Unstable agricultural commodity markets require that customers seek suppliers who understand risk and can protect them from adverse movements in prices and currency swings. For years, Fortis professionals have worked to identify, measure, manage, and reduce its own exposure to global risk as well as its customers. Fortis uses a broad range of analytical risk management and credit evaluation tools by which we assess commodity price, market, credit, and collateral risk.

Our internal risk and credit groups work closely to quantify and support our risk tolerance as a firm. We then develop and execute time tested and sound business strategies that diminish market commodity price, currency, and credit volatility, and shift the balance sheet risk of these value killers directly to us. By managing customer risk in the exact same way we manage our firm’s risk, we help customers keep costs within an established range and preserve their potential to capture the full upside of a product purchase opportunity.