Articles by Alexander Osipovich
Does commodities floor trading have a future?
Does the floor have a future?
Commodity hedging's PR dilemma
A poor reflection
Turning points: Brenda Boultwood
As Brenda Boultwood, the former chief risk officer of Constellation Energy, sets off in a new career direction, she tells Alexander Osipovich about managing risk through tough times
US ban on crude exports receives fresh scrutiny
Old US ban on crude exports receives fresh scrutiny
Ruling sets back US emissions trading
Federal judges reject the US Environmental Protection Agency’s latest clean air rule, disappointing emissions market participants and shaking confidence in the viability of US cap-and-trade schemes
Publication of swap definitions triggers countdown to compliance deadline
The publication of swap definitions earlier this week initiates a 60-day countdown for compliance to key parts of the Dodd-Frank Act
Turning points: United Icap's Walter Zimmermann
From meditating with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to using fractals to predict oil prices, Walter Zimmermann of United Icap has had a remarkably varied career. Alexander Osipovich reports
Energy companies increase weather hedging
Weathering the storm
Dodd-Frank introduces technology challenges
Race to the finish
Airlines face regulatory uncertainty in US-EU emissions standoff
Legislation that would stop US airlines from complying with the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) survived a key vote in Congress this week, casting further doubt on the EU’s efforts to bring non-EU airlines into the ETS and creating…
Lynda Clemmons joins NRG Energy
Lynda Clemmons, a pioneer in the field of weather derivatives and emissions trading, has been hired by NRG Energy to help run its green technology team
PFGBest bankruptcy fuels calls for stronger protection of customer funds
The collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, which comes just nine months after the bankruptcy of MF Global, has raised the pressure on US regulators to boost protection of customer funds held by futures commission merchants
US energy firms cheer CFTC decisions on ‘swap’ definition, end-user exception
The US energy industry scores a victory as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission finalises two key pieces of Dodd-Frank derivatives regulation, modifying its original proposals to ease the compliance burden on firms that operate in physical energy…
Can innovative funding rescue US renewables?
Hope on the horizon
US biofuels: beyond ethanol
Looking beyond ethanol
Duke-Progress deal a win for alliances, nuclear power
Duke-Progress deal a win for alliances, nuclear power
JP Morgan probe highlights Ferc power trading crackdown
A lawsuit filed against JP Morgan by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the latest example of the agency's tough, new enforcement stance
Weather study finds that hedging improves firm value
Hedging programmes have a positive effect on a company’s share price and financial performance, according to a new academic study that examines the use of weather derivatives by US utilities
Energy Risk Canada: Low crude prices won’t stop oil sands development, experts say
The prospects for long-term development of the Canadian oil sands remain good, presenters at Energy Risk Canada say, dismissing concern about the recent plunge in crude oil prices
Fallout from JP Morgan loss will hit energy markets: IEA
JP Morgan’s recent $2 billion trading loss could toughen a trio of Dodd-Frank Act rules, potentially hurting energy markets, the International Energy Agency says
Energy Risk USA 2012
Platform for discussion
Report urges boosting Ercot price cap, restructuring Texas power market
A report commissioned by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) has recommended that the state increase its maximum peak power price in order to spur investment in new generation capacity and lower the risk of blackouts
Boultwood steps down as CRO of Constellation Energy
Move follows merger with Exelon Corporation. Risk management at the combined company will now be run by Exelon CRO, Joseph Glace