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Following consultation with stakeholders, Fastmarkets RISI will amend the publishing schedule for World Pulp Monthly Table 5 China prices to capture the final assessments of the month. Table 5 China prices are based on the latest Fastmarkets RISI’s weekly and bi-weekly price assessments published in PPI Asia on Fridays. Traditionally Table 5 China prices have […]
Fastmarkets FOEX is unifying its methodology and policies for all PIX indices to comply with Fastmarkets’ internal guidelines and the IOSCO principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). Along with this development, some index collection criteria do not fully fulfil these policy requirements. Fastmarkets FOEX is considering the following changes to its PIX Wood Finland indices: […]
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, 2021 (Fastmarkets) – Fastmarkets RISI is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for North American Containerboard and Kraft Paper, and Boxboard, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until May 21, 2021, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect […]
Fastmarkets FOEX invited feedback from the industry in an open consultation process between March 16th and April 13th, 2021 on the pricing methodology for its PIX Paper indices. The consultation was done as part of our annual methodology review process. Fastmarkets FOEX would like to thank for the feedback received during the consultation period. It […]
Fastmarkets RISI will include two recovered paper price assessments for US exports to India in PPI Asia with immediate effect. The two assessments are: Price ID 1159 – Old Corrugated Containers (11), export from US – New York, CFR Price ID 1160 – Double-sorted Old Corrugated Containers (12), from US – New York, CFR They […]
Random Lengths will move forward on a couple of minor changes to the Lumber and Panel Price Guides, while holding back on its proposal to start reporting Southern Pine MSR prices. In the Lumber Price Guide, in the shop and Mldg&Btr section, we will clarify a footnote for Ponderosa Pine Moulding 1-5/16-inch (LCSD) and 1-9/16-inch […]
Fastmarkets Benchmark Administration Oy (FBA) was incorporated in December 2020 to operate as the independent administrator of benchmarks published by price reporting agency (PRA) Fastmarkets and subject to the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). It is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and supervised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA).
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