovering from the largest economic shock the world has ever encountered. After record drop in consumer spending, GDP, travel and so many other indicators, it is hard to quite fathom the scale of the disruption, or the mountain left the climb to bring things back to normal. Debt …

Ferts in Focus 8/7/20

International paper prices flat through Q3 Futures curves remain relatively flat through the Q3 timeframe and into Q4 across intl urea paper contracts. Nearby values continue to move uniformly in line with physical, as the market awaits clear direction for where prices will go within the quarter.   Arab Gulf prices firmer AG urea prices …