Risk management

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The risk of getting compliance wrong

A wave of investigations and prosecutions in recent years has driven many top energy players from the business. With regulators’ power set to increase, getting compliance right is now more important than ever. In the first of a two-part series, Michael…

• 13 Jan 2010

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Russian power futures to launch Q1 2010

Russian power exchange Arena is set to launch new power derivatives contracts by the end of Q1 2010. Rachel Morison reports on the expected implications for power risk hedging

• 13 Jan 2010

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Deutsche Bank: Threats to commodities on horizon

Deutsche Bank sees the commodities market threatened towards the end of the year, when authorities aim to remove monetary and fiscal stimulus, despite seeing a renewed set of inflows in the sector in 2010.

• 12 Jan 2010

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Mexico hedges oil price at $57 in 2010

The government of Mexico has hedged much of its 2010 oil exports at $57 per barrel following the successful completion of its 2009 hedging programme, which generated gross revenues of $5 billion.

• 09 Dec 2009

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Editor's letter: lessons learnt from 2009

• 04 Dec 2009

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Interview: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Since the Bank of America takeover in September of last year, the commodities business of Merrill Lynch has been forging ahead with plans it had in place before the interruption of the financial crisis. Rachel Morison talks to co-heads of global…

• 04 Dec 2009

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Standardised US coal contracts could boost liquidity

A drive to standardise OTC contracts in the US coal trading sector could boost liquidity in a market hit hard by recent unfavourable supply and demand fundamentals. Pauline McCallion reports

• 04 Dec 2009

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Lessons learnt in 2009

For risk managers, 2009 was about dealing with the aftermath of the financial crisis, revisiting models and putting greater emphasis on liquidity and cashflow risk. Katie Holliday talks to experts about the major lessons learnt this year

• 04 Dec 2009

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Cutting edge: Modelling the correlation function in the crude-oil futures market

Energy market participants often require the computation of coefficients of correlation in a multi-asset portfolio. Addressing crude oil futures contracts, Ehud Ronn proposes and implements a simple procedure to reduce the cross-maturity correlations in…

• 04 Dec 2009

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Profile: Brett Humphreys

In the last interview in the Profile series celebrating Energy Risk’s 15th anniversary, Brett Humphreys talks to Rachel Morison about how risk management has evolved

• 04 Dec 2009

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Energy Risk Environmental Rankings 2009

Energy Risk carried out its second annual Environmental Rankings survey this year in which respondents voted for their preferred players in emissions & renewables markets. Katie Holliday analyses the results and talks to market participants about their…

• 04 Dec 2009

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Oil ETF/commodities indexes

Investment in oil-based commodities indexes and ETFs has grown this year, but how will potential regulatory changes impact their development? Katie Holliday looks at what products are being offered and to what extent regulatory uncertainty is impacting…

• 04 Dec 2009

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Oil project economics

As oil companies look beyond current concerns over credit and costs, Pauline McCallion finds out how project economics are changing future plans

• 04 Dec 2009