The Agricultural Outlook & Economic Opportunity Forum is a two-day event designed to help companies with commodity exposure leverage market insights and take an active role in understanding their price risk. Get comprehensive commodity outlooks on the global economy, wheat, corn and soybeans, fertilizer, protein, energy and financial markets from INTL FCStone’s seasoned market experts. And take a deeper dive into price risk management principles during interactive breakout sessions to help you understand, interpret, and manage market indications.

The Ag in Motion Farm Expo will be held July 21-23 at the Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Jason Labossiere will be exhibiting.

The Chicago Grain Merchandiser Risk Academy is designed specifically for individuals who are entering the world of grain merchandising. New merchandisers can expect to experience an exciting and challenging profession but will need to be properly prepared to focus on the key concepts of spreads, basis and hedging.

This two-day pure education event will teach you how to manage and take advantage of market volatility as both a risk and an opportunity and help you stay on top of the many alternatives that could help you protect your firm’s bottom line. You’ll gain a solid foundation of grain merchandising and price-risk management concepts including cash, futures, options and OTC markets.

American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) and American Butter Institute (ABI) will hold their Joint Annual Conference virtually July 27-31. INTL FCStone will sponsor the keynote speaker and will be an exhibtor at the virtual trade show. Kyle Schrad will speak on the Risk Management panel on Friday, July 31 at 10:05am. Also in attendance will be Rob Chesler, Nate Donnay, Cole Lickley and Alfredo Resendiz Rojo.

This event has been cancelled for 2020 and will return the summer of 2021.

INTL FCStone Financial Inc. is hosting a two-day pure education event to provide a solid foundation for risk management alternatives for purchasing ingredients and inputs. Learn how to manage your market risk exposure through the use of cash, futures, options and OTC markets. Market analysts will provide the latest update on the ingredient and commodity markets, as well as the latest market technology. 

The Food Industry Risk Academy is intended for Ingredient Buyers, Purchasing Directors, CFOs, CEOs, Treasurers, Accountants, Owners and any others in the food and beverage industry who need an overview of the critical business concept of price-risk management.  

Have you attended one of our intro hedge schools or originations courses in the past? Are you looking for the next step to advance your training? Look no further! Topics like spreads and inverses as well as options and OTC products will be covered in this full-day 201 level event. The material covered in our Grain Risk Academy 101 and/or Foundations of Grain Risk Management is a pre-requisite for this course.

The Minnesota Farmfest will be held August 4-6 in Redwood County, Minnesota. Mitch Polzin, Lee Beer, and Andrew Greene will be exhibiting.

Dakotafest will be held August 18-20 in Mitchell, South Dakota. Mitch Polzin, Lee Beer, and Andrew Greene will be exhibiting.

In its fourth year running, the BAFT MENA Bank to Bank Forum returns to Dubai in 2020. Building off previous years and feedback from leading financial services professionals who have attended in years past, the 2020 MENA Bank to Bank Forum will include sessions on:

• Macro-economic fundamentals in the MENA region
• Regional Payment Schemes
• IFRS9, Basel III and IBOR
• DLT and Crypto Enabled Payment Networks
• Cybersecurity and Data Sharing
• Sustainability and ESG in Trade Finance

Attending: Sameer Jaggi, Jean-Claude Ngaboyisonga

The event provides concise insight on supply, demand, price, premiums, sustainability and costs for the benefit of a highly-influential audience from the global aluminium industry. The participation of these well-known executives and decision-makers from the primary, secondary, extruded, rolled products, end use, trading and financial sectors, creates an environment conducive to networking.  Regularly attracting more than 240 senior decision-makers, representing 130+ companies from 40 countries, the event is also a great opportunity to network.

Attending: David Micallef