Risk management
Profile: Citi's Stuart Staley
As part of our 15th anniversary profile series, Stuart Staley, deputy co-head, global commodities at Citi, looks back on the development of US energy markets. By Roderick Bruce
Risk Management After Lehman
Can the constants used by quants and risk managers be trusted in the post-Lehman environment? Chris Schlegel of Southern Company looks at some of the pitfalls risk managers need to look out for when using constants and assesses why they are both vitally…
Volumes Soar at Asian Commodities Exchanges
Volumes on many Asian commodity exchanges soared last year despite the impact of the financial crisis on their US and European counterparts. With strong Asian commodity demand forecast, Katie Holliday looks at the outlook for Asian exchange trading
Interview with NCDEX's CEO Ramalingam Ramaseshan
Katie Holliday talks to Ramalingam Ramaseshan, NCDEX’s CEO, about his perception of the future of commodity trading in India and the role of regional exchanges
GDF Suez's Frank Brannvoll on CEE power markets
Frank Brannvoll speaks to Rachel Morison about market-making in Central & Eastern European (CEE) power markets and how GDF Suez is developing financial trading in the region
Feeling Secure? Energy Risk's Risk Management Survey 2009
Budget constraints have become the biggest hindrance to effective risk management, and credit is the biggest risk to energy trading, according to respondents of Energy Risk’s 2009 Risk Management Survey. Rachel Morison presents the results
Trading positions
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
United-Icap launches new technical analysis website
United-Icap, a division of Icap, has re-launched its website offering technical analysis for professional traders and individual investors.
Parity Energy introduces WhenTech valuations
Electronic trading platform Parity Energy has launched real-time option pricing through a collaboration with WhenTech Markets, a risk management and pricing software programme.
CME accepts gold as collateral for trades
The clearing house of global exchange CME Group - CME Clearing - has announced it will now accept gold as collateral for trades on the exchange.
StanChart signs $500m risk-sharing deal with Ofid
A $500 million trade-finance agreement has been signed between global bank Standard Chartered and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund for International Development (Ofid), which aims to boost world trade flows for emerging market banks.
Sponsored statement: Perilous markets demand enterprise-wide risk management
Rampant volatility, illiquidity, dramatically shifting relationships between physical products and financial instruments and the scarcity of credit are stressing energy and commodity markets like never before. Against this backdrop of uncertainty, says…
Corporate profile: VTB Capital: A new entrant in the commodities market
Sergei Timokhovitch, Global Head of Commodities, discusses VTB Capital’s ambitious plans to develop its commodity business in these risky operating environments
Commodity focus: Eurex is Entering the Commodities Space
Ralf Huesmann, Product Strategy, discusses Eurex’s increased activity in alternative asset classes as market trends change and appetites increase
Corporate statement: Are you re-evaluating your energy risk management provider?
Many energy-price-dependent organisations, such as utilities, independent power producers and oil and gas producers, saw their hedges at risk with the crumbling balance sheets of several key hedge providers. The global credit crisis has forced many…
Cutting edge: Visualising value-at-risk
Risk transparency is an important yet elusive goal of any risk management process. One challenge is to understand the diversification effects of the portfolio elements. Wentao Zhao and Kevin Kindall introduce a graphical technique based on value-at-risk…
Market focus: derivatives - Risky business
Companies that are heavy consumers of energy are particularly susceptible to market volatility. For such end-users, proper use of risk management techniques can mean make or break, says Eric Fishhaut of GlobalView
Evaluating credit & market exposure
Today’s volatile energy prices and the lower creditworthiness of some energy intensive users means energy providers have to assess counterparty risk thoroughly. David Coffman of GDF SUEZ Energy Resources provides some tips for assessing risk in the non…