Loqsea x CommodityThursdays

An evening of panel discussion and networking, bringing together senior professionals from across the commodities community.

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3 July 2025 · The Emin Room, 34 Mayfair, London

ABOUT THE EVENING

An evening of conversation for the commodities community

In partnership with CommodityThursdays, Loqsea hosted a panel discussion and networking evening at The Emin Room, 34 Mayfair, bringing together senior professionals from across trading, technology, and market infrastructure.

The discussion focused on the forces reshaping commodity markets and what they mean for trading operations: liquidity fragmentation, structural gaps in trade finance, and the infrastructure decisions firms are making to stay resilient in volatile conditions.

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THE PANEL

The speakers

Richard James Latter
ACMA, Senior Manager at Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Reza Tareen
Managing Director at Loqsea Tech

Kona Haque
Head of Research at ED&F Man Commodities

Loqsea x CommoditiesThursdays networking event | Charles Osborne

Charles Osborne
Director at Trade Finance Global (TFG)

Loqsea x CommoditiesThursdays networking event | Matthew Judge

Matthew Judge
Head of European Sales at SGX Group

WHAT WAS DISCUSSED

The conversation

The panel explored three interconnected themes facing commodities firms today.

Liquidity fragmentation: how shifting market structures are creating operational complexity for trading desks and what that means for execution and risk.
Trade finance gaps: where the infrastructure supporting commodity trade finance is falling short and the practical consequences for firms managing physical and derivatives exposure.
Resilient trade infrastructure: what it takes to build operations that hold up under market stress, and why the technology decisions firms make now will define their ability to respond when conditions move against them.

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