Risk management
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2017
Top of the pick of ETRM vendors, implementation specialists, data vendors and data managers
Survey: CTRM system upgrades fail to impress
Energy trading and risk management software implementations are a huge investment, yet not all are considered worthwhile, according to a survey by Risk.net
Profile: DRW’s Wilson on risk, regulation and real estate
Most recently standing trial accused of manipulating an interest rate futures market, Don Wilson has had a colourful career
People: Jacob Frenkel joins CME’s markets advisory think-tank
Recent changes at CME, S&P Global, CFTC, Ice, ANZ, Euronext, Finra and Eti
Energy firms increase use of trade surveillance technology
Robotic process automation could be next step for trade surveillance
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2017
A celebration of the winners of Energy Risk’s Commodity Rankings 2017
Bolstering the biofuels market
Named the number one biofuels broker in the 2017 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings for the fifth consecutive year, SCB sees changing dynamics from greenhouse gas emissions programmes
Ferc manipulation definitions raise compliance fears
‘Vague’ anti-manipulation standards a source of frustration for energy firms
Hedge funds shift gears on commodities
Investors have flocked back to commodities. And while analysts believe this will continue, hedge fund managers see traditional investor profiles changing
Energy Risk Awards 2017 open for entries
The Energy Risk Awards provide a unique opportunity for companies across the industry to gain valuable recognition
Energy firms assess costs of cyber attacks
Cyber attacks on energy firms are growing each year – an alarming fact for chief risk officers who are becoming ever-more involved in cyber risk management
Identification and capitalisation of non-modellable risk factors
Adolfo Montoro, Tim Becker and Lars Popken propose techniques for systematically capturing and categorising non-modellable risk factors and risk-adequate aggregation
Energy CROs: cyber risk can only grow
Major cyber attacks on energy trading and infrastructure considered inevitable
Energy Risk commodity rankings 2017: a return to risk management
Committed dealers reap the benefits of increased interest in hedging and investing
People: Morgan Stanley sees raft of commodities exits
A number of senior bankers across Morgan Stanley’s commodities and energy lending units in the US are leaving the bank
Vote now in the Energy Risk software rankings 2017
You are invited to participate in the annual Energy Risk ETRM software survey and rankings
What lies beneath: attention lessons for risk managers
Allowing seemingly irrelevant problems to fester can lead to catastrophe. In many industries, particularly energy, risk managers should be better positioned to preempt disaster
Risk managers: beware conventional 'wisdom'
Why the consensus view so often fails to predict seismic shocks
Commodities traders question EU’s insider trading regime
Esma guidance on Mar leaves market in the dark, say critics – particularly for hedges
Energy hedging is down but not out
Market conditions will change, bringing liquidity back
A pairs trading strategy based on switching-regime volatility for commodity futures
A pairs trading strategy on energy, agricultural and index futures uses different parameters according to a volatility regime that is detected using a threshold evaluated in two ways, namely by means of a mixture of two Gaussian densities and a Markov…
Navigating cloud adoption
Commodities enterprises recognise the benefits of cloud adoption, but migrating to the cloud can seem daunting
‘Wrong type of liquidity’ spells trouble for energy hedges
Cyclical lull conceals structural shift as liquidity becomes shorter-dated and more flighty
Asia CTRM and ETRM software house of the year: OpenLink
OpenLink enters new market segment with RightAngle Xpress