Stella Farrington
Head of content
Stella Farrington has been writing about developments in energy markets for over 20 years, working at Futures World News and Dow Jones Newswires before moving to Energy Risk in 2004. She spent eight years as the editor of Energy Risk and six years as a writer, before moving into her current role, in 2018, as Energy Risk’s head of content.
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EU commodities regulation: outlook for 2017
Key regulatory matters for energy firms in the months ahead
European energy clearing stalls amid conflicting rules
Energy trading volumes continue to rise in 2016
Energy firms given second escape path from Mifid II
Revival of capital test "a workable solution" for asset-heavy companies
‘Wrong type of liquidity’ spells trouble for energy hedges
Cyclical lull conceals structural shift as liquidity becomes shorter-dated and more flighty
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2016: The winners
BP takes energy dealer of the year after ramping up third-party and structured business
Asia data provider of the year: GlobalView
Data provider aims to disrupt with enterprise-wide solution and emphasis on integration
Energy risk teams explore use of KRI metrics
KRIs show particular promise for managing operational risk
Enterprise risk management powers up at utilities
Revived focus on ERM, but expectations now more realistic on what it can achieve
Embattled utilities increase focus on ERM
ERM remains just a compliance function at many utilities, say consultants
Plastics hedging rising amid US chemical industry boom
Several obstacles limiting potential growth, say plastics market participants
Cargill sees growth in plastics hedging
Swaps unit of commodity trading giant describes increasing need for derivatives on resins prices
UK-EU power market integration in doubt after Brexit
Exclusion from market coupling could prove costly for UK
Brexit sparks worries about trade reporting
UK energy firms fear leaving EU may usher in new layer of reporting rules
Brexit roils UK electricity firms’ carbon hedging plans
Utilities may unwind hedges amid uncertainty over EU emissions market
Credit risk in energy: Best practices for challenging times
Sponsored webinar: Moody's Analytics
UK commodity traders face regulatory chaos from Brexit
Some trading units may move to EU to retain passporting rights
Trade surveillance slow to catch on at energy firms
Even as EU Market Abuse Regulation kicks in, few companies have systems to flag suspect trades
European energy regulators step up market surveillance
Despite quality concerns, monitoring of Remit trade data is under way, officials say
Energy firms under pressure to improve trade surveillance
Monitoring at most energy firms inadequate for regulation, say consultants
EU energy firms kept waiting by stand-off over Mifid II rule
Progress on ancillary exemption halted by ‘political’ dispute between EC and Esma
Energy trading firms race to improve analytics capabilities
Surging availability of data lets firms with best market insight gain an edge
EU energy firms ‘working in the dark’ on Remit reporting
Uncertainty lingers even as firms begin reporting bilateral power and gas trades
IT heads of energy trading firms wrestle with budget cuts
Migration to cloud-based solutions considered as budgets fall 20–25% in 2016