| Since the middle of the last decade, rising demand for physical commodities from developing economies has provided opportunities for attractive returns. At the same time, growing participation of financial investors searching for alternatives to traditional asset classes has made commodities – and the energy sector in particular – a widely accepted investment class.
As a result, commodity assets under management have grown exponentially, reaching $435 billion earlier this year according to Barclays Capital. With financial investors entering the market, the diversification and sophistication of instruments and strategies has increased dramatically...............................................Full Article: Source
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