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US biofuels: beyond ethanol
Growth in the US ethanol market is slowing as the government rethinks its support for the industry. What does that mean for biofuels traders and could ethanol’s pain be biodiesel’s gain? Alexander Osipovich reports
European biodiesel: a market on hold?
The European biodiesel market is currently dealing with a combination of falling prices, market supply shifts and regulatory uncertainty. Jay Maroo talks to market experts about their outlook for this challenging marketplace. Jay Maroo reports
The growing complexity of energy market risk
The recent evolution and increased complexity of market risk has brought greater challenges and responsibilities to the risk manager in charge of market risk mitigation, finds Gillian Carr
Assessing LNG market risk
Managing the risks of liquefied natural gas markets means being aware of market, credit, foreign exchange and systemic risk, writes Stephen Maloney. When correlations converge and with systemic risk ascending, agility might be the best strategy
Energy Risk USA 2012
The impact of Dodd-Frank, the future of natural gas markets and the risk of extreme weather were all topics of vigorous discussion at the 2012 Energy Risk USA conference. Alexander Osipovich reports
Will CFTC's new powers lead to more market manipulation cases?
US regulators have gained new powers to battle energy market manipulation, and the White House is pushing them to act more aggressively. Should traders be worried? Alexander Osipovich reports
Applied risk management series
With accounting standard IFRS 9 due to replace IAS 39 by 2015, Carlos Blanco, Michael Pierce and José Ramón Aragonés explore the implications for energy hedging programmes with emphasis on hedge effectiveness tests and the use of optimal hedge ratios
Nordic power outlook
While it has traditionally been a large, stable and liquid power market, the Nordic region has begun initiating change as it prepares for a future with less trading activity from financial players, growing volatility due to renewables and increased…
Outlook for corporate hedging as banks pull back from energy markets
Will corporate hedgers suffer if more banks pull back from energy and commodities trading? Pauline McCallion examines the issue of dealer retrenchment from the market
Commodities Research House of the Year: BNP Paribas
This year’s Energy Risk’s Commodities Research House of the Year goes to the commodity market strategy team at BNP Paribas for its accurate, well-timed market analysis and the expansion of both the team and its coverage in the past 12 months
Best Newcomer of the Year: Woodlands Solutions
With the rollout of version 5.0 of its innovative and cost-effective Phoenix system in 2011, Woodlands Solutions really stepped up its game in the energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software space, competing with long-standing players and scooping…
Innovation of the Year: Rapid Ratings
Rapid Ratings wins our Innovation of the Year award for advancing the field of credit risk management
Regulatory Advisory Firm of the Year: SunGard Global Services
SunGard Global Services wins our inaugural category of Regulatory Advisory Firm of the Year for its unique service model approach to trade monitoring and surveillance – processes regulators are becoming more insistent on
Consultancy Firm of the Year: Baringa Partners
Baringa Partners is the winner of Energy Risk’s Consultancy Firm of the Year award for its strong performance and growth in 2011
Data Management House of the Year: ZE PowerGroup
For increasing headcount by 40%, total annual sales by 35%, adding 13 clients and further developing its customer services offering over the past year, ZE PowerGroup (ZE) wins Energy Risk’s Data Management House of the Year for the fourth consecutive year
Technology House of the Year – Highly Commended: CubeLogic
Software developer CubeLogic has attracted a devoted following since its November 2009 launch and has been highly commended in our Technology House of the Year category
Technology House of the Year: TriOptima
TriOptima wins our Technology House of the Year award for its innovative triReduce and triResolve technologies, which have been gaining traction in the energy space over the past year
ETRM Software Advisory House of the Year: Structure
Structure wins our inaugural ETRM Software Advisory House of the Year award for an impressive array of vendor selection and implementation projects, including the world’s largest natural gas trading system implementation of its kind, and for its 35–40%…
ETRM Software House of the Year: OpenLink
OpenLink wins this year’s Energy Risk ETRM Software House of the Year award, not only for the depth and breadth of its flagship Endur suite, but for several new add-on modules released in the past year that address pertinent issues around regulatory…
Exchange of the Year: European Energy Exchange
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has won Energy Risk’s Exchange of the Year award for a successful year in which it has grown its European natural gas market share and initiated policies that anticipate, rather than react to, changing market conditions…
Broker of the Year: GFI Group
This year’s Broker of the Year award goes to GFI Group for the steady growth of its energy and commodities business, fuelled by a strong focus on technology
Deal of the Year – Highly Commended: Macquarie Energy
Macquarie Energy’s physical oil team have received highly commended status in Energy Risk’s 2012 Deal of the Year award for winning a substantial contract to work with Canada’s Harvest Operations selling crude to, and purchasing product from, its…
Deal of the Year: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
The winner of this year’s Deal of the Year award is Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) for its lead role on Project Amp, the largest distributed solar transaction in history
Structured Products House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
The past year was a tough one for many commodities investors, with extreme volatility and poor returns in a number of markets