Market risk
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
Quintenz: former CFTC leadership failed commodities end-users
Commissioner says regulator “poorly defined populations and risk” under Obama administration
People: Genco opens Singapore office, hires head of major bulks
Recent changes at dry cargo, gas trading and gold market participants, among others
CFTC’s Quintenz: dealer threshold could exclude cleared swaps
Commissioner suggests risks should be better considered in de minimis reappraisal
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
SGX commodities head: China mustn't meddle with prices
Singapore Exchange’s Chin says internationalisation will necessitate new products and change pricing
US courts restrict reach of Commodity Exchange Act
Recent cases make it harder to pursue instances of overseas misconduct
Monitoring failure: limited progress for commodities firms
Majority of market participants unprepared for position limits regime
People: JP Morgan bolsters commodities research
US bank recruits oil strategist, as Societe Generale, OpenLink and others ring changes
EU market feels chill of still-unknown position limits
Eventual caps unlikely to hit trading, but fears remain over lack of clarity
China to model financial reforms on Mifid II
Exchange chief tips authorities to review position limits and transparency in OTC markets
Energy and commodities voice broking will never die
Over-the-counter markets have been under siege in recent years. They won’t disappear, writes Mark Earthey
Commodity position reporting: XML, email, or fax?
Asymmetry in European regulator tech abilities could add to market’s workload
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
Esma releases first crop of position limits
Regulator moving away from publishing all limits in November
Ferc’s Collins defends manipulation rule
US energy market watchdog is “serious” about its surveillance role
Esma adviser says position limits to be published in Nov
Task force member warns of market “disorder” in tight window before Mifid II goes live