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Our risks and responsibilities

 

The successful management of a broad definition of risk from counter party to credit to political to product defines the success of our business. We constantly strive to reduce the nature and level of all the risks we face.

 

Offsetting risk is central to what Trafigura does; and we consider our continued investment in market-leading risk management systems as vital to preserving our competitive advantage.

 

Trafigura has invested substantially in a bespoke, IT-based system, which integrates information from all our activities and provides a real-time, transparent tool to monitor and adjust operations according to the environment.

 

Information services are key to Trafigura’s success, and the Group has well-defined IT security, business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place.

 

A culture of risk awareness runs through all of Trafigura’s business activities, with traders operating within clearly defined risk parameters.

 

A full risk review is undertaken for all new clients, counterparty credit limits are monitored throughout, and independent risk specialists evaluate and report trading exposures.

 

For Trafigura, strict risk management is not a restriction but a business opportunity.