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We paid a visit to the headquarters of MET Holding, an energy trading company with Hungarian roots but growing international presence. While hardly a metropolis, the town of Zug is the capital of Switzerland’s smallest canton of the same name and is one of the most important hubs of global energy trade.

Article by Gergely Szabó, CEO, MET Hungary (Figyelő business weekly) Energy trading company MET has already offered the opportunity to a host of young talents to leave the boundaries of Central and Eastern Europe behind and achieve unprecedented success. The message is simple: if you do well, a new world opens up for you. Such opportunities in life are rare indeed.

Finanz und Wirtschaft, 26 October 2016 Benjamin Lakatos founded MET Group nine years ago. Ever since the international commodity trading company, with its seat in Zug, Switzerland, has enjoyed double-digit growth.

Oil prices are likely to stay highly volatile over the year. A clearer picture of the market will only emerge by late 2016, says Tony Hughes, CEO of the London-based oil trading arm of MET Group.

Global oversupply of LNG set to end up in Europe, MET CEO says MET started LNG desk to take advantage of a buyer's market Europe may soon buy excess supply of liquefied natural gas, helping determine global prices, according to MET Holding AG, a Swiss energy trader focused on eastern Europe.

Neue Zuger Zeiting – Die Rohstoffpreise sind im Keller. Wie gehts da einem Rohstoffhändler, der gerne Gas gibt? Die Antworten sind überraschend. Und relativieren ein Klischee.

Switzerland-based MET International AG is taking the plunge into liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading just as new supply from the United States and Australia makes the fuel more plentiful and affordable.

Echoing other success stories, MET Group, which is now present in 10 countries, was started in 2007 by just a few people with entrepreneurial spirit. While its staff by now numbers more than 300, the multinational energy trading company managed to retain the flexibility and speed typical of smaller businesses.

Interview with Benjamin Lakatos – L'Agefi, 30 June 2015 Translation of the original French article “Setting up a base in Switzerland is one of my best decisions”

Portfolio.hu, 11 June 2015 – The success of MET and its rise into the mid-tier of European energy traders can be attributed to an earlier insight of former MOL experts who realized that gas market trends are about to change decisively, Csaba Lantos, chairman of the board at the Switzerland-based holding company of MET told Portfolio in an interview. The businessman also discussed the HAG contract, the acquisition of power plant operator Dunamenti Erőmű and the company's plans for the future,...