Brent to fall further despite index rebasing (and Iran)

We have been asked one or both of the same two oil-related questions by several clients this week. In summary, what are the implications of the addition of Brent to the basket for the Dow-Jones UBS commodity index? And how vulnerable are oil prices to tensions between the US and Iran?

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