Commodities
Active in the commodities markets since 2005, Banca IMI has a thriving business and a team with experience in the industrial and financial sector and dedicated to commodity trading on the international markets. Direct access to the main markets for listed commodity derivatives in america, Europe and Asia (LME, CBOT, NYMEX, ICE, CME, EUREX, EURONEXT, LIFFE, IDEX, etc.) and OTC trading venues allows Banca IMI to offer a wide range of products tailored to Corporate and Investor business needs.
Thanks to its professionals, Banca IMI offers Corporate clients with technical support ranging from risk identification to selection of adequate coverage arrangements. The product catalogue varies both in terms of instrument - forwards, swaps, options - and duration (customisable from the short to the long term) and can also incorporate exchange rate risks. Some examples of commodities with which Banca IMI deals are: Industrial metals on the LME, Petroleum and refined oil products, Electricity and Gas, Agricolture, Precious metals.
For institutional investors, Banca IMI offers commodity investment products and commodity indices, market making on the secondary market for commodity-linked structured products and market making on the Italian, German and French exchanges for Certificates and ETC.
In recent years, Banca IMI has played an active part in the structuring of major Italian issues of commodity- and index-linked bonds and certificates, it has reached a leadership position in market-making the ETF Plus and Sedex segment of Borsa Italiana, Xetra, Euronext, through the listing of Banca IMI Investment Certificates, ETC (Exchange Traded Commodities) and Commodity-linked Investment Notes.
Banca IMI handles Intesa Sanpaolo's precious metal hedging business and the sale and physical delivery of gold lingots. It also structures investment products connected with these activities.