Feature/Commodities
Weathering the storms
Zaheer Sitabkhan reveals the investment tactics behind the successful LG Asia Plus equity fund
Unlocking ABS value
Cover story
Second-guessing the rating agencies
Debt capacity advice
Hard bargaining
Nordic focus
Clearing the decks
Cash management
UK to set up information clearing house for disaster recovery
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Round-up of recent publications
RECENT BOOKS
The Risk 2002 commodity & energy derivatives rankings
Volatile energy markets, plummeting metals prices, September 11 and the implosion of Enron: 2001 was an eventful year for the commodity and energy derivatives markets. Kevin Foster and John Ferry introduce our annual rankings of dealers and brokers
The vanilla explosion
Business in three- to five-year vanilla default swaps now accounts for around a third of the market’s total notional outstandings. With many dealers reporting twofold or more growth in volumes, the credit derivatives market is now in full stride.
The missing piece
Thailand
Rallying cry for Italy
Italian banks are racing to catch up with their largest US and European competitors in risk modelling. Inspired by Mauro Maccarinelli, IntesaBci is leading the pack.
CORRECTION: I-Wex backs hourly data to boost weather market
A correction has been made to the final paragraph of this story, published on RiskNews, January 25. Element Re, and not Aquila, as stated in the original story, has become QuantWeather's first customer.
Market upbeat as WeatherRisk 2002 opens
The WeatherRisk 2002 conference in New York opened today in upbeat mood, with speakers predicting strong future growth in the market despite the pull out of two leading weather derivatives trading firms, Enron and BNP Paribas.
LNG comes in from the cold
Will the current rise in activity in the liquefied natural gas industry result in the product being traded in the same way as other commodities? By Eurof Thomas
On a slow road
Many in the energy industry are touting Italy as the next country in Europe to fully open its energy market to competition. But on closer examination, the country has a long way to go if it is to emulate the UK, the Nordic region and Germany. By Robin…