Commodities
Technology and regulation
Energy Risk, in association with OpenLink, presents a summary of a technology and regulation breakfast briefing held recently in London. The invitation-only event convened heads of regulation and compliance, chief technology officers, consultants and…
Quant Ideas: How VAR can add value to energy market analysis
Using traditional financial tools such as value-at-risk can improve market risk analysis in the energy sector
OTC trading will live on, SG’s top US commodity trader says
Corporates still need banks for complex, structured deals, says Koppel
Quant Ideas: market-making, risk and information in commodities
Persistent low liquidity in commodity markets is the result of the fundamental interaction of high volatility and noisy data sets. This fact has profound implications for the theory and practice of risk management in commodity markets
Few commodity traders saw improved liquidity in 2015 – poll
Three-quarters of traders surveyed say liquidity in OTC commmodity derivatives held steady or declined last year, while 25% saw gains
Staying agile and fit for purpose in commodity financial systems
Commodity houses are searching for more sophisticated ways of enhancing their risk management systems. Instead of tearing down the old order, or duplicating systems across services, Amine Chbani, head of commodities business development at Murex,…
Commodity traders cheer CFTC record-keeping fix
Regulator softens Dodd-Frank rule that energy and agricultural commodity traders had complained was burdensome
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Energy traders hit back at French regulator over interview
Industry group blasts AMF official’s stance on Mifid II commodities provisions, bemoans regulators for being “deaf” to industry concerns
Web of EU commodity rules too complex, conference told
Mifid II, Emir, Remit and other new regimes covering EU commodity markets are not well co-ordinated, according to regulators and market participants at this year’s Emart
Mifid II sparks frantic lobbying push by EU energy firms
European energy firms are mounting a last-minute attempt to effect changes to Mifid II even as the legislative process enters its final stages. If the effort fails, a dramatic retreat from commodity derivatives markets could be in the works, Stella…
Energy Risk Asia Awards and conference 2015
The Energy Risk Asia conference, now in its eighth year, hosted more than 200 senior delegates. This was followed by a gala dinner for the Energy Risk Asia Awards, which reward excellence across the region’s commodity markets
Barclays adds energy trader in Singapore
UK banks bulks up commodities team in Asia with hire from Koch Industries
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2015: The winners
The 2015 Energy Risk Asia awards recognise excellence across commodity and energy trading and risk management. We reveal the winners
Asia commodity research house of the year: ANZ
ANZ has scored well with its prescient price forecasts, as the bank builds up its commodities research effort
Asia information provider of the year: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has outshone its rivals and impressed clients with timely and relevant data on Chinese crude oil imports
Asia energy dealer of the year: Citi
During the past 18 months, Citi has assisted Asian firms coping with the precipitous drop in crude oil prices, while continuing to build its impressive capabilities in LNG
Commodity end-users fret over shrinking number of FCMs
Futures brokers attack costly new rules at a CFTC meeting on September 22
Index publishers’ woes endanger market transparency
Price reporting agencies have long warned of the consequences of overbearing regulation on their indexes. It now seems those prophecies are coming true
Is the financialisation of commodities being reversed?
In the past 30 years, a process of financialisation has drastically reshaped the energy and commodity sector. Now, it appears the level of diminishing marginal returns has been reached and that process is shifting into reverse, says energy market veteran…
Video: Jean-Marc Bonnefous, Tellurian Capital Management
Bonnefous defends investment in commodities amid market turbulence
Barclays hires two senior energy traders
UK bank reaffirms its presence in commodities with hires from Credit Suisse and Mercuria
Video: Enron 'best' and 'lowest' career moment, says Kaminski
Vincent Kaminski opines on topics including the "best" and "lowest" moment of his career, financial regulation, oil fundamentals and European energy markets in a wide-ranging interview filmed at Energy Risk Summit USA
Noble Group defends off-balance sheet inventory deals
Noble is justified in keeping optional inventory sales off-balance sheet, even though the firm repurchases these inventories “the vast majority” of the time, says chief executive Yusuf Alireza