United States (US)
Former regulator urges new approach to AI explainability
Ex-OCC chief Michael Hsu suggests shift from academic analysis to decision-based techniques
LME had four-hour operational failure in Q4
First outage on record caused by connectivity issue at LMEmercury
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2023: adapting to new market dynamics
Winners of the 2023 Commodity Rankings provided reliability when clients faced extreme change
Banks shock commodities by 1,000% in stress-test rethink
Energy price spikes force clearing firms to consider extreme or even ‘implausible’ scenarios
Commodities threaten pain for initial margins
Market volatility and spot-based Simm approach may drive large margin spikes in little-tested asset class
Clearing industry braces for volatility ‘super-cycle’
Green transition may fuel higher cash demands and more risk events, FCMs warn
Calls to hike climate policy raise risk for oil firms
A ramp-up in policy could place more oil and gas assets under threat of stranding
When climate risk starts to bite
Energy firms under increased pressure to assess physical climate risk
Energy Risk Awards 2019: The winners
BP and Engie pick up two awards each, while BNP Paribas takes the coveted derivatives house of the year
Burden of implementing US sanctions now firmly on energy firms
Energy firms must now proactively screen the operations of every vessel they deal with to avoid violating sanctions on Iran, writes maritime data expert
US-China trade war becomes focus again for commodities
As the end of the 90-day truce in US-China trade hostilities looms, commodity markets brace for uncertainty
Birchall to head LCH Asia, and more
Birchall to head LCH Asia, Govender leaves Eskom, and more
Hedging figures show doubt over US crude export plans
The recent oil price rally is widely expected to subside later in 2019 as improved infrastructure allows US exports to relieve the pressure in tightened global markets, but hedging data reveals that producers are sceptical
Lessons from two commodity defaults
Regulators and exchanges need to learn from the Greenhat/PJM default in the US as well as the Norwegian Nasdaq blowout
Trade finance under new stress as commodity markets realign
Higher tariffs, sanctions and Brexit are leading to a reassessment of trade finance arrangements
Strange steps down from NZX, and more
Strange steps down from NZX, BlueMountain appoints infrastructure portfolio manager, and more
Dynamic gas models make for better hedges
Study highlights dwindling role of weather in market
US policy can't save coal, but it can still have an impact
The new US power plan won't save a struggling industry, but that doesn't mean it won't make a difference for the worse
Batteries still falling short on load balancing, study finds
Significant cost reductions – or capacity payments – still needed
‘Trump digs coal’ – but is that enough?
Are recent efforts by President Trump to support US coal levelling the playing field for power generation fuel sources, or just flogging a dead horse?