Energy
Dodd-Frank special report
Energy Risk looks in detail at the US Dodd-Frank Act and its implications for commodity and energy market participants
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Liquidity seen as top concern for energy risk managers
Falling over-the-counter energy volumes in Europe and the US push liquidity to top of risk management agenda
Dodd-Frank commodity option rules sow confusion among energy firms
Confusion over CFTC rules is tying US energy firms in knots, as they struggle to determine whether their physically settled commodity options need to comply with critical rules issued under the US Dodd-Frank Act. Alexander Osipovich reports
An anatomy of financial and energy market bubbles
Despite differences in the detail, the mechanics that unfold during episodes of financial and energy market hype are the same. To avoid repeating the errors of the past, companies and individuals should bear them in mind, argues Vincent Kaminski
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2013
The Energy Risk Asia Awards showcase excellence in commodity and energy markets across the region. We present the winners
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Energy firms find Emir thresholds too close for comfort
The European Market Infrastructure Regulation will force non-financial counterparties to clear trades in over-the-counter derivatives once they reach a set of notional thresholds. And despite their original expectations, many energy companies could be…
Energy should be exempt from benchmark rules, argues EC official
Benchmark indexes in energy markets are already well regulated and do not need further oversight, argues EC director-general for energy
Energy Risk Canada: Rules on derivatives dealers need work, regulator says
Alberta securities regulator acknowledges proposals on derivatives dealer registration have alarmed energy firms
Futurisation dooms energy swap execution facilities
The US Dodd-Frank Act envisioned a new type of trading venue for over-the-counter derivatives, known as swap execution facilities (Sefs). But in the energy markets, at least, it appears Sefs are dead and traditional futures exchanges have emerged…
Canadian regulators respond to energy firms’ concerns on derivatives
Updated OTC derivatives rules satisfy concerns of energy traders, but inconsistencies with Dodd-Frank remain
Black River Commodity Trading Fund: Black River Asset Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Uneconomic trading, market manipulation and baseball
Regulators, including the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, are aggressively targeting uneconomic trading in a crackdown on potential market manipulation. Such moves have striking parallels in the history of baseball - some of which might prove…
Ferc ruling raises hope of greater regulatory certainty
Ferc and turf
Ferc won’t appeal Hunter ruling, says Wellinghoff
Ferc chairman says agency won’t appeal ruling against it, but will seek to persuade Congress to change the law
Collateral and commodity market dynamics in the new normal
The new normal
Energy firms scramble to avoid swap dealer label
Switching to futures and rewriting corporate websites could help reluctant energy companies avoid having to register as swap dealers under Dodd-Frank, reports Alexander Osipovich
Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2013 – energy
Kinetic energy
Futurisation forces hundreds of traders to sit exams
Swaps-to-futures switch at Ice – plus hedge fund regulatory changes – behind threefold jump in numbers taking futures trading exam
The art of creating a corporate energy hedging programme
The philosophy of corporate hedging