Operational risk
Gas market participants rail against mandatory bundling
The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators hopes a new network code on capacity allocation will promote a more efficient and open gas market in Europe. But market participants warn the principle of mandatory bundling embedded in the code could…
Trade reporting rules prove a headache for energy firms
A last-minute no-action relief letter from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission in April gave energy firms a few extra months to prepare for Dodd-Frank reporting requirements, but participants say a huge number of challenges still need to be…
Cutting edge: Minimising risk when hedging crude oil options
In this paper, Christian-Oliver Ewald, Roy Nawar and Tak Kuen Siu study the performance of locally risk-minimising hedging strategies in the context of futures and options written on crude oil. In contradiction to prior research, the authors show it is…
Energy Risk USA: Firms optimistic about California carbon market
Energy market participants upbeat about development of California emissions market, despite legal threats
Energy Risk USA: Energy market participants struggle with reporting
Dodd-Frank rules on swap data reporting creating a headache for energy market participants
Energy Risk USA: Official sheds light on Ferc manipulation sleuths
Ferc is now monitoring markets in near real time for evidence of manipulation, warns enforcement official