The History of a Scandal: Metallgesellschaft Revisited with Kevin O’Reilly
The HC Commodities Podcast
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Commodities and the Future of Investment Banks
Mattel Gazelle-Shaft, henceforth known as MG, suffered a near $2 billion loss at the time through derivatives in commodities. Much of this event press are some of the future challenges and I think is a fascinating case study of all the challenges and the opportunities prevalent in the market. It's also fair to say that this is a story that has been picked over by academics in that intervening 30 years. We can't find in our research for it, Kevin. The commodities professional analysis of what happened, or at least not publicly. So hopefully we're going to bring some new learning to the case and some new insight. But this always comes down to a question of
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