Exchanges
EEX to launch carbon derivatives contract
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) plans to launch a futures contract for carbon emissions allowances in October, pending regulatory approval.
Scenario analysis: the way forward
Of the four elements that Basel uses as inputs for the AMA, scenario analysis has only recently been seen as perhaps the most important.
Risk management key for freight, says Baltic Exchange chief
Baltic Exchange chief executive Jeremy Penn has stressed the importance of risk management at a forum of freight derivatives brokers and traders this week.
Five market-makers back CME eurozone inflation futures
Barclays Capital, Ixis Corporate and Investment Bank, Lehman Brothers, Nomura International and the Royal Bank of Scotland have all agreed to become market-makers for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) new eurozone inflation futures contract. The…
MiFID Winners and Losers
A piece of compliance is presenting firms with such a technology hurdle that industry players are predicting a new host of opportunities.
Falling short of the mark
Financial institutions have struggled to develop operational risk frameworks that will improve business decisions and optimise their use of economic capital. And a new study indicates that op risk is now increasingly viewed as yet another compliance…
The Gathering MiFID Storm
A new regulation from the European Union will transform market structure—and cost investment firms billions to comply. In the meantime, IT strategists are taking a leading role in lobbying European regulators.
The CRO road
Some of the larger hedge funds have set up formal risk management functions, appointing independent chief risk officers (CROs) to oversee their business. But what role should a hedge fund CRO play, and are these appointments a precursor of wider changes…
Nymex pit opens in London
Some 76 individuals and 12 companies showed up to trade Brent and gas oil futures on the first day of trade at the New York Mercantile Exchange’s London trading floor today (Monday).
Indian exchange to list IPE Brent crude futures
Oil traders in India will from September 15 be able to trade rupee-denominated Brent crude futures, settled monthly by reference to the benchmark IPE Brent crude futures contract.
Russell attributes options volume growth to alternative investors
According to Washington-based Russell Investment Group, monthly volumes for derivatives referencing its indexes hit new highs last month. Kelly Haughton, the group’s Strategic Director of Russell Indexes, attributed some of the upturn to an increase in…
The CRO road
Risk management
Taking the slow road to Basel II
Brazil’s central bank published Basel II implementation guidelines at the end of last year,giving the country’s banks a firm timetable for the introduction of the new framework.What progress have banks made so far? John Ferry investigates
Economic capital blues
Rating agencies and life insurers have not always got on, with squabbles over how to account for diversification across business lines a prime reason. But could the rise of economic capital management put an end to the arguing?
Getting a head-start
North American Energy Credit and Clearing may have gained an advantage by being the first to clear over-the-counter physical electricity contracts. But it still has to prove that it is reliable and efficient. Joe Marsh reports
Hoodwinked!
Have you got a good grip on your view of volatility and correlation? Neil Palmer shows that, thanks to ever -present measurement errors, even the steadiest markets can throw up big surprises
The scandal in Sudan
A fragile peace may at last have come to Sudan after 21years of civil war, but a bitter and unresolved dispute over oil exploration acreage in the south of the country couldendanger that peace. Report by Maria Kielmas
A disciplined approach
E&P companies tend not to strategically hedge in a rising market. But there are good reasons for them to do so, and some are sticking to their hedging strategies, despite suffering losses on their derivatives contracts. By Joe Marsh
Where next for German NPLs?
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