commodities

A White House executive order to lay out a national policy for digital assets should help boost credibility for cryptocurrencies, but concerns that decentralised finance technology can help evade sanctions still lingers for policymakers and investors.

The new investigation could fuel additional lawsuits against Nobel and perhaps also banks associated with the commodities trader. It might disrupt its imminent debt restructuring too.

The new team of Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison will postpone budget reform until they secure an electoral mandate.

China Shenhua, the world’s largest coal producer, mandates banks for potential dollar bond, defying market fears towards the volatile commodity sector.

Hot off its $1.3 billion acquisition of Archer Daniel Midland's cocoa business, the agribusiness continues to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia.

Chinese chemicals company sells its first global debt offering, raising funds for refinancing and working capital purposes despite volatility in the commodity chemical market.

While Abenomics has revitalised Japanese industry, the rest of Asia – particularly the energy and materials sectors – looks set for a lengthy period of retrenchment.

Appointment of Jason Tudor adds to a busy week of changes, with some banks looking to expand their commodities business and others seeking to pull out.