Articles by Stella Farrington
CTRM software house of the year: Openlink
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Vendor facilitates first largescale CTRM public cloud deployment
Innovation of the year: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Awards 2018: French bank’s single-dealer platform brings new transparency to oil markets
Power traders slam Spain’s mooted plant closure rules
Tougher closure criteria would distort power prices and harm functioning of the market, say traders
Shale, pipelines and hubs: turmoil ahead for US gas hedging
Recent changes in US natural gas markets are shifting long-standing correlations and impacting the functionality of hedging instruments, say analysts
Speculators flock back into the EU carbon market
EU reforms trigger carbon rally set to last through 2018
BAML hires new US head, Ice names model risk head, and more
Ice hires new director of model risk management, EEX appoints senior manager of agricultural commodities, new chairman of Baltic Exchange Advisory Council, and more
Oil hedging rally slows amid backwardation
Recent hedging enthusiasm wanes as shale producers turn to 2019 and 2020 production
China oil future approved, March start targeted, says source
International banks see healthy interest from overseas clients
OTF uncertainty adds to Mifid II guesswork
Commodity firms need clarity on new type of venues to adjust to imminent rules
Top 10 energy risks and challenges
Regulation and changing market dynamics among threats to energy in year ahead
Cyber risk a top threat for energy firms
Cyber crime cited among top three external risks; scarce data makes modelling difficult
US courts restrict reach of Commodity Exchange Act
Recent cases make it harder to pursue instances of overseas misconduct
Energy firms expect to escape Mifid II without cutting books
Esma data suggests ancillary activity test will be easier to pass than industry feared
Falling margins force energy firms to expand data use
Verification and model challenges arise as volatility and margins dry up
Commodities firms fear EBA’s inappropriate capital charges
Energy lobbying overlooked as proposed regime threatens vigorous demands
Isda: EU position limits to snag few OTC commodity contracts
Narrow definition could exclude certain trades and lead to netting problems
Energy firms say looming EU reporting rules too broad in scope
SFTR vagaries cause confusion over commodity-specific transactions
Too little, too late: Esma data won’t fix energy firms’ Mifid woes
Data confusion and unworkable exemption timeframe risk commodity market disruption
Esma to publish Mifid II commodity market data by July
Data vital to establish if firms are in Mifid II, but it will be incomplete, agency says
FIA calls for Mifid II transition for commodity firms
Licences required from start of 2018, but underlying data will be missing
Uniper’s Khan on risk transformation and green energy
As energy markets change risk management should be at the heart of business strategy, says Novera Khan
ETRM systems edge into cloud, but caution urged
Cloud could revolutionise ETRM systems but hurdles persist, according to survey
Survey: CTRM system upgrades fail to impress
Energy trading and risk management software implementations are a huge investment, yet not all are considered worthwhile, according to a survey by Risk.net
Energy firms increase use of trade surveillance technology
Robotic process automation could be next step for trade surveillance