Barclays
Tariff turmoil tests limits of market risk playbooks
Risk Live: Volatile markets reveal need for quicker data and more dynamic risk limits
Ex-Barclays fixed income head builds commodity hedge fund
Lamorre-Cargill seeks to entice investors back to commodities with Argon
Dislocations highlight risks of commodity ETNs
Notes face scrutiny after problems with Barclays’ OIL and GAZ products
Barclays adds energy trader in Singapore
UK banks bulks up commodities team in Asia with hire from Koch Industries
Acer reappoints Pototschnig for three-year term
Barclays hires senior energy traders; CFTC's Wetjen steps down; Freepoint nabs JPM energy trader; ICBC SB boosts commodities team; ABN Amro reshuffles commodities
Barclays hires two senior energy traders
UK bank reaffirms its presence in commodities with hires from Credit Suisse and Mercuria
Ferc manipulation cases put limits on US power traders
US power traders face stricter limits as a result of recent Ferc enforcement actions that have created uncertainty over the definition of market manipulation. The pressure has intensified since the regulator won a procedural victory in its landmark case…
Citi acquires Texas power trading book from Barclays
US bank continues aggressive push into commodities by buying Barclays’ Texas power book, after similar purchases of trading books from Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse last year
Barclays ruling bolsters Ferc anti-manipulation drive
Ferc has won a key motion in a $470 million manipulation case against Barclays, which strengthens the regulator's hand in other enforcement actions
Former enforcement chief takes top job at Ferc
BAML promotes Ahmad to co-head; Coolidge leaves Velite; Black joins Wells Fargo; StanChart loses sales head; Freepoint adds oil traders
Goldman and Citi defy gravity on commodity VAR
Commodity VAR at Citi and Goldman Sachs stays about the same or increases from 2012–2014, as other major dealers pare back
Macquarie acquires Barclays US power trading book
Macquarie is deepening its involvement in North American energy by snapping up an electricity trading book from Barclays, which is said to include tolling agreements with power plant operators
JP Morgan and Mercuria reveal post-transaction plans
Icap Energy chief Newman steps down; PetroChina hires products head; BAML makes commodities hires; E.on recruits Barclays power and gas head; Evolution launches US power desk
Commodities investing is still fundamentally sound
Commodity investors may have had a bad year, but putting money into commodities of finite supply continues to makes sense
CFTC-Ferc deal leaves enforcement question unanswered
Agreements reached under US Dodd-Frank Act fail to address critical issue of enforcement
CFTC chair nominated as Chilton exits
Goldman's Shenouda and O'Hagan retire; BNP Paribas takes Flax; ABN Amro appoints global head of energy; Hederman joins DoE; JP Morgan lures origination head
Barclays enters supply-and-offtake deal with US refinery
Barclays clinches deal with Hawaii refinery as US Federal Reserve scrutinises physical commodity trading by banks
Head oil trader leaves Barclays
Senior energy trader exits JP Morgan; New Morgan Stanley gas origination team; Giancarlo nominated for CFTC role; Costantino joins Cargill; Noble nabs Shell power trader
Noble Group swipes E.on and JP Morgan heads
Morgan Stanley commodity marketing head leaves; APX names new chief executive; Citi expands European power and gas sales; Clean Energy hires senior energy trader; Barclays names head of US power and gas trading
Firms seen upping surveillance and self-reporting after Ferc fines
Ferc penalties against Barclays and other banks expected to bolster compliance with market manipulation rules
Ferc chief Wellinghoff to step down
Chairman who presided over more aggressive stance on power market manipulation to step down, agency says