Technology/Exchanges
More than just talking about the weather
Energy Risk launched the Environmental Risk brand on October 17, with an e-symposium on the weather risk market, which attracted over 500 online delegates. A range of other online conferences on emissions and renewables will follow
The tools investors use to price securitisations
Evaluating ABS
Sorridere alle convessità
Approfondimenti. Volatilità implicita
A risky climate
Climate change
Pennies for a price
Equity derivatives
Implementing choice
Technology
Surveying risk management
How is risk management viewed in your company? Are there risks you would like to measure but don’t? Which methodologies are most commonly used? What should the discipline tackle next? Energy Risks’ survey reveals recent trends in risk management.
The MiFID Threat
Thanks to compliance, many of the European Union’s smaller exchanges now face fresh competition.
DME reveals trading platform details
Energy futures exchange the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), due to launch in the fourth quarter of this year, has unveiled details of its trading platform.
Hedge fund technologies
Energy markets continue to attract hedge funds - but, as recent high profile losses have shown, operating in them is challenging. Having the right trading and risk management IT is essential. Stewart Eisenhart reports
Risk management for LDCs
US Gas Distribution Companies, long experienced in managing volumetric risk, now face market risk, high commodity prices and credit risk. Matthew Frye looks at strategies to model these risks in aggregate
Catching the wind
After a 20-year hiatus, the US wind power industry has grown rapidly in the past two years. Its future, however, depends on Congress drawing up clear, long-term legislation, finds Neil O'Hara
Surveying risk management
How is risk management viewed in your company? Are there risks you would like to measure but don''t? Which methodologies are most commonly used? What should the discipline tackle next? Our latest survey reveals all
Which STP service is the best fit for you?
Plugging in to STP
Learning from experience
Sponsored roundtable
The road to Basel II
The new Basel capital Accord is creating headaches for banks around the globe. However, Middle Eastern institutions that offer Islamic banking products have even more hurdles to jump. By John Ferry
Convertibles are back in fashion ... but how can they avoid the pitfalls of the past?
Convertible bonds are back on investors' radars after an overvalued market imploded early last year. But how sustainable is the recovery - and how can it avoid repeating the pattern of the last bloodbath? Jean-Paul Carbonnier investigates
Swiss restructuring
As regulatory pressure on insurance companies to improve their solvency requirements increases, one reinsurer's reaction stands out from the crowd. Hardeep Dhillon looks at how Swiss Re is using innovative structures in the debt capital markets to…