Commodities/Commodities
Back in time: a brief history of LME’s nickel meltdown
As prices went haywire, margin remained frozen and calls to suspend trading were rejected
Curbs on hedging threaten to short-circuit Bulb sale
Insolvent energy supplier is barred from holding long-dated forwards – which could deter potential buyers
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings: banks and brokers battle extreme volatility
Winners of the 2022 Commodity Rankings needed new approaches to manage extreme price swings
Increasing automation is a top priority for CTRM software users
Achieving higher levels of automation within the CTRM landscape is a top priority this year at commodities firms, survey finds
Energy Risk Software Rankings: dealing with volatility
Volatility triggers greater need for commodity trading and risk management software
Managing physical and financial risk in today’s volatile commodities markets
This webinar examines what firms are doing to modernise their IT systems to get better control on their risk measures and key performance indicators across their physical and financial businesses.
Natural gas/LNG house of the year: Engie
Energy Risk Awards 2021: In a volatile market Engie continued to grow its gas and asset management businesses
Lacima’s models stand the test of major risk events
Lacima’s consistent approach between trading and risk has allowed it to dominate the enterprise risk software analytics and metrics categories for nearly a decade
The evolution of CTRM systems into commodity management systems
Enuit explores the importance of well-linked and fully integrated trading and operational systems to ensure trades that seem solid are not non-viable once operational factors are included into calculations, and posits the key considerations when…
Grasping new technologies is a key challenge for energy risk managers
Understanding what new technologies offer is a top challenge for energy risk managers, survey finds
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings: firms provide a lifeline in choppy waters
Winners of the 2021 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings supported clients in unprecedented times to be voted counterparties of choice
Energy Risk Software Rankings: testing times for technology
Commodities software users vote for the technologies that steered them through the recent chaos
2021 brings big changes to the carbon market landscape
ZE PowerGroup Inc. explores how newly launched emissions trading systems, recently established task forces, upcoming initiatives and the new US President, Joe Biden, and his administration can further the drive towards tackling the climate crisis
Quant Finance Master’s Guide 2021
Risk.net’s guide to the world’s leading quant master’s programmes, with the top 25 schools ranked
Banks explore ESG-linked deal contingents
Trend for tying derivatives to ethical criteria could soon extend to deal contingent hedges
CFTC’s Behnam: regulators must be alert to ‘greenwashing’
Risk USA: ESG products that miss sustainability goals may fall foul of customer protection rules
Managing commodity risk in turbulent times
Faced with today’s razor-thin margins, firms must be able to monitor all risks holistically, in real time and to hedge effectively. This brings technological challenges, and many firms are now grappling with issues such as getting the right datasets,…
Banks, regulators call for global climate risk standards
Carney and Winters warn private sector cannot move much further without lawmakers
Podcast: the difficulties of decarbonisation
What are energy firms doing to measure and mitigate transition risk?
How energy firms can keep up with the pace of digital change
In this webinar, a panel discusses what organisations should keep in mind as they embark on their digitalisation journey, the challenges of which they need to be aware to be aware and what is next on the horizon
Vol decay and correlation flips: CFM’s take on the Covid crisis
Market bounce-back blindsided quant investment firm – and others
Power surge: the value of investing in renewables
Energy market expert investigates ways to forecast future power prices and capture rates in order to value renewables PPAs
How Shell integrated FX algos into its corporate treasury mix
Interview: oil giant puts up to 50% of spot flows through algos, explains FX head Michael Dawson
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?