Market risk
Broker of the year: OTC Global Holdings
Brokerage seen as key source of liquidity in natural gas options and other areas
Coal house of the year: Javelin Global Commodities
New merchant firm aims to fill void left by banks’ exit from coal trading
Hedging advisory firm of the year: Mercatus Energy Advisors
Boutique sets up offices in Asia and Europe and expands into LNG and coal
Natural gas house of the year: BP
Physical and financial capabilities give BP unique ability to provide long-dated consumer hedges
Oil & products house of the year: Macquarie
Australian bank steps up activities in physical and financial crude markets
Technology advisory house of the year: Accenture
Consulting giant boosts energy markets expertise with Structure deal
Consultancy of the year: PwC
PwC commodity trading and risk practice doubles in past 18 months
Exchange of the year: SGX
Singapore Exchange pushes ahead in LNG, iron ore, freight and electricity
Agricultural commodities house of the year: Cargill
Swap dealer unit of US commodity merchant expands global reach
CFTC top cop ramps up use of anti-manipulation rule
Agency’s new authority under Dodd-Frank is "very promising", Goelman says
Grappling with big data: Market data management in energy trading systems
Using analytics to manage multiple large data sets in energy commodity markets should not be an insurmountable challenge – provided the right tools are used, says Mike McSpedon, global head of sales at GlobalView, who discusses the firm’s sterling…
Regulation remains top concern for US energy risk managers
Capital requirements, position limits and other rules still hampering liquidity, conference hears
Morgan Stanley’s Sherk stresses value of oil hedging
Options have become good way for E&P firms to raise capital, top banker says
CFTC moving to amend position limits rule, sources say
Supplemental proposal aims to ease industry concerns over hedging exemptions
Dislocations highlight risks of commodity ETNs
Notes face scrutiny after problems with Barclays’ OIL and GAZ products
The UK carbon floor and power plant hedging
How to calculate expected future carbon costs and optimal valuation and hedging decisions, by adjusting Monte Carlo simulations for the UK market
Ex-Citi oil options head enjoys the hedge fund life
GZC’s Elbhar rode oil spread trade to 40% annual return in 2015
US banks face questions over bad oil loans
Resilience of hard-hit regional lenders scrutinised as losses mount
Moving to the cloud: The next frontier for E/CTRM systems?
As energy and commodity firms cut their IT budgets, a growing number of companies are exploring hosted solutions as a way to cut costs and make their IT infrastructure more nimble
Transparency may be hazardous to your health
Esma should fine-tune Mifid II disclosure rules before they wreck markets
EU benchmark proposal may hit commodity index publishers
Platts fears indexes will be ‘less robust’ due to provision on supervised entities
End-users debate CFTC automated trading rule
Representatives of energy and agriculture firms clash over Regulation AT at meeting of CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee
Wells Fargo hires senior gas trader from Mercuria
Other hires at Cargill, Millennium Management and Xcel Energy
Mifid II transparency rules shake up bank commodity desks
Role of voice set to dwindle, while e-trading sparks worries of predatory algos