Exchanges
Open outcry fading away as Nymex fends off rivals
New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) chairman Richard Schaeffer said today that 80% of the exchange’s business is now done electronically, as the open outcry trading floor becomes “less and less meaningful”. He also outlined ambitious plans for 2008, and…
BNP Paribas launches three basket linked fund for French investors
BNP Paribas has launched a new collective investment fund for retail investors in France. The Panka is capital guaranteed and linked to the performance of three separate index baskets which offer both mainstream and emerging market exposure.
LCH.Clearnet and Nodal Exchange to launch new trading and clearing service
LCH.Clearnet, the independent clearing house for power clearing, and Nodal Exchange, the first marketplace to use a locational nodal market for forward power trading, have signed an agreement to provide a trading and clearing service for cash settled…
Simply the best?
Best execution
Setting the stage for 2008
As 2007 draws to a close, the Energy Risk team asked market participants what they regard as the most influential events of 2007 and how these are likely to shape market behaviour in 2008. By Stella Farrington with additional reporting by David Watkins
Solid foundations?
In a recent landmark step, India's power regulator has given 'in principle' go-ahead to the setting up of a power exchange in India. However, there is discomfort amongst potential participants over some of the regulator's plans. Rakesh Singh of Wipro…
Will they weather the storm?
The weather derivatives market saw record volumes in 2006, but these declined sharply into 2007. Evan Koster, David Cohn and Nicholas Rock of Dewey & LeBoeuf look at where the weather market, now 10 years old, may go next
The future arrives for renewables
The emerging market in renewable energy futures is expected to lower the cost of financing renewables and smooth out the volatility often encountered when running intermittent renewable resources, such as wind and solar. Catherine Lacoursière investigates
The tough go shopping
Investors
First in the firing line
Regulation
Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Gavan Nolan, credit analyst at Markit Group in London, looks at credit indices
Deal of the month
Gazprom
Remapping the future
Inflation
Board games
Sponsored roundtable
The power of the trustee on the mergers and acquisitions battlefield
Sponsored roundtable
Of capital concern
European Insurance
ETF Round-Up
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Index providers interview
Indexes
Spot the difference
Commodities
Something Mifid this way comes
European conference