orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 commodity broking services type private industry finance founded 2004 headquarters sydney australia key people jonathan barratt managing director paul mckay manager products financial investments and agricultural number of employees 50 2007 website www.commoditybroking.com.au commodity broking services abbreviated cbs is a specialized private australian brokerage and investment company founded in 2004 by jonathan barratt and paul mckay . originally set up in the outback town of warren new south wales the purpose was to aid and educate australian farmers suffering from drought with some financial stability in commodity trading and product protection . with the support of australian farmers and investors the company expanded into sydney australia ; of which the company is currently headquartered . it still retains strong links with the warren office where the agricultural division is located . commodity broking services offers trading and data via its online trading platform . the range of financial products includes foreign exchange commodity swaps australian international cfd s and equity futures options superannuation funds and bonds . cbs is also the only financial company that currently provides both physical commodity and commodity swaps in australia . a commodity swap is a financial instrument that provides produces and end users of commodities with the ability to hedge their commodity risk in local weights measures and seasons without having to commit produce to the contract . business edit cbs involves itself in three divisions investment agricultural and education . investment division focuses on offering financial products to individuals families and funds via the online trading platform . agricultural division is focused on assisting farmers with hedging and commodity swap to protect their production and livelihood . education division is mainly focused on educational and advisory services for individuals and institutions . quick facts edit cbs has an alliance with the danish investment bank saxo bank . the company s logo a sheaf of wheat is symbolic for the rewards received from the bond and hard work associated with the harsh australian environment . it is also the symbol for the greek goddess of fertility demeter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title commodity broking services & oldid 740138452 categories investment companies of australiacompanies based in sydneyhidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 08 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view