Energy
Ex-Citi oil options head enjoys the hedge fund life
GZC’s Elbhar rode oil spread trade to 40% annual return in 2015
US banks face questions over bad oil loans
Resilience of hard-hit regional lenders scrutinised as losses mount
Moving to the cloud: The next frontier for E/CTRM systems?
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CFTC automated trading proposal worries energy firms
Companies surprised to learn they may need to register as algorithmic traders
Banks push e-trading of OTC energy derivatives
Goldman, JP Morgan and SG lead race to add oil and gas to single-dealer platforms
Climate change is the fattest tail risk of them all
Casting doubt on science is an unwise risk management strategy
Citadel builds physical gas trading business
Hedge fund’s foray into gas follows bank retreat from physical commodities
EU energy firms ‘working in the dark’ on Remit reporting
Uncertainty lingers even as firms begin reporting bilateral power and gas trades
IT heads of energy trading firms wrestle with budget cuts
Migration to cloud-based solutions considered as budgets fall 20–25% in 2016
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2016
OpenLink voted best overall ETRM platform
Falling budgets are top IT worry for energy firms
Tech spending by energy trading companies is set to plummet in 2016, survey finds
How to get maximum value from power plant hedging
Dynamic hedging is becoming more common among plant operators
Seeking a systemic role
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An encouraging shift in Asian LNG
Changes brewing in Asia are a reminder that trading can be a social good
Technology and regulation
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Spot market for Asian LNG gaining momentum, traders say
Retreat from oil indexation fuels emergence of regional price markers
EU position limits pose headaches for national regulators
Proposed Mifid II limits on thousands of commodity contracts worry some officials
The shale revolution devours its children
After a few years of irrational exuberance, US oil drillers are feeling the pain
SGX hopes to shake up LNG market with new index
Traders cautiously optimistic about ‘Singapore Sling’ index and derivatives
Florida utilities’ $6bn hedging loss spurs public backlash
Firms face heat over out-of-the-money natural gas hedge transactions
Risk management: Energy trading systems
Introduction
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2016: Rise of the non-banks
Non-banks shine in rankings of the top dealers and brokers in global commodity markets
CFTC takes steps to clean up ‘garbage’ swaps data
Market participants frustrated at attempts to further standardise swaps in data reporting proposals
How ‘Death Star’ and AIG sparked a new era in regulation
Ferc and the CFTC have overlearned the lessons of past crises