Energy

Into the tempest

Natural catastrophe risk models suggest that insurers are significantly under-capitalised. Firms are tapping the capital markets for billions of dollars in additional reinsurance capacity, but it may not be enough to avoid damaging rating downgrades…

Changing times for managing liquidity

NEW YORK – Managing and accessing liquidity in electronic foreign exchange means something entirely different now to what it did five years ago, according to Bill Hartnett, global head of forex e-commerce at Citigroup.

When Risks Collide

Operational-risk projects like Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II compliance have more in common than many firms realize. Waters asks industry participants: Does it make sense to combine op-risk efforts?

Rabobank trades its first hybrid derivatives

Rabobank International has traded its first hybrid product this week. According to Michael Weber, London-based head of the bank’s hybrid division, the contract was a quarterly callable dual range accrual on crude oil and the US dollar foreign exchange…

Tell it to the judge

With well over a year to go to implementation, the Mifid bandwagon is already rolling through investment firms across Europe, but what punishment can financial services criminals expect, if any? Peter Madigan investigates

Noble signs India emissions deal

Noble Carbon Credits, part of global supply chain manager Noble Group, has signed a series of long-term certified emission reduction (CER) contracts with India¹s Gujarat Fluorochemicals (GFL).

TFS to broker oil in Dubai

TFS has become the first interdealer broker to open a desk in Dubai, where it will initially cover precious metals, but also plans to broker oil, freight and financial instruments.

Burying a problem

As North American power generators prepare for a carbon-constrained world, new coal plants are being built with the option of installing carbon capture and storage technology. And the economics could be about to improve, finds Catherine Lacoursiere

In search of STP

Trading complexity, compliance issues and increasing competition are all driving companies to improve their electronic STP processes. Eric Fishhaut takes a look at some of the latest developments

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