How The Financial Crisis Helped Turn Big Banks Into Global Commodities Kings

"Wall Street's biggest banks are currently under the gun for their massive role in global commodities markets. But what many don't realize is the vast expansion of that role was, in large part, an unintended consequence of the chaos of the financial crisis.

Should we be shocked that the ramifications of the financial crises are still reverberating years later with unexpected repercussions? Not in the slightest."


http://www.businessinsider.com/banks-got-big-in-commodities-in-financial-crisis-2013-8