Berlin, Germany -- (SBWire) -- 11/18/2021 --While the European energy crisis has caused a lot of issues for suppliers and consumers there are some who have found a way to profit from the challenging situation. In particular, hedge funds that ventured into natural gas and German electricity have done incredibly well - one shooting up by 40%. Shortage fears have been behind the significant increase in gas prices in recent months - some funds that were able to make sizable moves in European electricity have seen profits soar. Others have benefitted from changing dynamics in other markets, in particular those that are not as popular. Iron ore and lumber markets, for example, saw a spike in the first half of the year - impacted by increased demand as economies came out of lockdown and the bottlenecks caused by supply and demand problems - and then fell significantly after that. Many funds have been able to profit from both the rises and the falls.
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The expertise that the team is able to provide in developing quants careers has a unique international dimension, as the team in Germany is part of a 1,000+ strong international workforce. It is also the recruitment partner of choice to hundreds of world-leading companies as part of the Phaidon International group, which operates across 6 countries. Using a combination of permanent, contract and multi-hire solutions, Selby Jennings is able to create options to meet a wide range of different recruitment needs. Part of this is due to the effectiveness of the team - the firm invests heavily in its own people to ensure that standards remain high. Consultants are trained on an ongoing basis and work with best-in-class technology and strategies at all times. There are currently opportunities in quant careers, as well as many other roles, available via the firm, including Senior Non-Ferrous Trader, Senior Information Risk Manager and Cross Asset Sales Trader.
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