Energy Risk Asia Awards 2016 open for entries
Awards recognise excellence across the Asian energy and commodity markets

We are pleased to announce that nominations may now be submitted for the 2016 Energy Risk Asia Awards, which celebrate excellence in the commodity trading and risk management space.
The awards are divided into practitioner and vendor categories. The practitioner categories – which are primarily aimed at dealers of energy and commodity derivatives, as well as exchanges and brokers – will be judged by a team of senior Risk.net writers and editors. The vendor categories, meanwhile, are aimed at technology and data providers and consulting firms. These will be judged by a panel of industry experts.
For details on how to enter, please visit the awards website. The deadline for submissions is August 26. This year's categories are:
I. Practitioner categories
Asia energy dealer of the year
Asia corporate risk manager of the year
Asia oil dealer of the year
Asia natural gas/LNG dealer of the year
Asia coal dealer of the year
Asia precious metals dealer of the year
Asia base metals dealer of the year
Asia emissions dealer of the year
Asia exchange of the year
Asia broker of the year
Asia commodity finance house of the year
Asia commodity research house of the year
II. Vendor categories
Asia ETRM software house of the year
Asia CTRM software house of the year
Asia data provider of the year
Asia consultancy of the year
Asia implementation specialist of the year
Please note these categories are not final. Any category may be removed at the discretion of the judges if there are insufficient entries or if the entries are not of a sufficiently high quality. Again, the submission deadline is August 26.
Alexander Osipovich
Commodities Editor, Risk.net
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