Energy transition
Electricity house of the year: Engie
Energy Risk Awards 2018: For global energy firm focus is on anticipating client expectations, not just market trends
Coal house of the year: Javelin Global Commodities
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Bulk commodity trader helps US coal producers find new routes to growing markets in 2018
Emissions house of the year: Element Markets
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Established environmental business flourishes despite political uncertainty
Weather house of the year: Sompo Global Weather
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Weather derivatives provider launches innovative platform to serve clients transitioning from once-yearly purchases to granular hedging programmes
Base metals house of the year: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Awards 2018: French bank continues China focus while helping European industrials hedge against aluminium price spikes
Commodity broker of the year: Griffin Markets
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Interdealer broker gained biggest market share of Europe’s most liquid gas hub in 2017
Consultancy of the year: d-fine
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Quantitative and technological know-how combine to improve performance for clients of German consultancy
Hedging advisory firm of the year: Aegis Energy Risk
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Digital innovation pays off for US hedging advisory firm
CTRM software house of the year: Openlink
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Vendor facilitates first largescale CTRM public cloud deployment
Technology advisory house of the year: Accenture
Energy Risk Awards 2018: In-depth commodities knowledge and wide experience across asset classes enables global advisory to boost client numbers and implement largest oil ETRM system in 2017
Innovation of the year: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Awards 2018: French bank’s single-dealer platform brings new transparency to oil markets
Newcomer of the year: N-Ergy Power Solutions
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Flexibility has helped energy consultancy thrive in a rapidly changing regulatory environment
The changing face of European power trading
Large pools of data, an abundance of cheap and powerful computing capacity, the rise of renewables, and the development of the smart grid are having a significant impact on European power and gas trading. New and interesting developments continue to…
Iron ore: China forges ahead with internationalisation
Opening up the commodities markets reinforces Beijing’s internationalisation drive
Sponsored video: Bethanie Castelnuovo, SCB
Bethanie Castelnuovo, chief financial officer at SCB, gives her reaction to SCB’s wins at the Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2018 and her thoughts on the organisation's business outlook.
ETFs may shift oil price but not stockpiles
Inelastic oil market moved easily by speculation, finds macroeconomist
Don’t wait for freight: suppliers look to boost demand
Growing interest in shipping derivatives means FFA market needs to change
Watch out for commodity vol products
Commodity traders shouldn't ignore the recent meltdown in CBOE’s Vix derivatives, writes energy consultant
Risk transformation of a zero-subsidy wind portfolio
Joaquin Narro analyses the hedging of a hypothetical zero-subsidy wind portfolio with base load products in the futures markets, in a situation that is becoming increasingly relevant to the portfolio managers of wind farms, due to the decline of the cost…
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2018
Our survey of the top ETRM vendors, implementation specialists, data vendors and data managers
The renewable future
The shift to solar and wind is creating new challenges
Power traders slam Spain’s mooted plant closure rules
Tougher closure criteria would distort power prices and harm functioning of the market, say traders
European renewables turn to corporates as states retreat
Can corporate PPAs help smooth European power market transformation?