Environment-Renewables
BGI launches iShares ETFs with exposure to China and alternative energy
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has launched four iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Nasdaq stock market. The iShares FTSE China (HK listed) Index Fund provides exposure to the China market by tracking the respective index, which comprises…
Barclays launches carbon investor note
Barclays Bank has launched an exchange traded note offering investors exposure to the global carbon price.
Brown calls for oil market transparency; reveals investment plans
UK prime minister Gordon Brown has today called for increased transparency in the global oil markets, and revealed a series of international energy investment initiatives.
FTSE offers environmental opportunities
Index Provider FTSE has launched its Environmental All-Share Index, which is designed to provide broad environmental exposure by including companies which are involved in environmental technologies.
Business leaders make post-2012 carbon trading recommendations
A group of 91 chairmen and CEOs of major global businesses has presented recommendations for the post-2012 carbon reduction regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
S&P offers Asian thematics
Index provider Standard & Poor’s has launched three new thematic indexes for Asian markets: the S&P Asia Infrastructure, Water, and Alternative Energy indexes. The indexes launched are the first in the Asian Thematic Index Series and are designed to…
Backlash against biofuels
Biofuels are facing not only the food versus fuel controversy, but also criticism that the growing biofuels industry produces a bigger carbon footprint than the savings made when using them. Eric Fishhaut of GlobalView Software looks at the arguments
Deutsche Bank revises carbon price forecast – good news for CCS
Deutsche Bank has forecast a 2008 EU Emission Allowance (EUA) price of €40 per tonne, up from €35. The bank says a price of €40 will be high enough to incentivise future power plant and carbon capture and storage (CCS) build.
Oil and water do mix
Profile
Hedges are growing greener
Opportunities for hedge funds in traditional energy markets are not as common as a few years ago. As a result, some hedge funds are turning to green energy markets in search of price anomalies and arbitrage opportunities, William Rhode discovers…
Russian towards success
Founded in 2000, Lukoil International Trading & Supply Company (Litasco) has become one of the world's leading oil and products traders. Gati Al-Jebouri, CEO of Litasco, tells Roderick Bruce about his company role
Ben Goggin
Ben Goggin, head of tanker FFAs at SSY Futures, tells Roderick Bruce why a life in wet FFA markets trumps the life aquatic
Utilities seek new credit structures
As US utilities bail out of the auction market, they are turning to enhanced credit structures to refinance bond issues. Catherine Lacoursiere reports
Ethical investment: Which way is the wind blowing?
For years, ethical investment funds were seen as the preserve of hippies or religious nuts. Now though, increasingly impressive returns have caught the attention of mainstream investors. But have ethical funds gained enough momentum to really change the…
Banking on transparency
Index Interview
Bridging troubled waters
Markets
Oil and water do mix
Enterprise Risk Management
Clearing the way ahead
The major credit derivatives dealers, along with the Clearing Corporation, are working to develop a central clearing house for over-the-counter credit derivatives trades. How will this initiative work, and are there are any rival schemes in the pipeline?…
The sewers of Jefferson County
Auction-rate Securities
Montreal Climate Exchange open for business
Montreal Climate Exchange (MCeX), the first market for environmental products in Canada, has launched today.