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- In the current climate, investment banks are growing their softs commodities trading desks in a bid to capitalise on this developing market in 2008. This has led to an increase in recruitment activity within this area and individuals with previous agricultural commodities experience are at a premium.
- Likewise, demand for candidates with physical commodity trading skills has continued as institutions up their interests in the physical carriage of commodities around the globe.
- The lure of attractive compensation packages and the opportunity to work with increasingly sophisticated financial instruments has seen a growing number of commodities specialists make the move from traditional commodity companies to investment banks.
- The latest bonus round saw payouts within the commodities sector hold firm as the industry came through the recent market turmoil relatively unscathed.
- With the Eastern European and Russian markets ever more popular, candidates with a combination of both commodities experience and languages are in high demand and clients have been willing to pay a premium for this.
- Expectations for the second quarter of 2008 are positive as people turn to commodities such as gold to protect their investments with many hedge funds increasingly looking at commodities as an asset class to attract investors.
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