I observed a man sourcing candle wax from South America and selling it to Japan. I thought: 'That's unbelievable. Talking on the phone in his office, that man made money moving candle wax from one country to another.' It really interested me.

Over two billion people in China and India need commodities to grow their economies and improve their living standards.

A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders.

I thought if we could put our hard-working culture as traders into the asset management, it will be a great combination, and we did do that.