OUR EXPERTISE
The Baillon-Intercor SA is a leading oils and fats broker since 1946.
The company is made of professionnals with extensive experience in a market that requires brokers, since oils and fats are :
For all these reasons, players in the market need real-time, reliable and unbiased information : this what Baillon-Intercor S.A. stands for.
The company is made of professionnals with extensive experience in a market that requires brokers, since oils and fats are :
- numerous and relatively substituable, meaning price evolution affect one another.
- mostly derived from agricultural crops, meaning subject to unpredictability of harvests.
- purchased in a wide array of industrial sectors all in competition for the same sources.
For all these reasons, players in the market need real-time, reliable and unbiased information : this what Baillon-Intercor S.A. stands for.
Beyond having professional qualifications as a specialist in oils, a broker must also be able to guarantee complete independence of all participants in the market. Thus, a broker can provide reliable and unblased information to buyers and sellers and help set prices.
Based on this information, the broker negotiates deals by looking at supply and demand throughout the market and establishing an agreement between the parties which is confirmed in writing (fax or telex plus correspondence).
Once a deal is signed, the broker is involved in its execution and will intervene if there are any disputes concerning contract terms, delivery deadlines, logistics, or quality of merchandise.
Sellers pay the customary brokerage fee, which is disclosed to all parties. The fee covers the broker’s work in :
Based on this information, the broker negotiates deals by looking at supply and demand throughout the market and establishing an agreement between the parties which is confirmed in writing (fax or telex plus correspondence).
Once a deal is signed, the broker is involved in its execution and will intervene if there are any disputes concerning contract terms, delivery deadlines, logistics, or quality of merchandise.
Sellers pay the customary brokerage fee, which is disclosed to all parties. The fee covers the broker’s work in :
- Information
- Negociation
- and Execution
Optimize the Costs of Purchasing
Because of its diversity and volatility, the oil market must be monitored every day.
A broker can reduce some of your costs, including :
Because of its diversity and volatility, the oil market must be monitored every day.
A broker can reduce some of your costs, including :
- Telephone
- Fax
- Trade publications
- Internet access, with the Baillon-Intercor.com
- Personnel.
Most importantly, a brocker saves you time, which you can devote to other activities without having to worry about losing control over your purchasing. - Research and development
- It also provides the intellectual distance required to develop a long-term
strategy,
since our role is mainly to synthesise the huge amount of market information on raw materials, with full disclosure of our sources. This time-consuming and fastidious task must be done every day.
Optimize your purchases through continually updated information
1 - Synthesis of general information
- Macro-economics (current economic situation, trends, social factors, etc.)
- Micro-economics (companies, competition, etc.)
- Politics (Europe, customs duties, export assistance, etc.)
2 - Synthesis of financial information
- Financial markets (exchange rates, interest rates, etc.)
- Stock markets (Europe, Usa, Asia, etc.)
3 - Synthesis of commodity information
- Activity reports on other industries (livestock, fried foods, mayonnaise, biscuits, margarine, manufacturing, etc.)
- Reports on supply and demand fundamentals (USDA, PORLA, etc.)
- Weather reports (Wealther market, El Nino, etc.)
- Reports on commodities markets (CBOT, KLC, WPG, MATIF, etc.)
4 - Synthesis of prices
- Asking prices (for different industries, quantities, regions, and countries)
- Bidding prices (for different industries, quantities, regions, and countries)
- Transacted prices (for different industries, quantities, regions, and countries)
5 - Synthesis in contract execution
- Tracking of positions (in the form of line graphs or tables via the Internet)
- Commodities call, centralization of orders.
