Risk management
Freight House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has been named Freight House of the Year in this year’s Energy Risk awards. The team at Deutsche Bank has demonstrated its ability to make markets in times of low liquidity and has also been successful in bringing fresh clients to the…
Coal House of the Year: E.on Energy Trading
The environment for coal trading has been extremely challenging over the past year, which makes the achievements of our Coal House of the Year award winner – E.on Energy Trading – all the more impressive
Energy Risk Manager of the Year: Morgan Stanley
Due, in particular, to a strong emphasis on the depth and breadth of its physical business, Morgan Stanley has been named Energy Risk Manager of the Year in our 2012 awards
Derivatives House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
During a troubled year for commodity trading, Deutsche Bank gained market share and boosted its global client base. For these reasons and more, it has been named Derivatives House of the Year in the 2012 Energy Risk awards
Advert raises questions about US Airways' stance on fuel hedging
US Airways, which has stood out from the rest of the airline industry in recent years because of its refusal to hedge fuel costs, wants to hire someone to run a fuel hedging programme. The airline denies that it is reversing its stance on fuel hedging,…
Initiatives promote commodity derivatives in Brazil
Recent initiatives may encourage more players to the Brazilian commodity derivatives market, but there are still many obstacles to its growth, writes Alex Davis
Airline hedging falling short of best practices
Fuel hedging programmes at many airlines fall short of best practices, according to a new industry survey. Alexander Osipovich finds out how they are going awry
Can the boutique energy brokerage survive Dodd-Frank?
The Dodd-Frank Act is set to drastically reshape the over-the-counter energy derivatives brokerage industry in the US, as small firms in particular are threatened with the loss of their independence. Alexander Osipovich finds out how brokers are coping…
Argentina’s YPF move raises political risk fears
Argentina’s expropriation of Repsol’s stake in YPF and Brazil’s prosecution of Chevron highlight the risks facing foreign energy companies in Latin America. Alexander Osipovich reports
Trading positions – Energy Risk May 2012
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Analysts still sceptical of Delta Air Lines refinery acquisition
This week, Delta Air Lines confirmed rumours that it was purchasing a refinery on the US east coast, a first-of-its-kind transaction. As details of the deal have emerged, some observers have warmed up to the idea that Delta can better manage its fuel…
Risk management strategy low priority for many European energy buyers: survey
Most respondents think oil prices will rise – but few have risk management policies in place to cope with it
Energy firms rethink risk-capital allocation
Today’s capital-constrained environment is driving energy companies to review their approach to allocating the capital required to support risk exposures. David Stokes and Olly Spinks look at the challenges associated with risk-capital allocation and…
Turning points: GDF Suez Trading's Edouard Neviaski
Energy markets veteran Edouard Neviaski talks to Jay Maroo about what it takes to make it big in the energy trading industry and his route to becoming the chief executive of GDF Suez Trading
Enterprise-wide risk management: The power of cashflow-based metrics
The risks faced by energy/commodity firms need to be assessed via metrics that allow for longer-term outlooks and incorporate risks from asset-backed trading. In the second article in this series, Chris Strickland discusses the range of such metrics…
Michael Cosgrove to leave GFI Group
GFI Group has announced the departure of energy and commodities broking veteran Michael Cosgrove
Special report: Operational risk
For energy traders and risk managers, operational risk extends far beyond IT and trading-systems risk to the real-world fundamentals of delivery risk, shipping delays, pipeline congestion or even a cyber attack on the power grid.
Risk/Energy Risk Commodity Rankings cocktail reception
Photo highlights from the Risk/Energy Risk Commodity Rankings cocktail reception, held in conjunction with Energy Risk’s Software Rankings reception, in London on February 16, 2012
Trading positions - April 2012
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Energy trading firms keen to improve ETRM reporting
Energy trading and risk management reporting, not always the most effective operation at energy trading firms, is undergoing an efficiency drive across the industry, finds Gillian Carr
Corporate hedging strategies affected by banking regulations: survey
Despite ‘end-user’ exemptions, strengthened banking regulations are likely to impact energy corporates due to their reliance on banks and other financial firms to manage hedging programmes, says a survey by Greenwich Associates
Assessing cybersecurity of the US power grid
Threats to the cybersecurity of the US power grid are on the rise and the issue is now on the radars of chief risk officers at utilities, rather than just IT heads. Alexander Osipovich investigates how the industry is responding and assesses the odds of…
Multi-factor forward curve models for energy risk management
In the second article of this series, Carlos Blanco and Michael Pierce introduce the most common multi-factor models of the forward curve used for energy derivatives pricing and risk measurement
Are alpha commodity index products sustainable?
Investor interest in alpha commodity index products has surged over the past year and banks are hard at work creating more of them. Can these exotic new instruments really provide a sustainable source of absolute return? And is the market getting too…