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Professional services firm BDO carried out the independent assurance review of four of the business’ key trademarked PIX indices in pulp and recovered paper. On March 30, 2020, they found that Fastmarkets’ responses were in line with the IOSCO principles for PRAs. The review process is comprehensive, examining all relevant documentation and processes to ensure their quality, integrity and adherence to stated methodologies. “Fastmarkets is excited to add the FOEX PIX indices to the list of our prices that have successfully completed an assurance review,” Fastmarkets CEO Raju Daswani said. “The completion of an external audit of our process demonstrates our commitment to provide reliable, impartial, representative and transparent benchmarks for the market we serve to use in physical trading, risk management, analysis and planning purposes.” The following four price indices were included in the scope of the assurance: PIX Pulp Indices (Europe)
PIX Recovered Paper Indices (Europe)
As per guidance by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), this assurance review by an independent external auditor is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) for commodity benchmarks (paragraph 18 of Annex II). Reviews must take place at least annually. To obtain a copy of the independent assurance report, please click here.
Fastmarkets has invested significantly in resources and technology to ensure its price-assessment process aligns with IOSCO principles. View details here. To view Fastmarkets FOEX price methodology/specifications, please click here. For further inquiries, please contact Katharine Kellar at?katharine.kellar@fastmarkets.com.