Smarter tools to manage risk in global
#commodity
markets w/ benchmarks & technologies that reinforce trust in
#metals
&
#energy
markets (ABXX:NEO)(ABXXD:OTCQX)
Trading has commenced on Abaxx Exchange!
Our first 5 centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable futures contracts in
#LNG
and
#Carbon
are now available for trading, supported by better price discovery &
#riskmanagement
tools to meet the commercial needs of the
#energytransition
#NEWS
:
@StoneX_Official
Becomes Abaxx Exchange’s First Approved Clearing and Trading Member
StoneX’s clients will have access to Abaxx’s suite of first-of-their-kind futures contracts, including
#LNG
,
#Nickel
Sulphate &
#Carbon
from first day of trading.
KGI Securities Receives Membership Approval, Joins Abaxx Exchange as Clearing & Trading Member
KGI’s clients to be among the first to access Abaxx’s first-of-their-kind futures contracts, including
#LNG
,
#nickel
&
#carbon
, on track to begin trading in Q1
#NEWS
Abaxx Prepares Exchange Opening Sequence and Final Notices
Today, we announced the initiation of the final exchange trading launch sequence to open the market in each of our commodity futures contracts including
#LNG
#Carbon
and
#Nickel
Sulphate
We're thrilled to announce our membership approval into the Futures Industry Association!
“The FIA has long been a leading advocate for better
#risk
policies in global markets. As a member, we look forward to advocating for
#smartermarkets
and better energy transition products.”
Abaxx is Building Smarter
#LNG
Markets
Without a global benchmark price, buyers are left to negotiate in the context of price references that don't necessarily reflect the value of LNG from competitive sources.
For smarter
#energy
markets — find us at onboarding
@abaxx
.exchange
We're not settling for cash-settled
(hint: you shouldn't either)
#LNG
and other global
#commodity
markets require physically-settled benchmarks for
🔴 Better price discovery
🔴 More reliable hedging
🔴 Improved risk management
Access Whitepaper Now ⬇️
#LNG
is globalizing the
#naturalgas
market, but there is no global benchmark price for natural gas, so we set out to create one
Abaxx's initial suite of physically-deliverable LNG futures contracts include delivery to:
📍Gulf of Mexico
📍Northwest Europe
📍North Pacific Asia
Abaxx Clearing CEO, Dan McElduff, talks what it takes to build smarter
#commodities
markets, why Abaxx is focused on physically-deliverable futures contracts and what better price discovery and risk management tools enable in emerging markets like
#LNG
,
#Carbon
and
#Nickel
The emerging global
#LNG
market requires effective mechanisms for price discovery, price transparency, liquidity, & better
#risk
mgmt tools — which is why we launched the world’s first benchmark for physically-settled LNG; empowering
#energy
market participants w/
#smartermarkets
Today was just the beginning of building
#SmarterMarkets
for the
#EnergyTransition
Thank you to our trusted partners, members and network of market participants who worked alongside us to make today's first trades possible.
Abaxx Exchange is now open.
Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) highlights Abaxx's Back to the Futures white paper in their
#LNG
Risk 2024 project initiative portal, stating a physically-settled, waterborne
#LNG
benchmark could bring many
#RiskManagement
benefits.
Explore More
"As we increase the surface area of Abaxx in the marketplace, we know the products we will develop are different than what other exchanges have. That's a good thing because we know there's demand for new products that the incumbents haven't addressed."
📣
@BHP
mentions Abaxx in 2023 Economic and
#Commodity
Outlook
"We believe that nickel will be a substantial beneficiary of the global electrification mega–trend and that nickel sulphides will be particularly attractive."
View Full Report ⬇️
Abaxx is building better benchmarks for
#LNG
,
#Carbon
and
#Nickel
Unlike traditional spot price indices, our centrally-cleared benchmark
#futures
contracts enable broader participation in the
#pricediscovery
process, leading to more accurate and reliable pricing.
"We have seen it. We have done it before. And we know exactly what the market needs."
CEO Nancy Seah shares what sets Abaxx apart — including a focus on building new markets for
#energytransition
#commodities
and a senior management team with a combined 200+ years of experience.
➡️
@Fastmarkets
: Abaxx to launch nickel sulfate futures by year-end
President
@DanMcElduff
recently interviewed by
@AndreaHotter
about building new benchmark contracts
“The least-served product with the best commercial opportunity for us was
#nickel
."
A tremendous thank you to the 100+
#energy
and
#commodity
market leaders who turned our three-hour
#APPEC
reception into an evening-long event!
View industry reaction to better tools + benchmarks for
#LNG
,
#Carbon
, and
#Metals
markets in recap at 🔗👇🏽
"The launch of a new
#commodity
venue in Singapore last month is the culmination of a multi-year journey for Abaxx Exchange, and the firm has been careful to put the technology in place to match its growth plans."
Read Now:
Our physically deliverable
#LNG
futures contracts bring reliable price discovery to regions that need it — including the Gulf Coast — creating an effective price benchmark with market participants, for market participants.
Explore Abaxx
#LNG
Futures
What's the price of LNG?
Abaxx Exchange recently launched trading in centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable
#LNG
and
#Carbon
futures — including Gulf of Mexico FOB LNG — for better price discovery & risk management.
Ready to trade Smarter Markets?
"Singapore is the most vital global
#commodities
trading hub in Asia and we are excited to support this leadership in the futures and derivatives markets."
CEO Nancy Seah remarks on today's launch, celebrating better price discovery and risk management tools for
#smartermarkets
"Abaxx tackles head-on, the pressing challenges in the industry where players seek better
#commodity
benchmarks and risk management solutions."
@TradeADMIS
President and Singapore Managing Director on ADMIS Singapore becoming Abaxx Exchange's third clearing and trading member
It's time to address the lack of a relevant
#LNG
benchmark by listing physically-settled, regulated futures contracts to deliver ⬇️
➡️ Reliable price discovery
➡️ Reduced transaction costs
➡️ Enhanced risk management
➡️ More depth and diversity among market participants
"We saw that there were markets that were underserved, and these markets were so critical to our
#energy
system."
SVP of Business Development, Shanmei Lim, speaks to the formation of Abaxx Exchange and the foundation of our
#smartermarkets
mission
Introducing Abaxx's North Pacific Asia LNG Futures with DAP delivery at ports located in China, Japan and Korea.
Better Price Discovery
Better Risk Management
Smarter
#LNG
Markets
Explore Contract:
Get to know Abaxx's Northwest Europe LNG Futures with DAP delivery at ports located in Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Belgium.
Better Price Discovery
Better Risk Management
Smarter
#LNG
Markets
"The FCM is the first stop on the risk train, may be the best way to describe it."
Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia, highlights how FCMs — or futures commission merchants — help market participants mitigate and better manage their risk in global futures markets
What’s the price of carbon?
Abaxx Exchange recently launched trading in centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable
#carbon
futures, including CORSIA Phase 1 Carbon Offset Units, for better price discovery and risk mgmt
Ready to trade
#SmarterMarkets
?
"As Class 2 nickel supply becomes increasingly important amid the rise of
#EVs
, Singapore’s Abaxx Exchange is currently working on a physically settled nickel sulfate futures contract it hopes to have available by the end of the year."
Via
@MktsInsider
"We’re really focused on the physical supply chain, not just the banks."
Abaxx CEO,
@JoshCrumb
, shares his
#SmarterMarkets
vision with
@WSJ
ahead of the launch of Abaxx Commodity Futures Exchange and Clearinghouse
Tomorrow, Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia joins over 130 expert speakers and 4,000+ delegates to discuss Abaxx's first-of-their-kind, physically-settled
futures contracts for transition
#commodities
including
#LNG
,
#carbon
&
#nickel
sulphate at
@JPNEnergySummit
"The journey starts day one in conversations with trading firms."
Head of Environmental Markets, Alasdair Were, on Abaxx's approach to building brand new commodity benchmark futures contracts and the role of market participants in contract development.
Abaxx Exchange Turns to
@EventusSystems
for Trade Surveillance Platform
Open for trading w/ physically deliverable futures contracts in
#LNG
&
#carbon
, Abaxx has deployed the Validus platform as foundation of its market surveillance program
Read More
The global market for
#LNG
requires effective mechanisms for price discovery, price transparency, liquidity & superior risk mgmt tools
Explore our NWE LNG Futures w/ DAP delivery at ports located in Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands, U.K. & Belgium
🔗
We talked
#LNG
with
@NGINews
🎙️
“It is obvious that the current structure of financially settled, index-related contracts are not meeting the needs of market participants."
Read More ⬇️
Find Us at the
#WallStreetGreenSummit
!
Abaxx's
@W_Alasdair
joins
@FusaroTweets
at this year's event focused on building a sustainable finance system for responsible investing and the changing role of business this March 12th and 13th in NYC
Like
@EnergyMetroDesk
said, almost there
Today's issue of The Desk covers our
#LNG
contract submissions — currently under regulatory review — and the long awaited improvements made possible via physically-settled benchmarks 🧮
Full piece via LinkedIn ⬇️
"We need to focus on trying new things, building new products, and evolving because it’s inevitable that these markets need to progress."
Listen Now! ⬇️
Spend the holiday weekend with
@Abaxx_Tech
CEO
@JoshCrumb
, and the execs of
@Abaxx_Exchange
, for Part One of an exclusive peek behind the scenes to learn what's new (and what's next!) on their mission to build
#SmarterMarkets
📈
Listen Now! 🎧⬇️
Find us at the
@Fastmarkets
#Copper
Seminar!
Expert voices & analysts are gathered in NY to discuss supply chain concerns, the geopolitical and macroeconomic backdrop,
#sustainability
solutions & building
#smartermarkets
Contact onboarding
@abaxx
.exchange to set up a meeting
We're looking forward to
@SPGCI
's
#APPEC
2022!
To celebrate the pre-launch promotion of Abaxx Exchange, we invite you to join us for an evening with key industry and market leaders from around the globe.
RSVP at 🔗👇🏽
Find us at
@Fastmarkets
Asian Battery Raw Materials Conference this April!
Abaxx Exchange is joining global market participants in Seoul for the two-day summit focused on policy, battery technology and the supply dynamics of raw materials
Register Now
Abaxx Exchange to join
@Fastmarkets
Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference
Next week, our team will be in Las Vegas to discuss building smarter
#metals
&
#energy
markets to better enable the
#energytransition
📥 Contact onboarding
@abaxx
.exchange to set up a meeting
Abaxx Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Economist on 12-month development of Nickel Sulphate Futures Contract for
@FinancialNews
“The degree of people willing to engage with us because they wanted a
#nickel
contract — from both sides of the market — has been really impressive"
Find us at
#APPEC
! 🇸🇬
Interested in better tools, better benchmarks and better risk
#management
for
#energy
and
#commodities
markets?
We'd love to connect at the following events:
🔴 Abaxx Cocktail Reception
🔴
#WIMAR
Carbon Market Symposium
🔴
@HFW_Law
's Carbon Pricing Panel
We're a proud sponsor of
@FlameConference
, kicking off next week! 🔥
We look forward to this year's theme of securing Europe's
#energy
supply + hitting
#climate
targets — both supported by our soon-launching NWE DES
#LNG
Futures Contract, subject to final regulatory approval
In today’s markets, there does not (yet!) exist a physically-settled waterborne LNG benchmark that promotes price discovery, risk transfer & transparency
Joe Raia talks problems created by absence of one & Abaxx's process to launching the world's first
Our physically-settled
#LNG
benchmarks bring reliable price discovery to regions that need it — including the Gulf of Mexico — offering daily & final settlements against actual transactions on a regulated market vs. index-settled products that have been the only solution to date
📅 Day one of
@SPGCI
#APPEC
in the books!
Today's strategic conference echoed cross-industry consensus for better tools, better benchmarks and better
#technology
to balance
#energy
affordability, security and sustainability — or as we like to call them,
#SmarterMarkets
🔊
Smarter
#LNG
Markets are Here
Abaxx's GOM LNG Futures provide a centrally-cleared, physically-settled solution to support price convergence between forward and spot markets with FOB Delivery at ports located in the United States Gulf of Mexico.
We joined this morning's
#Enelyst
LIVE EIA Gas Storage Report + Market Intel Briefing to share more on the recent submission of our
#carbon
futures contract and portfolio of impending
#LNG
contracts — designed to deliver better benchmarks for the global
#energy
+
#carbon
markets
➡️ What's the consequence of no physically-settled benchmark in our
#LNG
markets?
🔴 Lack of price discovery
🔴 Lack of transparency
🔴 Reduced risk management
Explore more in whitepaper published alongside submission of LNG contract specs
Read Now ⬇️
Happy
#IWD2024
from Abaxx!
Abaxx is proud to be led by a diverse team including over 15 innovative female experts and benefits every day from their contributions to creating the market infrastructure and financial technology required to build
#SmarterMarkets
#AccelerateProgress
What's the price of
#LNG
?
Abaxx Exchange recently launched trading in centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable
#LNG
and
#Carbon
futures — including Gulf of Mexico FOB LNG — for better price discovery & risk management.
Ready to trade Smarter Markets?
"With growing private sector interest as demonstrated by the entry of Singapore-based Abaxx Exchange, it is necessary now to take steps to build a more stable financial infrastructure less prone to the problems of overcapacity."
Read Full Article ⬇️
🔗
🧵China's dominance of critical minerals markets is often demonstrated through the lens of its production and processing capacity.
Less examined is its dominance of the infrastructure governing these markets. In a new piece for
@CFR_China
,
@ash_georgexx
examined this.
In their 2024 Banking and Capital Markets Outlook,
@Deloitte
highlights continued innovation across the market infrastructure and exchange landscape — mentioning Abaxx's focus on
#energy
and
#naturalgas
Access Report:
Today, Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia, joins 600+ expert speakers, including policy makers from the world’s leading
#energy
economies, the industry’s preeminent leaders, and technical experts from
#natgas
,
#LNG
, hydrogen, low-carbon, and
#climatetech
on-stage at
#Gastech2023
What is the true value of a
#carboncredit
?
Tomorrow, Head of Environmental Markets, Alasdair Were, joins
@dClimateDAO
for a virtual panel discussion exploring
#carbon
pricing dynamics and emerging solutions for increased market transparency
Register Now
This week at
#FlameConf
: Building a Blueprint for Next-Gen
#Energy
Supply⚡
💡 Read up on how Abaxx's
#LNG
benchmarks can help secure Europe's
#energy
supply + provide necessary market infrastructure to achieve global
#climate
targets 🌍
Access Paper ⬇️
New Series from
@NGINews
explores global benchmarks for
#LNG
📃
Examines pathways to solving gaps today's market inclusive of:
🛢️ The potential for oil price indexation to play that role
📈 The use of EU and U.S. natural gas indexes
🚢 The development of an LNG-specific index
Tomorrow, Chief Economist, David Greely, Abaxx Exchange President, Dan McElduff, and Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia, join
@FlameConference
's eFLAME Infocus event, to discuss building smarter
#LNG
markets
Register Now
Join eFlame Infocus for the latest on gas, LNG, and decarbonization in 30-min sessions on 12 March 2024, 10:00-12:30 GMT. Insights, strategies, and industry leaders' talks. Register for free:
Our North Pacific Asia
#LNG
Futures are designed to deliver better price discovery and risk management tools to help market participants across the globe better navigate today's evolving LNG markets.
Ready to trade Smarter Markets?
Chief Commercial Officer to join panel at
@FIAConnect
's Commodities Forum
Alongside Senior Director, Utility Markets
@ICE_Markets
&
@GoldmanSachs
' Head of
#NatGas
Research, the 3 will explore how structural changes in
#LNG
markets impact derivatives markets & hedging strategies
Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia, joins
@Smarter_Markets
'
@DavidVGreely
at
@FIAConnect
's 2024 International Futures Industry Conference to discuss the initiation of final launch sequence for Abaxx Exchange & Clearinghouse to open the market in
#LNG
,
#carbon
and
#nickel
sulphate
This morning, Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia, joins
@GoldmanSachs
' Samantha Dart &
@ICE_Markets
' Wouter de Klein for a panel discussion on the globalization of supply at
@FIAconnect
's 2024 Commodities Forum, moderated by
@SPGCI
's Global Head of Market Development & Engagement
Ringing in
#APPEC
with our annual reception!
TY to our partners and market participants who joined us in Singapore to explore how
#smartermarkets
can address the biggest challenges in managing their market risks as the
#energytransition
reshapes supply and demand fundamentals.
Find us at London Metals Week!
We're looking forward to meetings with the entire supply chain to discuss building smarter
#metals
markets, starting with our first-of-its-kind nickel sulphate contract.
If you'll be in town and want to connect, drop us a line⬇️
📥 ir
@abaxx
.tech
"The two might be correlated, but they're driven by extremely different fundamentals."
SVP Business Development, Shanmei Lim, speaks to the unmet commercial needs of the global
#LNG
market & the development of Abaxx futures contracts for better price discovery and risk transfer
"At the end of the day, our product development is driven by the market."
Head of Environmental Markets, Alasdair Were, speaks to Abaxx's two initial
#carbon
futures contracts, providing a look at Abaxx's contract design and development processes
We've joined
@WIMAR
Singapore!
Their commitment to the progression of women and their local community in the Singapore
#mining
and
#naturalresource
sector is instinctively synergistic with our call for SmarterMarkets™
Stay tuned for exciting updates later this month!
Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Raia, joins
@IECAssoc
's 100th Annual Conference this October to discuss the benefits of physically-settled benchmarks in
#LNG
and other
#commodities
including better price discovery, more reliable hedging, credit management & improved risk management
Up this Wednesday at 11 AM ET! A deep dive into the LNG market and an overall look at market psychology.
Special guests this week:
@Peter_Atwater
@JoshCrumb
and
@thomasg_grizzle
Hope you can join us! Please place any questions you may have for the speakers below.
LIVE: The second day of the
#FTCommodities
summit has started with some of the industry's biggest names speaking on the key issues facing the industry:
Follow thread for today's updates🧵
See yesterday's highlights below in the video
@ftcommodities
How have structural changes in the global
#LNG
markets impacted derivatives markets & hedging strategies?
Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia joins leaders from
@GoldmanSachs
&
@ICE_Markets
for a panel next week on the globalization of supply at
@FIAconnect
's
#Commodities
Forum.
Will
#LNG
trading redefine the global gas market landscape? 🚢
🗣️ Chief Commercial Officer joins
@WoodMackenzie
’s Head of Global LNG Consulting, VP of Gas + LNG Research and Head of Gas + LNG Asset Research for a Leadership Roundtable this afternoon in the
#Gastech
Energy Club
Find us at Flame!
This week, Abaxx joins industry leaders and global experts at the 30th edition of
@InformaConnect
's
@FlameConference
in Amsterdam, where the entire
#LNG
value chain is gathered to find innovative solutions to
#energy
security, sustainability and affordability.
The Best Commodities Benchmarks Are Still Physically Settled💥
Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia joins global
#energy
and
#commodity
leaders at the 2023
@GastechEvent
presenting in the Market Dynamics + Macrotrends circuit of the Commercial Conference