Energy
Putting automations on autopilot – Getting the most from RPA programmes
Over the past two years, robotic process automation (RPA) has taken the energy industry by storm. As organisations are forced to do more with less, tools that allow companies to gain efficiencies, reduce cost and improve performance are critical
After Texas storm, CFTC’s Behnam renews carbon trading push
Smaller banks imperilled by economic shocks from freak weather, says acting CFTC chair
The impact of energy costs on industrial performance: identifying price and quantity effects in the aluminum industry using a data envelopment analysis approach
The authors build a frontier function model with technical and cost efficiency measures to assess the impact of energy costs on competitiveness in the aluminum industry, a heavy energy consumer, by identifying what may be attributed to price and quantity…
Capital One’s oil and gas portfolio shrank 27% in 2020
Net charge-offs for Q4 2020 hit 9.4%
An empirical analysis of the Brazilian Transmission Service Operators incentive regulation
In this paper, we analyze the results of incentive regulation for Brazilian transmission companies regarding operational costs.
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2020: The winners
BNPP wins top derivatives award, with Macquarie scooping environmental products house
How to successfully mitigate fraud – AI in action
Fraud is evolving, with influences spanning technical sophistication through to turmoil and crisis. Most recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown an additional spanner in the works. As the drivers behind these activities are becoming more varied, the…
Managing commodity risk in turbulent times
Faced with today’s razor-thin margins, firms must be able to monitor all risks holistically, in real time and to hedge effectively. This brings technological challenges, and many firms are now grappling with issues such as getting the right datasets,…
What buy-side risk professionals can learn from the Covid‑19 crisis
The lessons learned from the pandemic so far, and how risk professionals are continuing to manage risks as the Covid-19 situation remains untamed.
Citi’s energy loans continued to sour in Q3
22% of funded exposures rated CCC or lower as of end-September
Deal of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Covid-19 and the credit crisis
This webinar discusses the credit risk challenges facing energy intensive industrials, energy producers and traders
Structured products gain favour among Chinese enterprises
The Chinese government’s flagship national strategy for the advancement of regional connectivity – the Belt and Road Initiative – continues to encourage the outward expansion of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Here, Guotai Junan International…
Oil funds want to reduce risk. Will investors let them?
Despite posting big losses, funds that track front-month contracts remain popular with investors
Derivatives house of the year: Macquarie Group
Energy Risk Awards 2020: Firm’s wide commodities presence, physical and financial risk expertise and financing capabilities result in standout deals
Rise of ethical swaps brings hedging questions
Banks ponder how to offset risks of ESG derivatives – or whether hedging is even desirable
Risk doesn’t wait for market close
Many market participants rely on end-of-day batch systems to perform analytics and, in the current environment, they may see significant negative impacts on their business. Leila Sadiq, front-office risk head of product at Bloomberg, explores how the…
A positive response to negative oil prices
Overhauling pricing models could reap rewards even if prices don’t cross zero again
Energy Risk Awards 2020: The winners
Key wins for BP, Engie and Uniper while Macquarie takes the derivatives house of the year award
Carbon tax spike could spur global recession – S&P
Higher carbon prices would trigger widespread industry defaults, says agency research unit
Shale firms pump hedge books for liquidity lifeline
Lucrative hedge portfolios offer promise of cash but unlocking residual value won’t be simple
Sluggish back-office systems added to margin pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle massive spike in March trading volumes
Climate risk – Special report 2020
As governments worldwide focus on the coronavirus (Covid‑19) pandemic amid plummeting demand for fossil fuels, it may seem climate change has dropped down the global agenda. Firms that don’t assess the climate risk in their portfolios, or hedge or divest…