Energy
NGL hedging takes off amid shale gas boom
No molecule left behind
Asian refinery activity boosts oil derivatives trading
Fuelling activity
Platts and Shell seek support for competing Brent crude reforms
Oil major Shell and price reporting agency Platts offer rival plans to fix market distortions in Brent crude oil
EU ETS faces back-loading test
A critical condition
Q&A: Alberto Pototschnig, Acer
Pulling it all together
Tankard natural gas indexes greeted with scepticism
Traders show little enthusiasm for Tankard indexes of European natural gas, despite ongoing concerns about the reliability of assessments by price reporting agencies. Gillian Carr reports
Futurisation worries end-users of OTC energy derivatives
The right tools for the job?
Brent challenges WTI despite questions about oil benchmark
Battle of the benchmarks
Coal derivatives activity rises in Europe and US despite differences
A tale of two continents
Cutting edge: Hedging price and volumetric risks of fixed-price load-serving contracts in natural gas markets
Cutting edge: Hedging price and volumetric risks of fixed-price load-serving contracts in natural gas markets
Railroad indexing to API 2 could help US coal exporters manage risk
Link to API 2 could make exports look more attractive and reflects growing participation in coal market by US firms
Low crude volatility to bolster spread trades, say analysts
Market participants expected to shy away from outright bets on crude oil as low volatility persists
'Uneconomic trading' at issue in Barclays power dispute
Barclays seeks to defend itself against power market manipulation allegations by contesting regulator’s pursuit of uneconomic trading
Academic battle rages over oil speculation, high prices and volatility
Entrenched positions
LNG derivatives suffer from lack of liquidity
In need of liquidity
Carbon price sinks as EU vote is delayed
The European Commission is proposing to cut the supply of European Union Allowances to bolster prices, but delays to the plan are causing prices to sink, reports Gillian Carr
Ferc cracks down on power market manipulation
Danger of death
California carbon market faces challenges
The golden state?
JP Morgan deserved “a very severe penalty”, says Ferc chairman
Tougher enforcement stance is justified and paying dividends, claims Ferc chairman
CFTC clarification on physical gas deals welcomed
CFTC answers concerns over treatment of physical gas storage and transportation agreements under Dodd-Frank
Threat of downgrade hangs over North American power firms
Low natural gas prices, weak power demand and rising costs put pressure on credit ratings
Impact on EUAs from back-loading will be muted, say analysts
European Commission proposes back-loading a larger volume of European Union Allowances than expected, yet analysts downplay price impact