Hedging
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings: firms provide a lifeline in choppy waters
Winners of the 2021 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings supported clients in unprecedented times to be voted counterparties of choice
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
Asian LNG derivatives trade surges on increased hedging
Volumes of Asian LNG derivatives have surged recently amid an increase in demand for hedging, fuelling speculation that a much-anticipated gas derivatives market for Asia is finally emerging
Hedging advisory firm of the year: Aegis Energy Risk
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Digital innovation pays off for US hedging advisory firm
Power traders slam Spain’s mooted plant closure rules
Tougher closure criteria would distort power prices and harm functioning of the market, say traders
Dollar cost averaging won't work for energy hedging
Long periods of losses make strategy impractical, says energy consultant
How energy players are reaching the limits of hedging
Commodities firms face lasting changes in 2018
Oil hedging rally slows amid backwardation
Recent hedging enthusiasm wanes as shale producers turn to 2019 and 2020 production
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2017: The winners
Societe Generale takes finance house and research gongs; Citi picks up derivatives award
Beware the pitfalls of right- and wrong-way risk
Credit exposure can be hazardous. Misinterpreting the risks posed can be ruinous
Hedging advisory of the year: Aegis Energy Risk
Energy Risk Awards 2017: Strength in capabilities drives business to Texan advisory
Exposing the past: oil hedgers prepare for crude volatility
Historic crude price fluctuations make hedging critical. With prices falling across global markets, many exploration and production companies have assessed their risk and are calculating the best way to deal with it – internally and externally
US year-ahead oil hedging up 9% on 2015: study
Hedging revenue set to plummet in 2017
Energy firms given second escape path from Mifid II
Revival of capital test "a workable solution" for asset-heavy companies
‘Wrong type of liquidity’ spells trouble for energy hedges
Cyclical lull conceals structural shift as liquidity becomes shorter-dated and more flighty
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?
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
Cargill sees growth in plastics hedging
Swaps unit of commodity trading giant describes increasing need for derivatives on resins prices
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
Deal of the year: Morgan Stanley
Deal enables Gulf Power to be first utility in Florida to buy wind power
How to get maximum value from power plant hedging
It is common practice to delta hedge, ie re-hedge over time, a fuel-fired power plant’s production. Operators switch hedges from yearly to quarterly and monthly forwards as they become more liquid. Marco Miarelli and Margherita Grasso extend the existing…