Energy transition
China oil future approved, March start targeted, says source
International banks see healthy interest from overseas clients
People: Shell’s Quartermain replaces Muller
Other moves at Morgan Stanley, Gunvor, Macquarie and others
Achieving business agility through CTRM systems
Today’s narrow margins mean utilities and energy traders need to cut costs and improve efficiencies, and a firm’s choice of commodity trading and risk management system will be crucial in the battle to become as agile as possible
OTF uncertainty adds to Mifid II guesswork
Commodity firms need clarity on new type of venues to adjust to imminent rules
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2017: The winners
Societe Generale takes finance house and research gongs; Citi picks up derivatives award
Commodity finance house of the year, Asia: Societe Generale
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2017: Green initiatives drive bank’s Asian energy funding business
Innovation of the year, Asia: Thomson Reuters
Energy Risk Asia Awards, 2017: Data provider brings price transparency to Asian oil markets
Q&A: Giancarlo stresses importance of international relations
EU regulatory inexperience causes problems for CFTC chairman
Q&A: CFTC’s Quintenz weighs swap dealer threshold impact
Activity-based threshold could be ‘disincentivising’ dealers, says commissioner
Top 10 energy risks and challenges
Regulation and changing market dynamics among threats to energy in year ahead
People: Genco opens Singapore office, hires head of major bulks
Recent changes at dry cargo, gas trading and gold market participants, among others
Are failure indexes fair play?
Regulators must clarify stance on trading off big-data forecasts of outages, writes energy consultant
Esma reviews gas and power spot month definition
Definition key to setting EU position limits
US courts restrict reach of Commodity Exchange Act
Recent cases make it harder to pursue instances of overseas misconduct
People: JP Morgan bolsters commodities research
US bank recruits oil strategist, as Societe Generale, OpenLink and others ring changes
Ferc urged to prop up illiquid natural gas indexes
A lack of willing price reporters is eroding confidence in key benchmarks
People: US Senate confirms slate of regulatory appointees
Giancarlo confirmed as CFTC chairman, while Quintenz and Behnam join as commissioners; Chatterjee and Powelson restore Ferc quorum
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2017 open for entries
Awards set out to recognise achievements across Asian energy and commodity markets
Ferc’s Collins defends manipulation rule
US energy market watchdog is “serious” about its surveillance role
Falling margins force energy firms to expand data use
Verification and model challenges arise as volatility and margins dry up
Compression is your friend, energy firms told as Mifid II nears
Slashing gross notional of trades can keep firms out of reach of incoming rules
Finding alpha in uncertain energy markets
An overview of how energy traders can tap into market data and risk analytics to avoid blind spots in Uncertain Energy Markets.
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