Articles by Rachel Morison
Feeling Secure? Energy Risk's Risk Management Survey 2009
Budget constraints have become the biggest hindrance to effective risk management, and credit is the biggest risk to energy trading, according to respondents of Energy Risk’s 2009 Risk Management Survey. Rachel Morison presents the results
Trading positions
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
International energy regulator launched
The creation of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER), a group of 12 regional energy regulatory associations, was announced by John Mogg, president of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), at the fourth World Forum of…
Profile: Tradition's David Pinchin
As part of our 15th anniversary profile series, recently retired David Pinchin gives his farewell interview to Rachel Morison reflecting on his experiences as chief operating officer of international interdealer broker Tradition and co-founder of its…
Power adaptor
Alpiq Group was created at the beginning of 2009 as a result of the merger of Swiss utilities Atel and EOS. Peter Heydecker, head of trading and services, talks to Rachel Morison about Alpiq’s culture and presence in European power markets
US commodity ETFs blow hot and cold
Increasing attention has turned to commodity exchange traded funds (ETF) in the US this month as part of the wider investigation by the CFTC into the need for tighter oversight of energy futures markets. Rachel Morison investigates
Doubts over EU plan for OECD carbon market by 2015
The EU is unlikely to meet its vision for an OECD-wide carbon market by 2015, Emmanuel Fages, senior analyst at Orbeo, said at the Carbon Show in London on September 29.
China will beat US to cap-and-trade scheme says Bluenext
“China will have a cap-and-trade scheme before the US and we will hear some statement from China on this at Copenhagen,” Philippe Chauvancy, director of sales at Paris-based exchange Bluenext predicted during a panel discussion at the Carbon Show in…
Carbon market prices in Poland and Estonia emissions win
Carbon traders remain optimistic about the market's outlook despite the ruling by the European Union’s Court of First Instance to allow Poland and Estonia to increase their emissions allowances for the second phase of Europe’s emissions trading scheme…