Energy Risk
US Electricity House of the Year: EDF Trading
Energy Risk Awards 2012
European Natural Gas House of the Year: Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Energy Risk Awards 2012
US Natural Gas House of the Year: JP Morgan
Energy Risk Awards 2012
Oil & Products House of the Year: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Awards 2012
Energy Risk Manager of the Year: Morgan Stanley
Energy Risk Awards 2012
Derivatives House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
Energy Risk Awards 2012
Seaway pipeline reversal: beginning of the end for negative WTI-Brent spread?
Analyst forecasts of how the reversal of the Seaway pipeline will affect the West Texas Intermediate-Brent spread vary widely. Jay Maroo reports
Power and utilities M&A declines in volume but grows in value: Ernst & Young
Slow global economic recovery led to weak M&A activity in the global power and utilities sector in the first quarter of 2012, but deal value increased almost 20% from the previous quarter
Energy Risk USA: Storms, warm winter, fuel interest in weather derivatives
The extreme weather that hit North America recently has spurred interest in tools designed to hedge weather risk, according to participants speaking at Energy Risk USA
Energy Risk USA: End-user exception to clearing impractical experts warn
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s proposed rule on the end-user exception to clearing is unworkable for many energy firms that use swaps for hedging say market experts
Energy Risk USA: CFTC to move quickly on swap definition – Berkovitz
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is very close to finalising its long-awaited definition of a swap, says CFTC general counsel Dan Berkovitz
Research report outlines scope for Saarc power trading
Power trading across the Indian subcontinent is set to grow in size and interconnectivity, according to a GBI Research report
CFTC Dodd-Frank rule-making to drag on until fourth quarter, says O’Malia
CFTC commissioner raises doubt over time line for Dodd-Frank Act – despite a proposed five-month delay
Advert raises questions about US Airways' stance on fuel hedging
US Airways, which has stood out from the rest of the airline industry in recent years because of its refusal to hedge fuel costs, wants to hire someone to run a fuel hedging programme. The airline denies that it is reversing its stance on fuel hedging,…
Initiatives promote commodity derivatives in Brazil
Seeds of change
Airline hedging falling short of best practices
Turbulence ahead
European power market series: Iberia
Building bridges
German power market outlook
A renewed view on German power
Can the boutique energy brokerage survive Dodd-Frank?
Endangered species?
Fragmentation hindering Canada’s electricity market
Fragmentation hindering Canada’s electricity market
Argentina’s YPF move raises political risk fears
Argentina’s expropriation of Repsol’s stake in YPF and Brazil’s prosecution of Chevron highlight the risks facing foreign energy companies in Latin America. Alexander Osipovich reports
Trading positions – Energy Risk May 2012
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Analysts still sceptical of Delta Air Lines refinery acquisition
This week, Delta Air Lines confirmed rumours that it was purchasing a refinery on the US east coast, a first-of-its-kind transaction. As details of the deal have emerged, some observers have warmed up to the idea that Delta can better manage its fuel…