Delta hedging the load-serving deal

In this article Andrew Klingler takes a closer look at the residual risk when a load-serving contract is hedged with forwards. The residual risk components are described quantitatively and a formula for the minimum variance hedge is outlined

As spark spreads narrow or disappear around the US, and proprietary trading loses its luster at many energy companies, structured transactions - especially 'full requirements' load-serving deals - are necessarily picking up the slack when it comes to marketing a company's long positions in electricity. Full requirements deals are contracts in which one party, typically an owner or manager of generating assets, agrees to provide all of its counterparty's electricity needs...

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Stemming the tide of rising FX settlement risk

As the trading of emerging markets currencies gathers pace and broader uncertainty sweeps across financial markets, CLS is exploring alternative services designed to mitigate settlement risk for the FX market

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