Interview
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
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
Interview: Vince Kaminski
Market veteran Vince Kaminski discusses the biggest risks to energy firms today and whether risk teams can ever prove their value
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Podcast: the future of retail investment in oil
Will negative prices and big losses curb retail investors’ appetite for oil futures over the longer term?
Video: Volatile energy prices will be the norm in 2020, says Phillips 66 risk manager
IMO 2020, volatility and shareholder activism will be major challenges next year, says Earl Burns
Video: BP Energy Company's CRO on data and the impact of new fundamentals
Profound changes in energy market fundamentals are making historical data less and less useful, says Gary Taylor
Q&A: Blockchain in commodities – a solution in search of a problem?
Competitors must work together if technology is to harness its potential, three industry leaders suggest
Q&A: Giancarlo stresses importance of international relations
EU regulatory inexperience causes problems for CFTC chairman
Ferc’s Collins defends manipulation rule
US energy market watchdog is “serious” about its surveillance role
Interview: Can Matthew Chamberlain rescue the LME?
London Metal Exchange CEO identifies problems, awaits contract and fee structure revamp feedback
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
What financialisation means for oil: Ilia Bouchouev of Koch
Investor demand now drives oil prices as much as physical fundamentals
Q&A: French regulator defends Mifid II commodity rules
Mifid II has sparked an outcry from EU energy firms, which complain the new rules will force them to curtail hedging or even exit the markets altogether. But Vincent Derbali, an official with France's AMF and a member of Esma's commodity derivatives task…
Q&A: Ferc’s Norman Bay on market manipulation, polar vortexes
In an exclusive interview, the new chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejects criticism of the agency’s enforcement actions
EC's Ristori takes on Ukraine, subsidies and EU integration
Dominique Ristori was appointed as EC director-general for energy earlier this year. In an exclusive interview, he speaks to Mark Pengelly about energy security in the wake of Ukraine, European integration, energy subsidies and the development of shale…
OIES trying to fuel debate on energy markets, says Fattouh
Unlike other research houses, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies does not toe a single editorial line and occasionally publishes opposing views on the same topic. But far from being a drawback, that is what makes the institute great, argues…
Development of LME Clear proves a test of mettle
A change of ownership and an evolving regulatory landscape have thrown up big challenges for the London Metal Exchange in its quest to clear its own trades. Trevor Spanner, the chief executive of LME Clear, speaks to Mark Pengelly about the project
Skylar’s Perkins sees potential for volatility in US natural gas
Bill Perkins believes rising demand and reduced risk warehousing will create opportunities for natural gas traders: video
CFTC faces ‘huge challenge’ in analysing swap data, says O'Malia
CFTC commissioner warns about agency's "data dilemma" in exclusive video interview
Energy Risk Europe: Firms weigh up data management systems for regulation
Sapient Global Markets, Vitol and Gazprom Marketing & Trading discuss how firms can prepare data management systems for regulatory requirements