Overview

Every consumer in a modern economy is indirectly exposed to the work of a price reporting agency (PRA) each time they fill up their car, take a flight or switch on a light, and yet the general public is completely unaware of the existence of PRAs. Firms like Platts, Argus and ICIS, which are referenced every day by commodity traders and which influence billions of dollars of trade, are totally unfamiliar to consumers. The Price Reporters: A Guide to PRAs and Commodity Benchmarks brings the mysterious world of price reporting out of the shadows for the first time, providing a comprehensive guide to the agencies that set the world’s commodity prices. This book explains the importance of PRAs to the global commodities industry, highlighting why PRAs affect every consumer around the world. It introduces the individual PRAs, their history and the current state of play in the industry, and also presents the challenges that the PRA industry is facing now and in the future, in particular how regulation might impact on the PRAs, their relationships with commodity exchanges, and their likely direction. This is the first-ever guide to PRAs and is destined to become the standard reference work for anyone with an interest in commodity prices and the firms that set them.

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Author:   Owain Johnson (Dubai Mercantile Exchange, United Arab Emirates)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781138721562

ISBN 10:   1138721565
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   08 August 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: PRAs and the commodity markets they serve Chapter 2: The PRA business model Chapter 3: How price benchmarks work Chapter 4: Who are the price reporters? Chapter 5: A brief history of energy PRAs Chapter 6: PRAs in the metals and minerals markets Chapter 7: PRAs in the agricultural markets Chapter 8: Petrochemical and Plastics PRAs Chapter 9: PRAs in Asia Chapter 10: PRAs and environmental issues Chapter 11: PRA pricing methodologies Chapter 12: The Market-on-Close Chapter 13: The PRAs and the exchanges Chapter 14: PRAs and global regulation Chapter 15: PRAs and European regulation Chapter 16: Academic research into PRAs Chapter 17: Conclusion – the future of PRAs Chapter 18: Further reading and bibliography References Index

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Owain Johnson has written an important book, offering the first practitioner's guide to the world of PRAs and commodity price formation. -Tilak K. Doshi, Managing Consultant, Muse, Stancil & Co.

Author Information

Owain Johnson is Managing Director for Energy Research & Product Development at CME Group. He previously served as Managing Director of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange. He has worked for a number of pricing and media companies and has a degree from Cambridge University, UK.

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