Book contributions by Risk Staff
Portfolio Construction and Management
Edited by Brice Benaben and Julien Jarmoszko
Articles by Risk Staff
Latitude Technologies
Technology
Winfield Technology Corp
Technology
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems
Technology
Pavilion Technologies
Technology
Techno prisoners
Technology
Weathering the storm
Technology
KWI
Technology
Algorithmics
Technology
Pulling in different directions
Can Opec ever achieve harmonised foreign investment rules? Maria Kielmas talks to former Algerian energy minister Nordine Aït Laoussine – who says it will never work – and to harmonisation’s biggest supporter and architect Bernard Mommer, special adviser…
Courses for Californian water resources
No discussion about the state of the energy industry is complete without mentioning the Californian power crisis. Catherine Lacoursière interviews Pete Garris, acting deputy director of the California Energy Resources Scheduling division (CERS) at the…
APB Energy’s winning formula
Kentucky-based APB Energy is one of the leading energy brokerage firms in North America. It has maintained its growth despite Enron fallout, perhaps due to its diverse range of services and locations. Kevin Foster reports
The value of volatility
Brett Humphreys and Tim Essaye seek out the best method for calculating volatility by comparing different measures, and find that complex approaches aren’t necessarily the best ones to use
Modelling weather-sensitive electrical loads
Here Véronique Bugnion, Aram Sogomonian and Glen Swindle introduce a new methodology for forecasting and jointly simulating temperature and electrical load
Unleaded prices feel the heat
Data management and analytics specialist FAME Information Services looks at the effect the US driving season is having on US gasoline prices, taking into account various factors – in particular, the big impact of higher crude oil prices this summer
Building a bridge to Var
Value-at-risk (Var) is a technique often applied to the energy industry. But there are limitations to its use. Here, Leslie McNew aims to bring these limitations to light, and thereby give practitioners confidence in the use of Var
Rating agencies raise the bar
Confidence in energy traders has never been lower, and the metrics the rating agencies apply to their business are changing. James Ockenden assesses the damage
