Risk management
ECX and Ice Futures to launch emissions options
The European Climate Exchange (ECX) and Ice Futures will launch the Ice Futures ECX CFI Options Contract (ECX CFI Option) on Friday 13 October, subject to regulatory approval.
EECM and Coastal Partners launch offshore energy fund
New York-based Energy & Environment Capital Management (EECM) and Coastal Partners of the Bahamas will together launch an offshore version of the Energy & Environment Fund.
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997
Forward thinking for backwardation
In certain settings it's reasonable to assume that the current futures price embodies the market expectations of the spot price. However, as Gary Dorris, Sean Burrows and Vena Kostroun explain, there are distinct situations when this assumption does not…
DME on track for Q4 launch
The DME reveals the details of its first sour crude contract, while construction work begins on its trading floor
Empirical electricity price modelling
Hanjie Chen and John N. Jiang discuss how system-wide load-capacity ratio and system-wide generation forced outages impact day-ahead electricity spot price and show how to incorporate these two key factors in the price modelling
Spectron brokers first 2012 CO 2 allowance trade
The first 2012 European CO 2 allowances (EUAs) have been traded through energy broker Spectron.
GlobalCoal launches ARA FOB Barge Index, swap product
GlobalCoal has introduced the ARA FOB Barge Index based on their ARA barge contract.
Credit - Energising credit
Traditional credit instruments can be used to mitigate credit risk in the energy sector, despite the unique risk management challenges, says Chris Coovrey
A comeback for coal
With gas prices soaring, it seems inevitable that coal - the Cinderella of energy resources - is bound to return to the forefront. But how long will it last? asks Eric Fishnaut