Risk management

Turn commodity volatility into budget certainty.

Enterprise-grade risk management tools built for corporate treasurers, risk managers, and strategic procurement teams. Quantify exposure, prove hedge effectiveness, and protect margins with confidence.

The product suite
Who we serve

Corporate treasury and finance

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Instant risk results:

Replace manual excel modelling with VaR analytics

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Hedge verification

Pre-execution scenarios to prove effectiveness

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Financial stability:

Reduce volatility and maintain debt service with predictive cash flow

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Audit readiness:

Simplify compliance with boardroom-ready risk metrics and reporting

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Capital planning:

Optimise cash reserves using var-driven liquidity multiples

Risk managers

Strategic alignment:

Set risk limits based on board-approved tolerance levels

Real-time monitoring:

Track exposure across metals, agriculture, and forest products

Reporting compliance:

Automate covenant and lender reporting obligations

System integration:

Connect seamlessly with existing treasury management systems via API

Strategic procurement

Budget certainty:

Model worst-case price movements to secure category spend

Quote validation

Use independent Fastmarkets benchmarks for index-linked contracts

Cost transparency:

Value embedded options like caps and floors to avoid hidden fees

Alternative hedging

Build self-insurance funds for illiquid or non-hedgeable markets

Smart sourcing

Refine should-cost models with volatility-adjusted strategies

Your path to predictable budgeting

The market challenges:

Margin compression from price volatility

Unsustainable and manual risk modelling

Unquantifiable hedge effectiveness

Cost barriers to enterprise systems

Our solution: Enterprise-grade analytics without enterprise complexity

  • Quantify risk instantly with VaR and Fastmarkets indices
  • Model and prove hedge effectiveness using pre-execution scenarios
  • Save manual reporting time with auditable, boardroom-ready metrics
  • Deploy affordable, professional risk management for mid-market teams
Independent and trusted data

IOSCO-compliant Fastmarkets benchmarks trusted by global manufacturers

Comprehensive coverage

Manage your entire commodity portfolio across metals, forest, agriculture and carbon products in one single platform

Actionable intelligence

Enterprise-grade risk management with rapid deployment 

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Latest risk management insights

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In the past year, trade policy has and continues to fuel change and dynamics in the North American steel market. Meanwhile, inflation has remained at or above 2.7% while the Fed Fund rate hovers around 2.64.

The consumer continues to bear a growing burden to keep the economy from stalling, as finished goods markets search for their own nadir, stability and potential growth paths.