Energy Risk
Refiners feel the squeeze
While crude oil prices have undergone a 70% decline since July, gasoline has dropped by 75%, taking the crack spread into negative territory. Eric Fishhaut of GlobalView Software looks at this unusual phenomenon
Garth Edward
GARTH EDWARD, head of emission markets at Citi, talks to Rachel Morison about delivering both finanical and social results, and the prospect of a global carbon emissions scheme
The three flavours of VaR
Each of the three methods of calculating value-at-risk has its pros and cons. Brian Shydlo of Sirius Solutions examines them
Adapting to change
The buoyant commodity job market of the last four years is changing as the financial crisis pares down trading opportunities across all asset classes. This new employment landscape will require both commodity firms and traders to learn new strategies to…
Ready for any weather
Roderick Bruce looks back at the highlights of the Weather Risk e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk in late November
Commodities cutbacks at Merrill Lynch
Bank of America through its recent acquisition Merrill Lynch has started to make redundancies within the commodities department in the past few days, according to an article in today's Times .
Oil change
George W. Bush ruled that the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve was to be released in significant amounts only in a national emergency. But incoming US president Barack Obama could change that, finds Susan Arterian