Enterprise risk
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Podcast: mental health and the role of the CRO
As lockdowns ease, Covid-19-related workplace stress continues, especially for energy trading and risk departments. Novera Khan, chief risk officer of Uniper, discusses how her firm is dealing with it
Derivatives house of the year: Macquarie Group
Energy Risk Awards 2020: Firm’s wide commodities presence, physical and financial risk expertise and financing capabilities result in standout deals
Podcast: the future of retail investment in oil
Will negative prices and big losses curb retail investors’ appetite for oil futures over the longer term?
Energy Risk Awards 2020: The winners
Key wins for BP, Engie and Uniper while Macquarie takes the derivatives house of the year award
Energy Risk Software Rankings: A different world
With Covid-19 causing turbulent markets and remote working, energy risk functions have never been more reliant on technology. Energy Risk’s annual Software Rankings reveal the industry’s technology preferences
Growing sanctions raise compliance risk for energy firms
Ever-increasing sanctions are ramping up risk for energy firms as regulators step up enforcement, writes maritime data expert
Energy25 winners in review
Energy25 aims to capture, define and analyse an important period in the development of energy markets, providing an invaluable yardstick for all participants. More broadly, it represents the latest stage in the strategy of defining, researching and…
Better risk reporting doesn’t need an IT upgrade
Working across a patchwork of legacy IT systems is a constant frustration for many energy risk managers, but there are ways to improve risk estimates and reporting that don’t require a major IT overhaul, writes Kevin Kindall
When climate risk starts to bite
Energy firms under increased pressure to assess physical climate risk
Energy firms grapple with rising customer risk
Understanding the risks a firm is exposed to through its counterparties and customers is vital in today’s world, not just from a credit perspective but for compliance and reputational reasons, writes a senior analyst. Here she shares her experience of…
Eka disrupts CTRM software landscape
The commodities trading and risk management software landscape – up to now dominated by large providers – is shifting. Rick Nelson, executive vice-president and chief business officer at Eka, talks about being a disrupter and explores how digitisation…
How Emission Advisors saved clients over $50 million
Emission Advisers bases its business on providing mid-sized firms expert carbon trading strategies that would otherwise be unavailable to them, says Mike Taylor, the firm's founder and president. Over the past 18 months, its clients have saved over $50…
Some see Esma reining in position limits after review
The scope of position limits could shrink to cover just the major benchmarks, one executive argues
HKMA unveils measures to combat climate change risks
HKMA will be government’s representative in a potential HK$100 billion green bond offering
Energy Risk Awards 2019: The winners
BP and Engie pick up two awards each, while BNP Paribas takes the coveted derivatives house of the year
The advance of analytics
Machine learning is coming to analytics but there are hurdles to overcome first, says Aiman El‑Ramly, chief operations officer at ZE PowerGroup
Making technology count in a C/ETRM world
As businesses grow, so does their need for modern, agile and cost-effective commodity/energy trading risk management (C/ETRM) solutions. Pioneer Solutions explores how its next-generation, highly configurable C/ETRM systems take advantage of the latest…
The RPA revolution
Doug Wendler, chief executive of Machina Automation, explains the increasing popularity and uptake of robotic process automation (RPA), focusing on how it has recently evolved and how it is expected to continue this evolution, and whether RPA’s…
Finding potential in a volatile commodities market
Macquarie is uniquely positioned to offer clients a range of products, expertise and experience across the commodities space. Nick O’Kane discusses the bank’s approach to commodity markets and what he expects next
AI moves into middle office at energy firms
Energy firms explore how artificial intelligence can boost returns