Opinion/Commodities
No escape from climate change tail risks
Harsh decisions need to be made on the future of energy financing now, before we run out of time
Compliance must keep pace in AI arms race
Bank compliance departments’ computational firepower must be a match for trading desks, says expert
Energy transition: adapting to the unknown
Uncertainty surrounds the oil industry at every step in the transition to a more diversified energy market, energy experts write
Keeping the lights on
Power companies need to focus on resilient networks
Watch out for commodity vol products
Commodity traders shouldn't ignore the recent meltdown in CBOE’s Vix derivatives, writes energy consultant
The renewable future
The shift to solar and wind is creating new challenges
Bitcoin’s busy month
Bitcoin could give us a safer central clearing mechanism
Dollar cost averaging won't work for energy hedging
Long periods of losses make strategy impractical, says energy consultant
Brexit issues for carbon market must be solved soon
UK departure from EU ETS is causing headaches for energy traders and risk managers, writes energy consultant
How energy players are reaching the limits of hedging
Commodities firms face lasting changes in 2018
Trade surveillance shouldn’t deter traders
Monitoring costs are forcing commodity players away from market participation, say consultants
Are failure indexes fair play?
Regulators must clarify stance on trading off big-data forecasts of outages, writes energy consultant
CFTC need not walk the talk on swap data harmonisation
Global compatibility of data fields may be an unnecessary burden to put on an already-stretched industry
Monitoring failure: limited progress for commodities firms
Majority of market participants unprepared for position limits regime
Energy and commodities voice broking will never die
OTC markets may be under siege, but they won’t disappear, writes Mark Earthey
Commodity position reporting: XML, email, or fax?
Asymmetry in European regulator tech abilities could add to market’s workload
Would whoever’s left at the CFTC please turn on the light?
Lack of resources – and commissioners – becoming increasingly apparent at US regulator
The Dark Ages: US and EU unite in position limit vagaries
Regulators’ inactivity infuriates commodities markets
Beware the pitfalls of right- and wrong-way risk
Credit exposure can be hazardous. Misinterpreting the risks posed can be ruinous
US shale fluffing its feathers in mating dance with banks
Cash-addicted producers are making greater use of hedging to attract loans
Who wants to be a forecaster?
Forecasting gas storage levels is an ugly, thankless – but essential – task
Opec learns to love hedge funds
Net long position weakens after cartel announces change in attitude to price drivers
The hazards of toothless transparency requirements
Giving management the freedom to do what it wants may not improve the energy industry's reputation
Political gaming casts energy further into age of disruption
With regulatory change in the air, market participants must be more aware of the situations those with legislative responsibility find themselves in