Opinion
Watch out for commodity vol products
Commodity traders shouldn't ignore the recent meltdown in CBOE’s Vix derivatives, writes energy consultant
The renewable future
The shift to solar and wind is creating new challenges
Bitcoin’s busy month
Bitcoin could give us a safer central clearing mechanism
Dollar cost averaging won't work for energy hedging
Long periods of losses make strategy impractical, says energy consultant
Brexit issues for carbon market must be solved soon
UK departure from EU ETS is causing headaches for energy traders and risk managers, writes energy consultant
How energy players are reaching the limits of hedging
Commodities firms face lasting changes in 2018
Trade surveillance shouldn’t deter traders
Monitoring costs are forcing commodity players from market participation. It doesn’t have to be that way, say consultants
Are failure indexes fair play?
Regulators must clarify stance on trading off big-data forecasts of outages, writes energy consultant
CFTC need not walk the talk on swap data harmonisation
Global compatibility of data fields may be an unnecessary burden to put on an already-stretched industry
Monitoring failure: limited progress for commodities firms
Majority of market participants unprepared for position limits regime
Energy and commodities voice broking will never die
Over-the-counter markets have been under siege in recent years. They won’t disappear, writes Mark Earthey
Commodity position reporting: XML, email, or fax?
Asymmetry in European regulator tech abilities could add to market’s workload
Would whoever’s left at the CFTC please turn on the light?
Lack of resources – and commissioners – becoming increasingly apparent at US regulator
The Dark Ages: US and EU unite in position limit vagaries
Regulators’ inactivity infuriates commodities markets
Beware the pitfalls of right- and wrong-way risk
Credit exposure can be hazardous. Misinterpreting the risks posed can be ruinous
US shale fluffing its feathers in mating dance with banks
Cash-addicted producers are making greater use of hedging to attract loans
Who wants to be a forecaster?
Forecasting gas storage levels is an ugly, thankless – but essential – task
Opec learns to love hedge funds
Net long position weakens after cartel announces change in attitude to price drivers
The hazards of toothless transparency requirements
Giving management the freedom to do what it wants may not improve the energy industry's reputation
Political gaming casts energy further into age of disruption
With regulatory change in the air, market participants must be more aware of the situations those with legislative responsibility find themselves in
Exposing the past: oil hedgers prepare for crude volatility
Historic crude price fluctuations make hedging critical. With prices falling across global markets, many exploration and production companies have assessed their risk and are calculating the best way to deal with it – internally and externally
‘Reauthorising’ CFTC could alter firms’ attitude to EU position limits
If the Commodity End-User Relief Act is passed, it could mean substantial industrial change in the US – and Europe
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