INTL FCStone expanding commodities market analysis team

Stonex

07/05/2019 07:13

HONG KONG, May 7 (Reuters) - Brokerage INTL FCStone  INTL.O 
is broadening its commodity analysis team to cover metals,
agriculture and energy outside of the Americas an executive said
on Tuesday. 
    INTL FCStone analysts will now cover commodity markets in
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and also in Asia,
said Rhona O’Connell, the head and first hire for the new team. 
    "The company has expanded its presence in Asia and EMEA and
wants to develop market intelligence that clients will
appreciate," O'Connell told Reuters. 
    "As well as trading and hedging we will now have globally
informed analysis across commodities and energy to support the
client base,” she said on the sidelines of LME Week Asia. 
    O’Connell, who recently started at INTL FCStone, said the
new team will be expanding in the coming months, but she
declined to give a headcount of the new hires planned. 
    O'Connell was previously head of the GFMS research team at
Thomson Reuters. 
    INTL FCStone is a ring dealing member of the London Metal
Exchange and also a member of the NYMEX and COMEX exchanges. 

 (Reporting by Shivani Singh; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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