Risk management
Going OTC with forwards and swaps
Continuing our series of risk management tutorials, this month Dan Rowe look at swaps and forward contracts in the over-the-counter market
Airlines tackle price turbulence
Industry woes force airlines to get serious about improving efficiencies, including implementing new hedging and procurement tools, as Don Stowers discovers
A hedge by any other name
It is one of the most commonly used phrases in risk management parlance, but what exactly is meant by the term ‘hedge’? Here we propose a new definition. By Brett Humphreys
Trading software: tailored to maturity
It is critical that an energy company looking to acquire risk management and trading software be aware of its current as well as future needs. By Fred Cohen and Satyan Malhotra
In the right direction
In this, the second of a two-part series on advanced options, we look at the concept of directional strategies and consider various methods of employing them. By Doug Coyne
Advancing the option idea
Continuing our series of tutorials on risk management tools, here, in the first of a two-part article, we look at the workings of advanced option strategies. By Doug Coyne
Janine McArdle
Managing director, Aquila Europe
Poor relations
Here EPRM outlines an approach for sorting out common problems relating to calculating correlation measures in value-at-risk. By Brett Humphreys