Bloomberg Launches New Lithium and Cobalt Indices With Fastmarkets Pricing
Bloomberg Launches New Lithium and Cobalt Indices With Fastmarkets Pricing
LONDON, July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets, a leading cross-commodity price-reporting agency (PRA), is excited to announce that Bloomberg Index Services Limited has introduced new indices utilizing FASTMARKETS' commodity pricing. These indices track the performance of lithium and cobalt futures contracts, referenced on Fastmarkets global prices, and are listed on COMEX.
2024年7月3日，英國倫敦 / PRNewswire / - Fastmarkets是一家領先的跨商品價格報告機構（PRA），很高興宣佈布隆伯格指數服務有限公司已推出利用FASTMARKETS大宗商品定價的新指數。這些指數跟蹤Fastmarkets全球價格上引用的鋰和鈷期貨合約的表現，並已在COMEX上進行了上市。
Fastmarkets' proprietary prices serve as the foundation for CME Group futures contracts which are the underlying constituents tracked by the Bloomberg indices. These indices are anticipated to further position Fastmarkets' benchmark prices within financial markets, enhancing liquidity and relevance to a new community of financial service organizations.
Fastmarkets專有的價格是CME Group期貨合約的基礎組成部分，這些期貨合約是Bloomberg指數跟蹤的基礎。這些指數預計將進一步將Fastmarkets基準價格定位到金融市場中，在提高流動性和網新金融服務機構的相關性方面產生更多作用。
Product highlights:
產品亮點：
- New indices launched: Single commodity indices for lithium (BCOMLM, BCOMLMT) and cobalt (BCOMCB, BCOMCBT)
- Data utilization: CME Group futures contracts are used for the indices, with CME Group futures settling against Fastmarkets' physical market assessments
- Market impact: The indices can be used by financial investors with broad commodity market exposure to further diversify returns. They can also be used to provide capital efficient exposure to commodities linked to energy transition space
- Significance for Fastmarkets customers: Position Fastmarkets prices in a new segment of the commodity ecosystem, enhancing visibility and market value
- 新指數推出：單個商品指數：鋰（BCOMLM，BCOMLMT）和鈷（BCOMCB，BCOMCBT）
- 數據利用：CME Group期貨合約用於指數，並與Fastmarkets的實物市場評估進行結算
- 市場影響：這些指數可以讓在廣泛商品市場中暴露的金融投資者進一步多樣化收益。它們還可用於爲與能源轉型空間聯通的大宗商品提供資本有效的暴露。
- 對Fastmarkets客戶的意義：將Fastmarkets價格定位在商品生態系統的新領域中，提高其可見度和市場價值。
Przemek Koralewski, global head of market development at Fastmarkets, said: "This launch not only elevates the visibility of our prices but also promotes the CME Group lithium and cobalt futures contracts to the financial sector. Inclusion in Bloomberg's commodity indices family brings additional prestige and recognition to our benchmarks."
Fastmarkets全球市場開發總監Przemek Koralewski表示：“此次推出不僅提高了我們價格的可見度，也促進了CME Group鋰和鈷期貨合約向金融領域的推廣。包括在Bloomberg大宗商品指數系列中的位置，爲我們的基準價格帶來了額外的聲譽和認可。”
Jigna Gibb, Head of Commodities & Crypto Index Product, Bloomberg Index Services Limited, said: "Energy transition is a central pillar of climate risk mitigation strategy and as a result of transitioning away from fossil fuels, we can expect an increased demand for metals like lithium and cobalt due to their role in renewable energy projects, infrastructure and electric vehicles. Bloomberg partnered with Fastmarkets for access to a reliable, extended data set on the lithium and cobalt markets."
Bloomberg指數服務有限公司大宗商品及加密貨幣指數產品主管Jigna Gibb表示：“能源轉型是氣候風險緩解戰略的核心支柱，由於轉型遠離化石燃料，我們可以預期對像鋰和鈷這樣的金屬的需求會增加，因爲它們在可再生能源項目、基礎建設和電動汽車中發揮了重要作用。Bloomberg與Fastmarkets合作，以獲取有關鋰和鈷市場的可靠和擴展數據集。”
Find out how Fastmarkets can help you or email [email protected] to connect with our team.
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ABOUT FASTMARKETS
關於Fastmarkets：
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading PRA and information provider for the agriculture, forest products, metals and energy transition commodities' markets. Fastmarkets serves its customers with commodity benchmark prices and assessments, forecasts, analytics, insights, news and events. Its data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management.
Fastmarkets是農業、森林產品、金屬和能源轉型商品市場的行業領先PRA和信息提供商。 Fastmarkets通過商品基準價格和評估、預測、分析、洞察、新聞和事件爲客戶服務。它的數據對於希望了解和預測動態、有時不透明的市場的客戶至關重要，這有助於交易和風險管理。
Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating from 1865 and is built on trust and deep market expertise. It has more than 650 employees spread across several global locations including the UK, US, China, Singapore, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belgium, Ukraine and Finland.
Fastmarkets是一家建立在信任和深厚市場專門知識基礎上的全球企業，其歷史可追溯至1865年。它在英國、美國、中國、新加坡、巴西、保加利亞、比利時、烏克蘭和芬蘭等多個全球地點擁有650多名員工。
Fastmarkets is a privately held UK-registered company owned by its shareholders and Astorg, a European private equity firm.
Fastmarkets是一傢俬人持有的英國註冊公司，由其股東和歐洲股權投資公司Astorg擁有。
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