1st Edition
The Price Reporters A Guide to PRAs and Commodity Benchmarks
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: PRAs and the commodity markets they serve
Chapter 2: The PRA business model
Chapter 3: How price benchmarks work
Chapter 4: Who are the price reporters?
Chapter 5: A brief history of energy PRAs
Chapter 6: PRAs in the metals and minerals markets
Chapter 7: PRAs in the agricultural markets
Chapter 8: Petrochemical and Plastics PRAs
Chapter 9: PRAs in Asia
Chapter 10: PRAs and environmental issues
Chapter 11: PRA pricing methodologies
Chapter 12: The Market-on-Close
Chapter 13: The PRAs and the exchanges
Chapter 14: PRAs and global regulation
Chapter 15: PRAs and European regulation
Chapter 16: Academic research into PRAs
Chapter 17: Conclusion – the future of PRAs
Chapter 18: Further reading and bibliography
References
Index
Biography
Owain Johnson is Managing Director for Energy Research & Product Development at CME Group. He previously served as Managing Director of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange. He has worked for a number of pricing and media companies and has a degree from Cambridge University, UK.
"Owain Johnson has written an important book, offering the first practitioner’s guide to the world of PRAs and commodity price formation."
-Tilak K. Doshi, Managing Consultant, Muse, Stancil & Co.






