Vitol: the secretive trading giant minting fortunes for its employees
Commodity house is among world’s most profitable companies and has returned $20bn to senior staff over past three years
Commodity house is among world’s most profitable companies and has returned $20bn to senior staff over past three years

Commodity houses reinvest bumper profits from years of volatility to cement dominance

Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura experience difficult year after reduced volatility in energy prices hits returns

Highest-paying firms increase payouts as the sector’s fortunes reverse, Goldman Sachs report shows

Volatility is keeping market-making desks active at a time when mergers and issuance have slowed

Where power, profits and pressure points are likely to lie across five key sectors

Europe’s biggest investment banks missed out on gains from commodities in quarter marked by oil swings