Risk management
Mexico’s hedging programme gears up for 2012
This week Mexico’s Congress will begin to debate the price at which the country hedges its oil exports next year
Credit Suisse: first cleared coking coal swap
Credit Suisse has announced the completion of the first cleared coking coal swap transaction, based on a new over-the-counter cleared contract on the CME
Cat product to transfer oil spill risk to capital markets
Catastrophe product looks to capitalise on perceived investor appetite for oil spill risk
US energy security risk is rising, index warns
The risks facing US energy security are increasing, according to an index published by the US Chamber of Commerce
Managing oil and gas delivery risk
For producers and suppliers of oil and gas, the standard industry practice of waiting up to two months for payment represents significant credit risk. Brian Shydlo offers some solutions for measuring and mitigating this delivery risk
The evolving credit function
The role of the credit function at energy companies is likely to change enormously in the coming months. Are companies ready and how will the changes impact the risk management function? Anna Reitman and Pauline McCallion report
Profile: Cadwalader's Gregory Mocek
Former US CFTC director of enforcement, Gregory Mocek, speaks to Pauline McCallion about the new regulatory environment and his lifelong interest in commodities
Special report: ETRM technology
Our special report for August is on the topic of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software and technology.
ETRM technology: analysing analytics
Demand for more complex analytics within energy trading and risk management software is driving advances in their development. Jill Feblowitz of IDC Energy Insights looks at the evolution of this trend, discusses future needs and recommends how to…
Are CROs engaged enough in IT decisions?
Technology is an ever-increasing part of the risk manager’s job, but the influence of the risk officer on decisions over ETRM systems can be disproportionately weak. Ned Molloy asks whether this is set to change
Are ETRM systems ready for more reporting?
What will new reporting requirements mean for energy trading technology and is there anything energy companies can do now to develop Dodd-Frank-friendly infrastructure? Pauline McCallion finds out
Trading positions - August 2011
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
SunGard’s Jackson moves to ICE
Ben Jackson, formerly senior executive vice-president of energy and commodities at technology vendor SunGard, has taken up a new role at the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE)
Sean Corrigan talks emerging market risks
Diapason Commodities's Sean Corrigan discusses Chinese hard landings, Mena unrest, the role of Opec, quantitative easing and the likely market reactions to a Greek default
Cutting edge – multi-scale volatility in commodity markets
This paper deals with volatility estimation in commodity markets. Piotr Grzywacz and Krzysztof Wolyniec note that energy commodities have many time (volatility) scales, which has dramatic implications for mean-reversion and volatility estimation. They…
WTI/Brent spread impacts commodity index returns
A re-balancing of indexes to include, or increase Brent weighting could be on the cards to combat sliding WTI/Brent spread, say index providers
Energy Risk – 2011 awards dinners - held in Houston & London
Energy Risk rewarded excellence at the recent rankings receptions held in Houston and London
Global economic ripple effect spreads to US power
Growing US coal exports and increased investor activity are linking traditionally domestic markets such as power to global economic events. Pauline McCallion finds out about this trend
Trading positions - July 2011
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Approaches to strategic risk for energy risk managers
Pauline McCallion looks at the challenges the energy risk manager faces when dealing with strategic risk
Grasp of investor trends now a necessity
With investor money in commodities at record highs, understanding investor trends and their impact on the market is becoming ever more important, writes Rebecca Hampson