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Turning points: Joseph Pokalsky
Pauline McCallion speaks to energy trading veteran Joseph Pokalsky about the early days of Enron, picking up the pieces in the energy sector after its collapse and new challenges facing the energy sector...
Last month’s updates to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Mifir), the regulations implementing Mifid II, could have a significant...
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Speculation not a major cause of commodity market volatility: FOA
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Forging an iron ore derivatives market in Asia
Last year’s shift in the way iron ore price is negotiated – which pushed the industry into more market-based contracts – has helped drive iron ore swaps volumes. The greater liquidity means swaps are increasingly legitimised as a hedging tool but...
Mexico driving put skew in Brent, say brokers
The put skew in Brent crude oil is close to its yearly high. This is being driven by the hedging programme of Mexico, as well as more general risk aversion on macroeconomic worries, according to brokers
Small Asian companies exposed to commodity derivatives margin calls
Commodity consumers are under pressure from rising prices and market volatility, leading some to question the affordability of margin-based hedging programmes. Cash-rich participants appear able to absorb these expenses with little discomfort but smaller...
JP Morgan wins the Asia Risk commodity derivatives rankings 2011
The past year has proved challenging for many commodity derivatives houses in Asia as energy prices remained largely range-bound. But dealers profited from metals and agriculture business in 2010, with JP Morgan emerging as the client favourite across...
Q&A: Tony Hall at Duet Commodities Fund
After turning one of the highest proprietary trading profits in the history of Credit Suisse Commodities in 2009, Tony Hall launched hedge fund Duet Commodities Fund last year. He will be delivering the keynote talk at Energy Risk’s Commodities and...
Valuing non-standard load profile products
Load profile products in the European OTC power markets are attracting increasing attention. However, valuations for these non-standard products can be difficult, as Cregor Janssen and Jan Lueddeke discuss
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