Feature/Commodities
When climate risk starts to bite
Energy firms under increased pressure to assess physical climate risk
An old fight over margin protections rears its head
CFTC rules on margin and loss limits for separate accounts are being torn up for asset managers
A look under the hood of Span 2, CME’s new margin engine
VAR-based framework has new ways of netting contracts and setting volatility floors and more
Buy side continues with IM prep despite delays
Firms looking at custodian types, docs and trading strategies to optimise margin
The great migration: CCPs ponder life after Span
As CME moves to a value-at-risk methodology, CCPs that license its model look on nervously
US mid-sized banks may bulk up. (Is that safe?)
The crisis over a decade gone, the Fed’s ‘tailoring’ proposal will greatly relax rules on the mid-tier
Analytics become top priority at energy firms, poll finds
Middle office still grappling with use of blockchain and artificial intelligence
Electric vehicles: a slow-motion car crash for oil firms?
Peak oil demand is seen as inevitable, but disagreement abounds on timing
US swaps end-users cry foul over SA-CCR punch
Capital on non-margined trades jumps 90%, and energy firms face double hit
US-China trade war becomes focus again for commodities
As the end of the 90-day truce in US-China trade hostilities looms, commodity markets brace for uncertainty
Quants use AI to cut through murk of ‘sustainability’
Separating the wheat from the chaff is fundamental to ESG investing. Machine learning can do that
AI moves into middle office at energy firms
Energy firms explore how artificial intelligence can boost returns
Shipping and energy firms revisit hedging on IMO 2020
Upcoming shipping rules set to impact fuel prices across the energy complex
Brexit set to jack up banks’ capital costs
Split into UK and EU arms will reduce netting benefits and capital flexibility
Hedging figures show doubt over US crude export plans
Producers sceptical that better infrastructure will allow US exports to relieve crude pressures
Risk evolves in springtime of energy spin-offs
New risk management challenges as firms split legacy fossil-fuel operations from renewable-focused areas
Climate risk rising up agenda for lenders
Reliable measures still some way off, banks admit
Trade finance under new stress as commodity markets realign
Higher tariffs, sanctions and Brexit are leading to a reassessment of trade finance arrangements
Brexit uncertainty for UK and Irish power markets
Traders remain in the dark about the future of the UK’s participation in the Internal Energy Market
Stress tests expose climate risks in loan books
Efforts to quantify the risk of global warming are changing the way banks manage credit portfolios
‘Trump digs coal’ – but is that enough?
Are Trump's efforts to support US coal levelling the playing field for fuel sources, or flogging a dead horse?
Power market set for 2019 blockchain boom
Blockchain could cut costs and bring in microgenerators, industry believes
Slow reactions: the long road to smart demand response
Decentralisation of electricity grids are proving a challenge to firms
Asian LNG derivatives trade surges on increased hedging
Expectations grow that a long-awaited Asian gas derivatives market is emerging