Commodities

We are one of the longest standing providers of financial price risk management strategies to the agricultural industry and operate one of the largest sales and trading platforms of any financial institution, with global reach across five continents.

Macquarie combines deep industry knowledge, service, structuring capabilities and long-term commitment to the agricultural markets globally – including making investments across a range of different organisations such as grain and sugar trading companies Lansing, Quadra and Czarnikow. 

This expertise extends across the entire process of agricultural production and consumption – from soil to the consumer – providing our clients with access to a unique understanding of the market. 

Macquarie’s agricultural commodities capabilities include sugar, grains and oilseeds, meat and livestock, coffee and cocoa, cotton, ethanol, freight, fertilisers, dairy, and packaging exposures like paper/ pulp and resins. 

We also provide institutional investors with access to commodity-based index products.

A significant market participant

Utilising our trading presence in oil and oil products, natural gas, power, carbon emissions and coal products, Macquarie combines activities in the physical and financial markets to create highly effective and bespoke risk management solutions for clients across the energy asset class.

We focus on tailored solutions and offer services to clients in all areas of the energy value chain:

• exploration and development
• production and generation
• storage and transportation
• marketing and retail
• consumption.

Our clients include producers, refiners, airlines, utilities and shipping companies, to which we provide:

• access to markets
• structured finance
• risk management solutions
• credit intermediation
• equity participation in energy projects.

We also provide clients with direct market access to the physical markets in European Gas and Power.

A significant market participant

We have been operating continuously in metals markets since the early 1980s, giving Macquarie one of the longest track records globally in this market for a financial institution.

We provide 24-hour trading and price-making for base and precious metals and are a principal provider of liquidity globally.

With capabilities across the metals value chain, our clients benefit from access to:

• fast and professional price making in all market conditions
• physical metal sales and purchases in London Metal Exchange (LME) and non-LME warehouses
• transportation of metal between producers, warehouses and consumers
• financing of metals at port and in transit
• financing warehoused metal in cash and carry trades, third party stock and repo finance
• market-leading research
• an Associate Broker Clearing member of the London Metal Exchange and full member of the London Bullion Market Association.

A significant market participant