Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abbreviation
IFAD
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Region
Asia
Group
ICE
Product Types
Energy
ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (IFAD) is a regulated commodity derivatives exchange launched in 2021 by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in partnership with ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) and nine leading global energy market participants. IFAD's flagship product is the Murban crude oil futures contract, which was designed to become the world's first freely traded Murban crude benchmark, enabling global market participants to hedge against the Middle East's largest crude oil grade.
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