Energy Risk

Blackouts spark supply debate

The world’s energy regulators met in Rome last month, days after the Italian blackout on September 28. Perfect timing, it would seem – but what are the regulators going to do about Europe’s bottlenecked grid? Paul Lyon reports

Measuring the value of clearing

Central clearing houses offer major advantages to the electricity trading industry, says UK Power Exchange’s Paul Danielsen. He sets out a practical example to demonstrate how UK power firms can benefit from clearing

Rothschild enters oil risk sector

Heading the senior team is Martin Fraenkel, previously managing director of JPMorgan Chase's global commodities group in London. Fraenkel has recruited hissenior team from outside Rothschild. KamalInvestment bank Rothschild has entered the oil risk…

People swaps

Buchanan appointed Ofgem chief executive UK energy regulator the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has appointed Alistair Buchanan as chief executive. Previously head of European utilities research at Dutch bank ABN Amro, Buchanan (pictured)…

The politics of betting

Using markets to forecast political events may not be as strange an idea as it seemed in July, when a terrorism futures scheme collapsed. But there is still scepticism as to whether such an approach would be ethical or effective. By Maria Kielmas

Getting it together

Data consolidation is now a vital foundation to any successful risk management implementation, as Dave Rose and Stuart Cook of The Structure Group report

Farms weather power shortages

Farmers in both hemispheres are struggling to cope with heat waves and droughts while pondering the prospect of future power supply disruptions, finds Maria Kielmas

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