Import hub blast compounds European gas prices surge in December
Daryl Smith, CFA, Head of Research (London)
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But who knew ahead of the price move? Here are three alt data providers who help inform their clients of such events.
A blast at Austria’s Baumgarten import hub cut gas flows from Russia and forced Italy to declare a day-long state of emergency for energy supplies (full FT article here). Below we list three event-based data providers who helped ensure their clients were among the first in the investor world to be aware of such events.
- Able to form its clients of events such as the Baumgarten hub blast within seconds of a relevant web posting being published, this group monitors global supply chains by using website, RSS and social media sources in order to screen for any indication of a market-moving event (e.g. port shutdowns, strikes, fuel shortages).