Energy
Bush lays out climate agenda – without emissions trading
In a speech in Washington ahead of the G8 meeting in Germany next week, US President George Bush laid out an agenda for tackling climate change.
Trading begins at the DME
After months of setbacks, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the Middle East’s first international energy futures and commodities exchange, opened for business today.
Dem Unwetter zum Trotz
Unternehmensrisikomanagement
Reaping rewards
Basel II
Raising the stakes
Second generation
In the shadows
Counterparty Credit Risk
Unthinkably favourable
Imagination in stress testing demands unorthodox thinking, as even seemingly favourable events can have negative consequences. In the case of the oil markets, this means stress testing for a fall, as well as a rise, in oil prices, argues David Rowe
SSY brokers groundbreaking FFA option deal
SSY Futures has recently brokered a forward freight agreement (FFA) option transaction covering Panamax earnings out to the end of 2012. The deal, fixed between two leading FFA users, has confirmed industry claims that there is appetite for longer-dated…
Dubai to use DME for crude oil pricing
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), a joint venture between Tatweer, Nymex and the Oman Investment Fund, announced today that the government of Dubai will cease pricing its export crude oil sales off its current mechanism and instead utilise DME futures…
Maybank launches structured deposits linked to palm oil in Singapore
Maybank in Singapore has launched the Regal Structured Deposit, and it claims the product is the first structured deposit linked directly to palm oil prices traded on Bursa Malaysia.
EIB expands fundraising with two new bonds
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the multi-government-owned financing arm of the European Union, has launched two new bonds, a multinational environmental bond and its first rouble-denominated issue.
Nymex offers electronic options trading on oil, natural gas, gold and silver
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) will offer options trading for crude oil, natural gas, gold, and silver on the CME Globex electronic trading platform from June 24 for a trade date of June 25
Uncertainty mounts as Optionable falls
Aa bleak week for Optionable Inc, the New York-based energy brokerage behind the Bank of Montreal’s gas trading losses, has continued to get worse. Uncertainty is now growing over the brokerage's relationship with the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).
Broker suffers after BMO commodity losses
US commodity derivatives broker Optionable saw its shares plummet again today after Bank of Montreal, its most important customer, said it would suspend their relationship.