Commodities/Central banks
Moment of truth
Regulator Q&A
Product round-up
News
Exchange credentials
Index providers
Altering approaches
Corporates: Hedging strategies
Sovereign Wealth Saviours
Government funds
Oil reaches new record as gas continues to rise
Crude oil futures closed at a record $102.59 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) Thursday.
The business of saying no
Rising energy prices have caused an upturn in demand response - or energy curtailment - in the last two years. Elisa Wood looks at how this is impacting power markets
Sweet release
Equity release
Sovereign wealth saviours
The financial markets have found their new superhero. With major investment banks on their knees after whopping subprime-related writedowns and liquidity in the bond markets severely affected, the arrival of sovereign wealth funds, with their groaning…
The Big Interview: Tim Congdon
The founder of Lombard Street Research and respected economist discusses the precedent for last summer's crisis with Matthew Attwood, and explains how policymakers are damaging the market
Herd mentality
The unbridled success of the credit derivatives market over the past few years - until last summer, that is - had led large numbers of investors to adopt similar positions in the sector. Such risk concentration was always likely to cause problems if the…
Thirsting for water stocks
Underlyings
Bullish on bullion
Gold
Gaining momentum
Special Report - Malaysia
The road ahead
Conference report
Biting the bullet
Emerging-market loans