Commodity Trading

We know your business. Together we can add value to your commodity trading.

We understand that every commodity trading business has its own unique challenges. PwC has a team of global experts dealing with commodity trading, hedging and risk management issues in the oil and gas, soft commodities, power, carbon and metals trading industries. We can help you address your concerns and deliver on your priorities.

Trading of oil and gas, utilities and mining commodities has moved from being a contract-focused specialist activity to occupy a more centre stage role in the strategies of companies in these sectors. Energy market liberalization, carbon markets, increased participation from investment banks and hedge funds, and greater interplay between physical, future, over the counter and exchange traders markets, have all added to the scope and complexity of commodities trading and risk management.

Companies will need to ensure that they have:

• a risk-management process
• a trading system in connection with the accounting system
• a regulatory geopolitical, financial and risk of fraud and corruption process
• an optimised corporate structure in order to minimise tax and VAT expenses
• an appropriate structural set-up
• an effective governance process
• the ability to communicate their strategies convincingly to outside stakeholders

Supporting your priorities

We adapt our approach to your business model and strategy, offering a range of services to help support your priorities.

• End to end review of commodity trading controls and processes
• Set-up of new tax effective trading structures
• Need for treasury transformation
• Commodity trading technology