Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2014 – energy

The past 12 months proved tough for energy dealers, with low volatility, poor liquidity and sluggish levels of client activity. Given this, some banks decided to scale back their commitment to the market – a trend that is reflected in this year’s results. By Gillian Carr

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Amid the holiday season, the last few months of recent years have seen the repetition of a less festive tradition among energy derivatives dealers. Every year, business heads plan their budgets for the coming 12 months, baking in conservative assumptions about the growth of their business. And every year, they fervently hope that the worst might be over, and that the growth of the energy derivatives market may yet prove them