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              Pierre Andurand

              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                Markets InsightAgricultural commodities
                Cocoa market on the brink of big price surge

                A multiyear structural deficit will push up costs to inflation-adjusted highs

                A collection of cocoa pods in varying shades of yellow, green, and brown
              • Friday, 24 May, 2024
                Copper
                Copper price to rocket to $40,000 a tonne, says top trader Andurand

                Hedge fund manager shifts focus to red metal after bullish oil bets backfired last year

                Raw copper
              • Friday, 10 February, 2023
                Energy crisis
                Putin has ‘lost energy war’, top trader claims as he ends high gas price bets

                Pierre Andurand says Europe has weaned itself off Russian natural gas and is unlikely to return to it

                Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand
              • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
                Markets InsightEnergy crisis
                How Europe can adapt to living without Russian gas for years

                Households turning down thermostats 3C could reduce much of the gap between supply and demand

                A radiator thermostat
              • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
                LexWar in Ukraine
                Russian oil: flaws in tax plan mean Europeans cannot duck moral choice Premium content

                Europe can either remain financially complicit in Ukraine war or bear the hardship of doing without Russian energy

                A male demonstrator holds up a placard with ‘Stop gas and oil from Russia!’ written in German
              • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
                Markets InsightOil & Gas industry
                How sanctions on Russian energy exports could work

                The options for the west for reducing revenues for Moscow while minimising the impact on oil flows

                A Gazprom plant in Russia’s Sakha republic
              • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
                Fund management
                Pierre Andurand posts blockbuster gains after bet on rising oil prices

                Group of hedge funds profit from boom in commodities sparked by Ukraine crisis

                Pierre Andurand
              • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
                Markets InsightCarbon trading
                Windfalls for heavy industry in EU carbon scheme are a moral hazard

                Giving free allowances to industrial companies reduces incentives to cut emissions

              • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
                Hedge funds
                Andurand hires top environmental analyst in green fund push

                Former BNP Paribas chief sustainability strategist Mark Lewis set to join

                Pierre Andurand
              • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
                Oil
                Pierre Andurand’s hedge fund rides commodity rally for early 2021 gain

                French oil specialist gained on last year’s fall in crude and has now bet on rebound

                Pierre Andurand at an event in New York in 2010
              • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
                Due Diligence
                The sovereign wealth fund everyone is talking about Premium content

                Pandemic has not stopped Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund from going on a shopping spree

              • Friday, 22 May, 2020
                Oil
                The fall and rise of Pierre Andurand, oil’s comeback kid

                The French hedge fund manager was losing confidence and clients before a bet on an oil shock came good

              • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
                Oil
                Oil trader Andurand cleans up in crude’s historic crash

                Fund manager expected coronavirus-induced slowdown to test logistical constraints

              • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
                Hedge funds
                Trio of hedge funds makes big gains from oil rout

                Saudi-Russia price war combines with virus fears to push Brent crude to 17-year low

                Pierre Andurand, co-founder and chief investment officer of BlueGold Capital Management LLP, speaks during the Bloomberg Markets Global Hedge Fund and Investor Summit in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The summit will debate challenges and opportunities for economic growth in the year ahead. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
              • Friday, 21 February, 2020
                Commodities
                Oil trader Pierre Andurand suffers big hedge fund loss

                London-based fund extends rough run in choppy period for energy markets

                Oil barrels or chemical drums stacked up ROYALTY-FREE STOCK PHOTO Download Oil Barrels Or Chemical Drums Stacked Up Stock Photo - Image of gasoline, diesel: 26582236 Picture of oil barrels or chemical drums stacked up Photo Taken On: September 03rd, 2012 chemical,oil,stacked,barrel,biohazard,blue,canister,cargo,circular,container,corrosive,crude,danger,diesel,drum,dump,ecology,empty,environment,factory More ID 26582236 © Tanawat Pontchour | Dreamstime.com
              • Thursday, 21 June, 2018
                InterviewOil
                Oil trader warns Opec not to raise output too fast

                Pierre Andurand points to low spare capacity to deal with unexpected supply outages

                Pierre Andurand thinks Opec and Russia will tread carefully when they meet this weekend
              • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
                Oil
                Andurand hedge fund’s $100 oil bet stands out from the herd

                Bullish call rests on view that shale boom alone will not satisfy higher demand

              • Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
                Oil
                Opec decides to go on speaking terms with hedge funds

                Cartel chief to meet managers once denounced as speculators who distorted oil market

                Mohammed Barkindo, secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), speaks during the 2017 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. CERAWeek gathers energy industry leaders, experts, government officials and policymakers, leaders from the technology, financial, and industrial communities to provide new insights and critically-important dialogue on energy markets. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg
              • Tuesday, 6 December, 2016
                Oil
                Top trader Andurand says Opec deal a turning point

                Oil fund argues price will hit $70 a barrel in wake of first supply cut since 2008

                An OPEC branded flag sits on a table ahead of the 171st Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. After weeks of often tense negotiations, OPEC ministers meet in Vienna on Wednesday to try and salvage a deal to cut oil production and prop up global prices. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
              • Sunday, 4 December, 2016
                Oil
                Saudi Arabia discussed oil output cut with traders ahead of Opec

                Kingdom sought views on likely market reaction should deal fail

                FILE- In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 file photo, a man rides a camel through the desert oil field and winter camping area of Sakhir, Bahrain. OPEC nations have agreed in theory that they need to reduce their production to help boost global oil prices during a meeting in Algeria, but a major disagreement between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran still may derail any cut. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
              • Tuesday, 1 September, 2015
                Oil
                Oil bear bets on return to $25 a barrel

                Hedge fund manager reckons market will remain oversupplied and prices may drop below $30 a barrel

                LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Pierre Andurand from Andurand Capital, appears on stage on Day 1 at the International New York Times/Energy Intelligence Oil & Money Conference at The InterContinental Hotel on October 29, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images for The New York Times)
              • Thursday, 24 April, 2014
                The Commodities NoteNeil Hume
                Investors starting to look at commodities again

                Asset class once again seen as way for portfolio diversification

              • Monday, 23 September, 2013
                US & Canadian companies
                Pierre Andurand turns more bullish on US oil

                Hedge fund says US crude to trade at premium to Brent in weeks

              • Wednesday, 6 February, 2013
                Commodities
                Commodity hedge fund investors seek exit
              • Thursday, 5 April, 2012
                Oil
                BlueGold hedge fund liquidates portfolio
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