{"id":9715,"date":"2026-04-30T23:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=9715"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:13:10","slug":"smartermarkets-presents-ft-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/smartermarkets-presents-ft-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SmarterMarkets\u2122 Presents: Scenes from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9715\" class=\"elementor elementor-9715\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11669d6 interview-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11669d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aaaa935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2aaaa935\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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