Articles by Gillian Carr
NWE power market coupling struck by delays
A tough nut to crack
Financial transaction tax could raise energy company hedging costs
FTT will increase hedging costs for energy companies and deter them from trading with financial counterparties, firms say
Tankard natural gas indexes greeted with scepticism
Traders show little enthusiasm for Tankard indexes of European natural gas, despite ongoing concerns about the reliability of assessments by price reporting agencies. Gillian Carr reports
Energy firms increasingly using stress tests to cope with regulatory change
Utilities and other energy firms are working hard to refine and enhance the scenarios they use for stress testing. Given recent market events, the impact of regulatory change and large-scale liquidity crises are taking on an increasingly important role…
Isda seeks to dispel speculation myths with commodity website
Isda turns up the volume in controversial debate over commodity speculation and position limits
Coal derivatives activity rises in Europe and US despite differences
A tale of two continents
Railroad indexing to API 2 could help US coal exporters manage risk
Link to API 2 could make exports look more attractive and reflects growing participation in coal market by US firms
Turning points: Gazprom M&T's Rob Pringle
Turning points: Gazprom Marketing & Trading’s Rob Pringle
European energy firms struggle with unclear Remit rules
Uncertain remit
Carbon price sinks as EU vote is delayed
The European Commission is proposing to cut the supply of European Union Allowances to bolster prices, but delays to the plan are causing prices to sink, reports Gillian Carr
Energy Risk Europe: Firms weigh up data management systems for regulation
Sapient Global Markets, Vitol and Gazprom Marketing & Trading discuss how firms can prepare data management systems for regulatory requirements
Energy Risk Europe: Austrian Airlines risk manager rails against hedging
Austrian Airlines risk manager argues fuel hedging delays firms' adaptation to higher costs and should be avoided
Turning points: DME’s Christopher Fix
Christopher Fix
Energy Risk Europe: The challenge ahead
Threats and challenges
Energy market focuses on counterparty risk
Avoiding counterparty meltdown
European Commodity Clearing adds two board members
Management board of European Commodity Clearing brought into line with parent company
Influx into Italian electricity
European power: Italian influx
Basis trading to emerge in European gas
Natural gas basis swaps increasingly used in over-the-counter market and could eventually trade on exchanges
Energy firms tune in to weather forecasts
Blowing in the wind?
Profile: Gunvor’s David Fyfe
Turning points: Gunvor’s David Fyfe
Energy Risk Europe: Indexes won’t be included in MAD, say panellists
Energy indexes may not be included in EU market abuse rules, but remain likely to be hit by further scrutiny
Energy Risk Europe 2012: EU power market integration faces next set of hurdles
The next stages of creating an integrated European electricity market should focus on the intra-day market, direct current cables and preparing trading strategies post-2014, say panellists at Energy Risk Europe
Ice’s decision to buy gas exchange bodes well for TTF: analysts
The Title Transfer Facility natural gas hub is expected to see increased market interest, after Ice's decision to acquire a majority share in APX-Endex's gas exchange