Enterprise risk
What lies beneath: attention lessons for risk managers
Allowing seemingly irrelevant problems to fester can lead to catastrophe. In many industries, particularly energy, risk managers should be better positioned to preempt disaster
Risk managers: beware conventional 'wisdom'
Why the consensus view so often fails to predict seismic shocks
Energy firms given second escape path from Mifid II
Revival of capital test "a workable solution" for asset-heavy companies
Navigating cloud adoption
Commodities enterprises recognise the benefits of cloud adoption, but migrating to the cloud can seem daunting
Asia CTRM and ETRM software house of the year: OpenLink
OpenLink enters new market segment with RightAngle Xpress
Asia oil dealer of the year: BNP Paribas
French bank expands Asia client base amid oil rout
Asia commodity finance house of the year: Societe Generale
SG CIB makes Asia renewables expansion the cornerstone of its commodity finance business
Asia data provider of the year: GlobalView
Data provider aims to disrupt with enterprise-wide solution and emphasis on integration
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2016: The winners
BP takes energy dealer of the year after ramping up third-party and structured business
EEX futures contract triggers margining spat
Rivals criticise use of lower margins in marketing push
FCA ‘working in background’ on Mifid commodity limits rules
Regulator builds out reporting platform to monitor position limit breaches
Hedge fund Citadel hires nat gas chief from Hartree
Mercuria hires Morgan Stanley commodities chief; SocGen Asia energy sales head moves to CME; Lindt named Danske CEO; Commonwealth Bank hires head of commodities structuring; Freepoint hires Cofco agriculture heads; Uniper appoints Nordic region GM;…
Position vacant: unpicking energy’s hidden contract risks
Complex, long-term supply deals present job opportunity for risk managers
Enterprise risk management powers up at utilities
There has been a resurgence of interest in enterprise risk management (ERM) recently. What can ERM offer beleaguered utilities?
A profit and loss attribution framework for physical and financial energy portfolios
A profit and loss attribution framework can improve the information available to energy traders and give valuable insight into the health of their portfolios
Plastics hedging rising amid US chemical industry boom
Interest in plastics derivatives is rising as a result of changing market dynamics, but major obstacles still limit its growth potential, finds Stella Farrington
CFTC flexes muscles in Kraft, DRW cases
Agency pushes for broader definition of market manipulation in parallel legal battles
Commodities may be a sweet spot for blockchain
Some aspects of commodity markets make them a natural fit for distributed ledger technology
Fintech firms seek to apply blockchain to commodities
Potential uses range from tracking physical invenstories to payment systems for rooftop solar power
No quants need apply: new trends in risk hiring
Soft skills are growing more important in the recruitment of risk managers, Dragana Pilipovic argues
UK resists expansive view of Mifid II position limits
FCA suggests limits shouldn’t apply to OTC trades between non-EU entities
Simulating meaningful uncertainty for complex energy portfolios
The meaningful uncertainty simulation framework can extract all relevant information contained in market and portfolio data to give energy firms the ability to make informed business decisions
What’s good for the City is bad for UK commodity firms
In effort to retain passporting, Brexit negotiators may sacrifice commodity traders