Fastmarkets successfully completes IOSCO assurance review of its key metals and agricultural prices

LONDON, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Fastmarkets, one of the industry’s leading cross-commodity price reporting agencies (PRA), announced today that it has completed its annual review of its adherence to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for its key metals and agricultural price assessments and indices.

The review was conducted by the independent global accounting and professional services firm BDO and found that, as of June 30, 2024, Fastmarkets’ governance framework and control activities were in line with the Principles for Oil PRAs set out by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

The IOSCO principles create an overarching framework for benchmarks, articulating guidance and principles ensuring transparency and openness. The assurance review process examines a firm’s governance and controls framework, policies, and methodologies in scope to verify their adherence to the PRA Principles.

As stated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), this external assurance review is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the audit requirements of the EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR) for commodity benchmarks (paragraph 18 of Annex II).

The price assessments reviewed include some administered by Fastmarkets Benchmark Administration Oy (FBA Oy), which was incorporated in Finland in December 2020 to administer all benchmarks that are in the scope of the BMR. 

This year’s review covered key benchmarks in the aluminium, alumina, cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, iron ore, Bleachable Fancy Tallow, Soybean, and steel scrap markets. Eight new prices also achieved Type 1 IOSCO accreditation; these are as follows:

Lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price ddp Europe and US, $/kgLithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O, 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price ddp Europe and US, $/kgLithium carbonate 99% Li2CO3 min, technical and industrial grades, spot price ddp Europe and US, $/kgLithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O, 56.5% LiOH min, technical and industrial grades, spot price ddp Europe and US, $/kgIron ore 67.5% Fe pellet feed premium, cfr Qingdao, $/tonneIron ore 67.5% Fe pellet feed, cfr Qingdao, $/tonneGulf tallow max 20% ffaSoybean Oil RBD Illinois

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ABOUT FASTMARKETS

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading PRA and information provider for the agriculture, forest products, metals and energy transition commodities’ markets. Fastmarkets serves its customers with commodity benchmark prices and assessments, forecasts, analytics, insights, news and events. Its data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management.

Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating from 1865 and is built on trust and deep market expertise. It has more than 650 employees spread across several global locations including the UK, US, China, Singapore, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belgium, Ukraine and Finland.

Fastmarkets is a privately held UK-registered company owned by its shareholders and Astorg, a European private equity firm.

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