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Evolution Markets opens Singapore coal desk
Hiemstra to lead new Asian office; EDF Trading hires power traders; Barclays loses head of commodity research; Vitol enters ag commodities; Davies leaves Trayport
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
'Uneconomic trading' at issue in Barclays power dispute
Barclays seeks to defend itself against power market manipulation allegations by contesting regulator’s pursuit of uneconomic trading
Ferc cracks down on power market manipulation
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has declared war on power market abuse, targeting allegations of manipulation by firms including Barclays, Constellation Energy and Deutsche Bank. Further investigations are expected to follow as the agency…
JP Morgan deserved “a very severe penalty”, says Ferc chairman
Tougher enforcement stance is justified and paying dividends, claims Ferc chairman
People moves in energy markets
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
LNG seen as big winner from nuclear decline in Japan
Japan’s decision last week to remove nuclear energy from the country’s fuel mix by 2040, is set to significantly increase the country’s short-term demand for fossil fuels, especially liquefied natural gas, say analysts
Trading positions – August 2012
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Trading positions – June 2012
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Energy Risk Europe and US awards 2012
The past 18 months have certainly not been easy ones for energy market players.
Energy Finance House of the Year: Barclays
Barclays is the winner of our Energy Finance House of the Year award for leveraging its capital markets resources and stepping into the void of dollar-funding markets for European lenders when it dried up in the second half of last year
South Korean export markets won’t slow
South Korean freight derivatives growth will not slow, despite the financial regulator’s institutional warning to Barclays and a caution to an individual at JP Morgan for breaking local banking rules by selling inappropriate currency derivatives that are…
BP oil spill creates long-term oil risk management issues
BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill forces risk managers to look at long-term margin costs and soaring oil prices post-2012
BP’s oil spill to tighten global oil supply - report
BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill will tighten global oil supply as US oil production is set to wane, following expectations the disaster will lead to stricter regulation and closer scrutiny of drilling operations in the US, say Barclays Capital
Tricorona purchase aimed at bolstering Barclays' CER portfolio
Barclays' $143 million bid for Tricorona should provide the bank with value all along the emissions supply chain
Lessons in loaning
Lenders and borrowers alike are becoming ever more innovative at a worrying time for energy company financing. But will the new ideas catch on? Paul Lyon reports