{"id":14048,"date":"2026-06-11T13:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/?p=14048"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:22:24","slug":"lugano-an-evolving-ecosystem-for-commodity-trading-cdt-ch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/lugano-an-evolving-ecosystem-for-commodity-trading-cdt-ch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lugano: An Evolving Ecosystem for Commodity Trading (Cdt.ch)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-131433.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-131433.png 971w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-131433-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-131433-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-131433-705x512.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the run-up to the Global Commodities Conference 2026, <em>Corriere del Ticino<\/em> takes an in-depth look at the growing contribution of the commodity trading sector to Lugano\u2019s economy through an interview with Marco Chiesa, Head of Finance of the City of Lugano. The article highlights the industry&#8217;s role in generating highly skilled employment, tax revenues and overall attractiveness of the business location, while also underscoring the importance of specialized services such as trade finance and the development of the skills and expertise required to support the sector\u2019s continued growth. These are all areas of strategic importance to LCTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You can read the article here (in Italian):<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdt.ch\/news\/ticino\/il-commercio-di-materie-prime-per-la-citta-e-un-toccasana-430250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00abIl commercio di materie prime per la Citt\u00e0 \u00e8 un toccasana\u00bb (cdt.ch, 11.06.2026)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the run-up to the Global Commodities Conference 2026, Corriere del Ticino takes an in-depth look at the growing contribution of the commodity trading sector to Lugano\u2019s economy through an interview with Marco Chiesa, Head of Finance of the City of Lugano. The article highlights the industry&#8217;s role in generating highly skilled employment, tax revenues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hightlights","category-press-release"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 23:20:02","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[49],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14050,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14048\/revisions\/14050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}