
Crédit Agricole CIB offers a full range of products and services in capital markets, brokerage, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international private banking.
Commodities, a one-stop shop with 20 years of experience
Crédit Agricole CIB has been a key player in the commodities business for over 20 years. The primary business focus is in the energy and metals markets where it is a renowned market maker. It provides investors with innovative financial products indexed to commodities, adjustable to the institutional market needs. In 2009, Crédit Agricole CIB signed a partnership agreement with EDF Trading to broaden its range of products.
A complete range of products
Through its knowledge of the spot market, derivatives and credit evaluation, the product line offers an extensive line of corporate risk management solutions, customised for clients' hedging needs, ad-hoc or integrated within structured finance products. Crédit Agricole CIB also offers innovative commodity-linked investment products to the entire spectrum of investors, which can be tailored to suit the needs of the retail to the institutional markets.
Commodities business line provides its corporate and investor clients with a wide range of products tailor made to suit their needs as well as market conditions, and under various formats:
- listed products,
- OTCOver The Counter market. Market organised by financial intermediaries to trade securities not listed on a stock exchange or to trade private contracts on a bilateral basis. derivatives on the available underlyings: forwards, swaps, options,
- simple exotic products,
- hedging products along with portfolio and risk analysis, optimisation strategies,
- investment products on single or multi underlyings, using innovative yet simple payoffs tailor made to the risk profile of the client, under OTC, EMTNs, MTNs, certificates, warrants or deposit formats.
As a fully integrated product line, it also provides:
- consistent delivery of liquidity,
- timely execution and efficient operations,
- structuring expertise,
- innovation in both hedging and investment solutions.
Market maker for energy and metals
In 2009, the activity of the business line has been broadened on the energy with the partnership with EDF Trading. This partnership allows Crédit Agricole CIB to position in Europe on the physical markets of electricity, gas and coal.
Specialised teams in seven financial centers
The Commodities team is fully integrated to the Bank. With 65 professionals, it is organised around the trading, sales, structuring, and quantitative activities. The business line is present in six major financial centers: Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, London, New York and Paris.
It has a dedicated research team comprised of renowned analysts on the metal and energy markets.




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