Argus Media Ltd
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Argus Media (Argus) is an independent media organisation with more than 1300 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets, and also offers bespoke consulting services and industry leading conferences. Half of Argus employees are commodity journalists who specialise in reporting news and price information relating to physical energy and related commodity markets. They operate according to a rigorous Editorial Code of Conduct and a Compliance and Ethics Policy that align with best journalistic practice, including the avoidance of conflicts of interest. Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by staff shareholders and investment firms General Atlantic.
EU Legislative Interests
Argus Media, a price reporting agency, is a leading independent provider of energy and commodity prices. A number of Argus’ published price assessments have been adopted by market participants for use as independent benchmarks in commodity derivatives contracts. In accordance with Annex II of the EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR), Argus Benchmark Administration was established in 2019 in the Netherlands as an authorised Benchmark Administrator for commodity benchmarks, supervised by Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Argus engages with its regulator and other EU bodies about potential evolution of the regulation.
Communication Activities
From time to time, Argus Media organises events related to energy issues and benchmarks. We brought together our energy experts and policy makers to discuss energy markets prior to MCM legislation in January 2023 and we have conducted educational briefings thereafter. As part of the MCM legislation we provide ACER with LNG price assessment information, and support ACER's LNG expert group. In addition we updated policy makers and member state enery attaches on market developments in Hydrogen and Biofuels. As a publisher of news and analysis, Argus reports on EU policies as they pertain to the energy and commodity markets we follow and assess.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
The Professional Publishers Association Commodity Markets Council / Commodity Markets Council Europe
Organisation Members
https://www.ppa.co.uk/ https://www.commoditymkts.org/cmc-europe/
Additional Information
Estimate of retainer fees by two consultants spent on lobbying in the EU.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.