Energy and commodities
Market-maker/liquidity provider of the year: DV Commodities
Energy Risk Awards 2026: Commodity trader stands out for breadth of coverage, registering record volumes during recent crisis events
Oil and products house of the year: Macquarie Group
Energy Risk Awards 2026: Bank’s physical oil capabilities allow it to create vital flexibilities for clients in tumultuous markets
Natural gas/LNG house of the year: Macquarie Group
Energy Risk Awards 2026: In rapidly shifting gas market, bank’s wide physical activity helps clients unlock crucial optionality
Innovation of the year – energy firm: Axpo
Energy Risk Awards 2026: Energy firm creates pioneering data and analytics platform that increases commercial and client value
Data and analytics firm of the year: LSEG D&A
Energy Risk Awards 2026: LSEG D&A stands out for its ability to harmonise widely differing datasets to support enterprise risk
Energy Risk Awards 2026: The winners
Award winners guide clients through multiple market shocks thanks to physical market presence and data & analytics prowess
AI project of the year: SOCAR Türkiye
Energy Risk Awards 2026: Risk team harnesses AI to transform RCSA into a scalable, sustainable and internally owned capability
Technology advisory firm of the year: Value Creed
Energy Risk Awards 2026: Data-led approach provides scalable systems fit for complex markets
Newcomer of the year: Abaxx Exchange
Energy Risk Awards 2026: New exchange sets out to modernise commodity derivatives by aligning them to physical markets
A consistent view of risk across the organisation
Beacon by CWAN is a unified platform that spans the full investment lifecycle – from trading and modelling to accounting and regulatory reporting
Energy Risk Debates: the Iran conflict and the widening mandate of the risk manager
Panellists discuss the impact of the Middle East crisis so far on risk teams and the drive towards enterprise risk management
Energy Risk Debates: risk management in the clean energy space
Panellists discuss the unique issues facing firms in renewables, clean energy and carbon markets
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2026: adapting to structural change
The 2026 Commodity Rankings reveal the dealers and brokers chosen to steer firms through rapid and structural change
Next-gen PPA contracts reshaping European power markets
As energy market participants seek new ways of capturing value from volatility, new skills are required to structure and price increasingly complex power purchase agreements
Energy Risk reaction: Impact of Middle East conflict on hedging and longer term risk
Energy Risk talks to Riccardo Rossi at Centrica and Rob McLeod at Hartree Partners about the impact of the Iran crisis so far on firms exposed to energy
Interview: Abaxx’s Joe Raia on LNG, Corsia and wind contracts
Abaxx’s Joe Raia talks to Energy Risk at E-World 2026 about the performance of its LNG and Corsia contracts and its latest wind contracts
Axpo interview: the rise of flexibility contracts in European power
Axpo’s Domenico Franceschino talks to Energy Risk about flexibility contracts, battery optimisation and the role of risk management in valuing these bespoke products
Energy firms revisit CTRM systems as tech advances
Energy executives mull how to tap into the explosion of new technologies entering the risk space, but systems selection must consider future business needs, writes Yefreed Ditta at Value Creed
CRO interview: Brett Humphreys
Brett Humphreys is head of risk management at environmental markets specialist Karbone. He talks to Energy Risk about the challenges of modelling outcomes in unpredictable times and how he’s approaching the risks at the top of his risk register
Energy Risk Debates: the influence of risk culture
The panellists examine different risk cultures and discuss the risk manager’s role and influence in creating a risk culture
CRO interview: Shawnie McBride
NRG’s chief risk officer Shawnie McBride discusses the challenges of increasingly interconnected risks, fostering a risk culture and her most useful working habits