This article is centred on the volatility of commodity prices. It presents the instruments offering a protection against volatility and shows how they can be employed. The first section exposes these derivative instruments. It distinguishes them in step with the need they respond and the way...

"Bringing health through food to as many people as possible" - this is the strategic mission of the French Danone group who has become a leading actor in the food-processing industry: Danone is the world's number 1 for fresh dairy products, number 2 for infant nutrition and bottled waters, and...

For numbers of politicians, commentators and regulators, it is politically correct to be ready to reinforce the bank and finance regulations and to discover non-regulated activities liable of having systemic implications. The large commodities trading houses could be the next "too big to fail"...