Through Clarksons Platou Futures we offer comprehensive FFA (Forward Freight Agreement) and specialist commodity derivative broking services to shipping companies, banks, investment houses and other institutions seeking to manage freight exposure by increasing or reducing risk
We evaluate a client's total portfolio of
contracts, identify the market and counterparty risks and help them
in their decision to adopt bespoke risk management solutions.
Having
pioneered the first freight derivative products in the early 1990s,
we still dominate the market and have a deserved reputation for
sound consultation and best-in-class execution.
Vivek Naphray
Director, Clarksons Platou Futures
FFAs are financial instruments traded on a
principal-to-principal basis, primarily against the timecharter
averages for Capesize, Panamax, Supramax and Handysize vessels. Our
dedicated freight options team is also able to provide a full range
of options' strategies, tailored to individual client
requirements.
Building on our success with FFAs, in the last decade we have
expanded our team to one of the largest in the sector and
extended our expertise into new areas including iron ore swaps
which enable banks, traders, producers and consumers to manage risk
and exposure to one of the world's largest dry bulk trades.
Multinational,
multilingual and with a rare blend of youth and experience, the
team is based in London and Singapore.
Richard Hayes
Director,
Clarksons Platou Futures
It includes people drawn from mainstream shipping who have
first-hand knowledge of the physical shipping markets as well as
those who have trained in the financial sector and know how those
markets operate. This combination gives us unrivalled expertise and
knowledge - essential ingredients in our ability to help clients
realise their objectives in this fast-moving and volatile
business.
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct
Authority, we are a founder member of the FFA Brokers Association
and apply the highest levels of oversight to all aspects of the
business.
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