- April: Oil prices firm on strength of institutional shifting of U.S. investment funds from equity and bond markets to cash and commodities.
- April–September: Nigerian production disrupted by oil workers’ strike in response to imprisonment of apparent winner of presidential elections.
Ofer Abarbanel – Executive Profile
Ofer Abarbanel is a 25 year securities lending broker and expert who has advised many Israeli regulators, among them the Israel Tax Authority, with respect to stock loans, repurchase agreements and credit derivatives. Founder TBIL.co STATX Fund.