Risk management
Between software and a hard place
The influx of new financial entrants to the energy markets is fuelling demand for less expensive web-hosted ETRM solutions and changing attitudes across the industry. How realistic such solutions currently are, however, is under debate, writes Will Rhode
Power in numbers
Amid the ongoing M&A wave in the exchange and interdealer broker space, six smaller independent brokers have joined forces in a bid to stay afloat in ever-deepening liquidity pools. David Watkins reports
globalCOAL futures set for September launch
Electronic coal marketplace provider globalCOAL will launch its financially settled Newcastle coal futures contracts on ICE Futures Europe on September 5.
Hong Kong to launch new commodities exchange
Hong Kong is to launch a new exchange offering energy and commodity products in a bid to capitalize on the boom in Chinese demand for raw materials.
And the winner is...
The annual Energy Risk Awards honour the outstanding talent at the heart of the energy risk management industry. Find out the who’s won and why...
Establishing weather trading VaR using
Shuiquan Feng shows how to use a grouping and bootstrapping method to calculate VaR for a weather trading portfolio. The shared features of this method, Monte Carlo and historical simulation, are explored. This method can be referenced to estimate a…
Coal’s Asian dawn
Asia-Pacific coal prices are at record highs, yet coal spot and forward markets in the region are a long way behind those of other energy markets. Anthony Collins of ASX looks at the evolution and potential of Asia-Pacific coal markets
Triple Point Technology acquires INNSINC
Risk management software company Triple Point Technology has acquired Investment Support Systems Inc (INNSINC) for an undisclosed fee.
TradeCapture relocates to Houston
TradeCapture, an online software provider for commodity traders, has announced it will be moving its corporate headquarters to Houston , Texas from Stamford Connecticut .
Risk management
British Energy supplies around one-sixth of the UK’s power through its eight nuclear power stations and one coal plant.Prudent trading risk management has evolved in British Energy to optimisefinancial returns on the power generated by its nuclear fleet,…
Valid Assumptions Required: delta-normal VaR
A delta-normal value-at-risk is one of the basic tools of risk management. Brett Humphreys discusses the assumptions associated with this calculation.
Brenda Boultwood
Brenda Boultwood, Constellation Energy's chief risk officer, talks to Roderick Bruce about doing anything you set your mind to
Automating energy markets
Automation in physical energy markets - far behind that of financial markets - is now within striking distance, writes James Caffrey, VP Strategic Consulting, TradeCapture
A new generation of risk
The UK government recently committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations - the first in the UK for 13 years - funded by the private sector. Roderick Bruce examines the financial and regulatory risks facing potential stakeholders
UBS and Merrill Lynch lose energy traders
The latest sub prime mortgage-related write downs at investment banks UBS and Merrill Lynch, have hit their energy trading arms, and a number of traders have resigned or been made redundant in recent days.
Trading psychology
Psychology is a growing factor inenergy price movements requiringmore intelligent and even biologicallybased analytical systems, findsCatherine Lacoursière