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Citi loses senior energy traders
Brookes moves to EDF Trading as head of European gas trading
Disasters can give valuable lessons – Engie Global Markets CRO
Ken Robinson reflects on the ‘good, bad and ugly’ in energy risk management
Cargill sees growth in plastics hedging
Swaps unit of commodity trading giant describes increasing need for derivatives on resins prices
Natural gas house of the year: BP
Physical and financial capabilities give BP unique ability to provide long-dated consumer hedges
Regulation remains top concern for US energy risk managers
Capital requirements, position limits and other rules still hampering liquidity, conference hears
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2016: Rise of the non-banks
Non-banks such as BP and Axpo Trading make a strong showing in Energy Risk’s latest Commodity Rankings, but Societe Generale takes the top spot again as best overall dealer
Building and protecting the IT architecture of the future
Rapid advances in technology have brought about new challenges in the fields of cybersecurity, compliance and regulation. Peter Morrison, Strategy and Architecture, BP (Singapore), explains why large businesses should consider hiring an IT architect, and…
BP mulls restructuring of trading unit over Mifid II
Oil major BP expects it will need a Mifid II licence for some trading activities, which may prompt the creation of a new entity to comply with the incoming EU rules
Mifid II sparks frantic lobbying push by EU energy firms
European energy firms are mounting a last-minute attempt to effect changes to Mifid II even as the legislative process enters its final stages. If the effort fails, a dramatic retreat from commodity derivatives markets could be in the works, Stella…
Revenue put options gain popularity in US power markets
Dealers, led by Morgan Stanley, have made revenue put options an increasingly popular hedging tool with US electricity firms seeking to build new power plants. But some observers warn that the largely untested product contains risks for dealers and their…
US energy firms lament liquidity 'void' after bank exits
The retreat of banks from commodities has caused liquidity to dry up, making it much tougher to hedge, say participants at Energy Risk Summit USA
US shale boom poses challenge to Henry Hub benchmark
Henry Hub, the US natural gas benchmark, is being called a "broken proxy" as the shale revolution boosts production in the northeast US. But potential alternatives, such as Pennsylvania's Dominion South, will find it difficult to seize Henry's crown
BP’s Alvarez reflects on oil spills and other challenges
Orlando Alvarez, president and chief executive of BP Energy Company, reflects on oil spills and other challenges of running a large trading organisation
CFTC’s Giancarlo slams automatic cut to dealer threshold
Republican commissioner Chris Giancarlo is calling for the CFTC to hold a "proper vote" and seek industry input before de minimis threshold is slashed from $8 billion to $3 billion in 2017
The secrets of successful energy trading firms
The energy trading world has seen various companies come and go over the years, including utilities, commodity trading houses and banks. Some of those firms have proven to be phenomenally profitable, while others have not. What is the recipe for success?…
Bertuccio leaves JP Morgan for Glencore Xstrata
JP Morgan oil origination veteran Michael Bertuccio has been appointed as head of origination and principal investments at Glencore Xstrata
Deal of the Year: BP
Moving quickly, BP managed to salvage Iona Energy’s North Sea acquisition with an innovative crude oil options transaction
The 10 biggest energy risk management disasters of the past 20 years
The history of energy trading is littered with losses, bankruptcies and other misfortunes that now serve as cautionary tales. Alexander Osipovich looks back at the biggest energy risk management disasters of the past two decades and how they reshaped the…
Non-bank commodity traders seen as benefiting from Volcker rule
End-users will hedge more with firms such as BP, Shell and Vitol as banks face ban on prop trading, say market participants
EU energy firms face uphill struggle to comply with market abuse rules
The European Union is implementing new legislation and adopting an increasingly aggressive stance on energy market abuse. But the continent’s energy trading firms face an uphill struggle to comply with the rules. Stella Farrington reports
Shell unit seeks to register as swap dealer
Shell becomes second energy company to seek swap dealer status under Dodd-Frank
BP registers as swap dealer
BP registers its US-based energy trading subsidiary as a swap dealer, becoming the first oil and gas major to opt for dealer status under Dodd-Frank
TNK-BP saga raises questions about BP's handling of political risk
Following a series of bitter spats with its Russian partners, oil major BP exited its Moscow-based joint venture, TNK-BP, in March. Market participants say the oil major’s experience holds lessons for other firms attempting to grapple with political risk…