Energy Risk
Hunter ruling may slow Ferc’s anti-manipulation push
A court decides the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission overstepped its authority in trying to prosecute manipulation in natural gas futures - a ruling with implications for other cases
Turning Points: Bill Perkins, Skylar Capital Management
Bill Perkins, founder of Skylar Capital Management, sees opportunities in US natural gas markets, even as depressed prices and low volatility prompt other traders to pull back. Alexander Osipovich reports
TNK-BP saga raises questions about BP's handling of political risk
Russian roulette
CFTC legal counsel to depart
Hetco hires top Tudor quant; Koch swipes LNG expert from BNP; Marex Spectron hires in Asia; DME recruits products and services head; RBC hires metals head
NGL hedging takes off amid shale gas boom
No molecule left behind
Asian refinery activity boosts oil derivatives trading
Fuelling activity
Financial transaction tax could raise energy company hedging costs
FTT will increase hedging costs for energy companies and deter them from trading with financial counterparties, firms say
Platts and Shell seek support for competing Brent crude reforms
Oil major Shell and price reporting agency Platts offer rival plans to fix market distortions in Brent crude oil
Collateral and commodity market dynamics in the new normal
The new normal
Energy Risk Software Survey and Rankings 2013
Readying for regulation
EU ETS faces back-loading test
A critical condition
Q&A: Alberto Pototschnig, Acer
Pulling it all together
Sommers to leave CFTC
Deutsche Bank appoints commodity co-heads; top analyst leaves Morgan Stanley; Icap Energy appoints in Singapore; Barclays loses energy research head; Huntington Bank launches hedging business
Turning points: Jill Sommers, CFTC
As she prepares to leave the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Jill Sommers speaks to Alexander Osipovich about the battles over Dodd-Frank and the investigation into MF Global
Tankard natural gas indexes greeted with scepticism
Traders show little enthusiasm for Tankard indexes of European natural gas, despite ongoing concerns about the reliability of assessments by price reporting agencies. Gillian Carr reports
Bank commodity VAR remains muted in Q4
Bank commodity value-at-risk remains muted in Q4
Energy firms scramble to avoid swap dealer label
Switching to futures and rewriting corporate websites could help reluctant energy companies avoid having to register as swap dealers under Dodd-Frank, reports Alexander Osipovich
Futurisation worries end-users of OTC energy derivatives
The right tools for the job?
Energy firms increasingly using stress tests to cope with regulatory change
Utilities and other energy firms are working hard to refine and enhance the scenarios they use for stress testing. Given recent market events, the impact of regulatory change and large-scale liquidity crises are taking on an increasingly important role…
Remit definition of insider information “pretty obvious”, says Acer director
Pototschnig dismisses concerns of energy firms over European Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency
Applied risk management series: OTC commodity swaps valuation, hedging and trading
OTC commodity swaps valuation, hedging and trading
A changing landscape in commodity derivatives
A changing landscape
Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2013 – energy
Kinetic energy