Articles by Katie Holliday
Advisory Firm of the Year: The Structure Group
Enerrgy Risk Awards 2010
Industry calls for wider standardised baselines for CDM
CDM would be boosted by the introduction of standardised baselines, say experts
Q&A with Claudio Machetti, chief risk officer of Italian utility ENEL Group
As Europe’s second largest power company, Enel has risk management strategies that are far more sophisticated than those of most Italian power participants. Katie Holliday talks to the company’s chief risk officer, Claudio Machetti
Interest growing in Italy's power market
The relatively small and illiquid Italian power markets have attracted increasing interest from energy companies and investment banks in recent years. Katie Holliday finds out why this is and what the potential is for Italy’s power market
Cautious outlook from oil experts at industry event
A sharp increase in oil demand from non-OECD countries will compensate for peaking demand in OECD area
Gazprom sees huge potential in Asian gas
Gazprom Marketing & Trading expands into Asia with the opening of its Singapore shipping unit
First container derivatives trade could herald booming new market
Shipping broker claims it has hedged forward price of container freight from Shanghai to Europe
Putting the building blocks in place
The concept of using derivatives for risk management is still relatively new to utilities in India and is viewed with caution by market regulators. Katie Holliday talks to market experts about how they expect the discipline of risk management to develop
“Questionable” CERs add to post-2012 uncertainty
Carbon experts warn that HFC-based carbon offset credits could lose value in third phase of EU ETS
Kyoto suspension will disadvantage Bulgarian compliance companies
Bulgaria's emissions trading suspension set to impact companies trading on EU ETS
First container derivatives trade could herald booming new market
Container derivatives launched by Clarkson Securities Limited signifies potential for new market, say experts.
Fraud crackdown will boost carbon market credibility, say experts
Market experts say Europe-wide crackdown on carbon trading fraud will strengthen market credibility and lead to tighter regulation
Industrials to be granted OTC derivative exemptions
While the EC considers exempting non-financial energy users from clearing obligations, Katie Holliday speaks to industry experts about what impacts they think this move may have
New regulation could open up French power market
A slow response to the EU’s liberalisation directive has left the French power market lagging behind some European markets in terms of liquidity, but recent regulatory proposals are set to open up the market and may spell the end of regulated tariffs…
Interview: Darrell Duffie on credit risk modelling
Stanford University’s credit risk expert, Darrell Duffie, talks with Katie Holliday about changes in the modelling of credit risk within energy markets since the financial crisis
Green Exchange’s London launch brings Nymex carbon products to Europe
The New York Mercantile Exchange's (Nymex) environmental products trading platform, the Green Exchange, has announced the opening of a London office, in an attempt to penetrate the European carbon space. Green Exchange International intends to list…
Carbon market welcomes ICE purchase of CCX
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced the £395m acquisition of The Climate Exchange. The two entities have been partners since 2003.
Volcanic ash cloud could reduce airlines’ carbon allowances
Market experts have warned that last week’s Europe-wide flight disruptions, following the volcanic ash cloud precaution, will affect the aviation industry’s carbon allocations under the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) from 2012.
Experts predict wave of commodity spread ETFs
An influx of commodity-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could sweep the market, after Canadian investment firm Jovian Capital Corp’s ETF unit BetaPro Management launched the first ever commodity spread ETF this month, signalling the growing range of…