Commodities
UK products offer access to commodities, emerging markets and overseas indexes
Despite a near-impossible pricing environment, issuers continue to offer investors returns on FTSE 100-based products, with a few surprise exotics.
CFTC mulls position limits rule, delays vote
US regulator fails to vote on position limits proposal; questions raised about data availability
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IEA: Derivatives not to blame for oil's strength
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that supply and demand fundamentals are to blame for oil price strength, not speculative derivatives products
Positive outlook for 2011 commodity inflows: survey
Commodity investment to strengthen and become more active in 2011 as natural gas producers look to hedge low price expectations
The rise and fall of commodities
The rise and fall of commodities
World Cup victory will trigger commodity infrastructure improvements in Russia, say analysts
The decision to host the 2018 World Cup in Russia will boost much-needed infrastructure investment and lower operational risk for the steel industry, say analysts
Certificates lift Nordic Growth Market trading activity to record highs
The Nordic Growth Market in Sweden has reported record high turnover in November for the fourth consecutive month.
Regulators focus on physical and financial market links
Regulators focus on physical and financial market links
Q&A - Tom Lewis, CEO of the Green Exchange
Ready for takeoff
Irish bailout forces oil hedging strategies revision
Oil hedging strategies to be revised after Irish bailout pushes up oil prices
Rising gas prices to force power hedging strategy re-evaluation
Risk managers say gas price rises will force a rethink on current hedging strategies for power generation assets.
IEA slashes Gulf of Mexico supply forecasts
Repercussions from the BP oil spill force the International Energy Agency (IEA) to slash supply forecasts.
Energy Risk Europe 2010
Energy Risk's 2010 annual Europe conference brought leading chief risk officers, quantitative analysts and regulators to London to discuss key risk management issues
House of the year
Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Best in Central and Eastern Europe
Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Commodities house of the year
Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Standard & Poor’s launches Covered Call Select Index
Standard & Poor’s launches covered call select index
Q&A – Standard Chartered Bank’s Afaq Khan
The sharia effect
Data aggregation is largest daily risk issue for energy and commodities
Data aggregation is the most difficult energy trading risk management issue an energy firm deals with on a daily basis, says Centrica Energy’s risk reporting manager when speaking to Lianna Brinded at the Energy Risk Europe conference in London
Copper boosts physically backed commodity ETF market
The physically backed commodity ETF market is set to grow with the inclusion of Copper as JP Morgan and Blackrock file with the SEC
Fuel hedging can put you at more risk: Austrian Airlines's Henle
Jet fuel hedging is the most common misconception for mitigating risk, says Austrian Airline’s head risk manager
Optimising and hedging power generation assets
The head of risk at Spanish utility company Endesa speaks to Lianna Brinded about the co-ordination of optimisation and hedging of power generation assets.
EDF’s head of credit risk: misconceptions of assessing credit
EDF Trading North America’s head of credit risk talks to Lianna Brinded exclusively about the misconceptions of assessing credit risk in the energy and commodities market