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Energy Finance House of the Year: Barclays
Barclays is the winner of our Energy Finance House of the Year award for leveraging its capital markets resources and stepping into the void of dollar-funding markets for European lenders when it dried up in the second half of last year
Precious Metals House of the Year: JP Morgan
In building out its global custody, vaulting and physical commodities businesses last year, JP Morgan navigated choppy economic waters to achieve success, scooping Energy Risk’s Precious Metals House of the Year award along the way
Base Metals House of the Year: Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) wins Energy Risk’s Base Metals House of the Year award for the second consecutive year as it consolidated its market-leading franchise in sales and trading, and launched ground-breaking risk…
Freight House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has been named Freight House of the Year in this year’s Energy Risk awards. The team at Deutsche Bank has demonstrated its ability to make markets in times of low liquidity and has also been successful in bringing fresh clients to the…
Weather House of the Year: RenRe Energy Advisors Ltd
RenRe Energy Advisors Ltd (Real) has won the Weather House of the Year award for the third year running after a successful 2011 in which it executed transactions on five continents, completed its first wind resource hedge for a major UK utility, and…
European Emissions House of the Year: EDF Trading
EDF Trading has been named Energy Risk’s 2012 European Emissions House of the Year after growing its presence in untapped markets through innovative carbon offset initiatives and also its collaboration with Mizuho to establish a presence in Japan
US Emissions House of the Year: JP Morgan
In a period marked by regulatory uncertainty, falling volumes and the withdrawal of some major players, JP Morgan’s commitment to the US emissions market has been recognised with Energy Risk’s award for 2012 US Emissions House of the Year
Coal House of the Year: E.on Energy Trading
The environment for coal trading has been extremely challenging over the past year, which makes the achievements of our Coal House of the Year award winner – E.on Energy Trading – all the more impressive
European Electricity House of the Year: GDF Suez Trading
Following a fruitful first year of operation, GDF Suez Trading has been selected as the winner of this year’s European Electricity House of the Year award due to its innovative hedging and trading solutions, which have helped provide much-needed market…
US Electricity House of the Year: EDF Trading
EDF Trading wins our US Electricity House of the Year award for scoring a series of notable achievements in the US power market
European Natural Gas House of the Year: Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has won Energy Risk’s European Natural Gas House of the Year award for several pioneering initiatives achieved due to its strong connection to the physical market, combined with in-depth knowledge…
US Natural Gas House of the Year: JP Morgan
Our US Natural Gas House of the Year award goes to JP Morgan for its impressive deal flow and its extensive work with the shale gas producers that are reshaping the North American energy landscape
Oil & Products House of the Year: BNP Paribas
Building on its extensive experience in commodities finance, BNP Paribas has made significant progress over the past five years in developing its derivatives business
Energy Risk Manager of the Year: Morgan Stanley
Due, in particular, to a strong emphasis on the depth and breadth of its physical business, Morgan Stanley has been named Energy Risk Manager of the Year in our 2012 awards
Derivatives House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
During a troubled year for commodity trading, Deutsche Bank gained market share and boosted its global client base. For these reasons and more, it has been named Derivatives House of the Year in the 2012 Energy Risk awards
Initiatives promote commodity derivatives in Brazil
Recent initiatives may encourage more players to the Brazilian commodity derivatives market, but there are still many obstacles to its growth, writes Alex Davis
Airline hedging falling short of best practices
Fuel hedging programmes at many airlines fall short of best practices, according to a new industry survey. Alexander Osipovich finds out how they are going awry
European power market series: Iberia
Liquidity in the Iberian power market has been on the rise thanks to market coupling and a move away from fixed tariffs, but uncertainty around government intervention and a lack of interconnection with the rest of Europe remain huge obstacles to…
German power market outlook
This month marks the one-year anniversary of Germany announcing its intention to abandon nuclear power. Since then a number of fundamental shifts have occurred in the German power market, which are expected to impact prices during the year. Jay Maroo…
Can the boutique energy brokerage survive Dodd-Frank?
The Dodd-Frank Act is set to drastically reshape the over-the-counter energy derivatives brokerage industry in the US, as small firms in particular are threatened with the loss of their independence. Alexander Osipovich finds out how brokers are coping…
Emmanuel Fages departs SG CIB to join Roland Berger
Emmanuel Fages has left his role as head of European energy research at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking to join strategy consultants Roland Berger
Energy firms rethink risk-capital allocation
Today’s capital-constrained environment is driving energy companies to review their approach to allocating the capital required to support risk exposures. David Stokes and Olly Spinks look at the challenges associated with risk-capital allocation and…
Exclusive: Interview with Aramco Trading’s Said Al-Hadrami
The world’s biggest producer of crude oil, Saudi Aramco, has moved far beyond its roots and now boasts a team devoted to the worldwide trade of refined products. In an exclusive interview, Aramco Trading’s chief executive Said Al-Hadrami tells Alexander…
Enterprise-wide risk management: The power of cashflow-based metrics
The risks faced by energy/commodity firms need to be assessed via metrics that allow for longer-term outlooks and incorporate risks from asset-backed trading. In the second article in this series, Chris Strickland discusses the range of such metrics…