Broking & Consultancy: The PVM Group

PVM is a private company established in 1971 in New York to broker oil products and is now the world's leading independent broker of oil instruments. The company has offices in London, Vienna, New Jersey , Houston and Singapore employing 160 people worldwide.

The group's activities cover OTC broking of swaps, forwards and physical crude oil and refined products together with exchange broking of WTI, Brent and Gasoil futures contracts. PVM's customers are major oil companies, independent refiners and producers, government agencies, trading houses, banks and investment funds.

PVM prides itself on the professionalism and wide ranging experience of its employees drawn from all parts of the oil industry. The PVM offices are in continuous open-line contact (both voice and online messaging) ensuring full international coverage of bids, offers and the latest deals done. The group operates without heavy layers of management, which means that senior members of staff are as active and informed about current markets and trends as their colleagues and are regular speakers at oil conferences and contributors to industry journals.

The group's leadership and history in OTC oil markets since its foundation is unique and its brokers handle on a daily basis over 100 million barrels of OTC and futures volume.