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Canned Pineapple Pieces in Light Syrup futures were listed on the Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand in September 2012. Contracts are based on 20 oz. canned pineapple pieces in light syrup. Each contract comprises of 1,300 cases. Contracts are settled by physical delivery of canned pineapple cases produced by an AFET approved factory.

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As commodities trading pits slowly go silent, exchanges around the world continue to roll out new contracts. Financial News looks at some of the weird commodities contracts you might have never heard of

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Commodity oddities: from piglets to pineapples

Anna Irrera

BlackRock’s Larry Fink hails democracy for private assets. But what will it mean for fees?

If Nikhil Rathi wants to stay CEO, he needs to sort out the FCA’s ballooning headcount

Accounting firm spurns private equity as rare IPO tests UK market appetite

Nomura taps Hiraoka and Tyce to lead global rates trading

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Japanese bank doubles up leadership of key markets division

Pimco Emea boss Craig Dawson returns to California for new role

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Christian Stracke, global head of credit research, will run Emea from bond giant’s London office

BNP Paribas flies in Lynagh from New York to head UK global banking

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Mark Lynagh is succeeding Matthew Ponsonby who has resigned from the bank

Once an heir apparent for Larry Fink, Wiedman now tops the list of potential successors to PNC chief Bill Demchak.

PNC Names Former BlackRock Star Mark Wiedman as President

The European Union has a plan to counteract the swathe of tariffs U.S. President Trump is planning to impose on foreign goods, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

EU Has Plan to Retaliate on U.S. Tariffs, Von der Leyen Says

The Japanese investment firm is entwining its fortunes with a company that expects to lose billions of dollars for years to come, in the hope that it will emerge as the leader in AI.

How Is SoftBank Funding Its Mega Investment in OpenAI? A Lot of Debt

The BlackRock CEO says he wants individuals to have better access to the menu of private and illiquid investments that have long been core holdings of pensions, endowments and other institutions.

Larry Fink Says Regular Americans Need Private Assets Too

The prospect of a radical escalation in the global trade war in the coming days has nearly doubled the probability of a recession in the U.S. economy in the next 12 months to around 35%, according to Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs Lifts U.S. Recession Probability to 35%

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