Risk management
MF Global plunges amid liquidity fears
MF Global, the world's largest broker of exchange-listed futures and options, sought to reassure investors that it had sufficient funds despite seeing its share price fall by 78% following a spate of rumours to the contrary.
Nymex and LCH.Clearnet form clearing alliance
New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and clearing house LCHClearnet will team up to offer two energy contract slates, one cleared by Nymex ClearPort in New York and the other cleared by LCH in London.
Copula modelling
Using copulas and Monte Carlo simulations to model price dependencein energy markets, Vincent Grégoire, Christian Genest and MichelGendron show how forecasts for crude oil and natural gas prices can beimproved by modelling the dependence between them
Software survey 2008
Energy Risk’s 2008 software survey reveals which systems people prefer, and what advances they want to see next. By Stella Farrington and Andrew Holt
Interdealers interconnected
GFI's purchase of Trayport emphasises how electronic trading is changing the energy market landscape, finds Roderick Bruce
FFAs: rocking the boat?
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) plumbed the depths in early 2008, sinking from record highs in late 2007. Some have blamed derivatives market activity for the sharp fall. Roderick Bruce casts a beady eye over the BDI and asks where prices are heading next
Imarex buys Spectron
Imarex ASA, the holding company that owns Oslo-based broker / exchange Imarex and clearing house NOS, has agreed to purchase interdealer broker Spectron Group for £70 million ($138 million).
SSY freight screen links to NOS for clearing
Shipbroker SSY has added a direct link to NOS clearing for clients of is freight derivatives trading platform, run in conjunction with globalCOAL.
Evolution Launches Freight Brokerage Division
Evolution Markets has launched a freight brokerage division, providing brokerage and structured transaction services to global ocean freight markets.
ICE to acquire YellowJacket
Electronic exchange and over-the-counter (OTC) market operator IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) is to acquire YellowJacket Software.
Marking to the wrong model
Brett Humphreys and Sarbo Saha show how calibration can reduce model risk but may mislead us into thinking an inappropriate model is working
Tready and tradable
Implementing a new energy trading and risk management system can be complicated, but the difficulty of preparing the entire business for change is often underestimated, say Michael Campbell, Cynthia Sepety and Dutch Holland of management consultancy…
A force to be reconciled with
Reconciling portfolio valuation differences between energy risk management software packages is a crucial task both in system replacements and upgrades. Brian Shydlo of Sirius Solutions introduces the concepts and techniques associated with this activity