Commodities/Commodities
Podcast: mental health and the role of the CRO
Energy company CRO discusses how her firm is dealing with workplace stress as lockdowns ease
LME distressed at severity of Esma stress tests
Watchdog’s simulated price shocks said to be unprecedented in metals markets
Covid-19 and the credit crisis
This webinar discusses the credit risk challenges facing energy intensive industrials, energy producers and traders
Oil funds want to reduce risk. Will investors let them?
Despite posting big losses, funds that track front-month contracts remain popular with investors
Metals – Caught in a supply–demand tug of war
In the face of a deep, global economic contraction in the first half of 2020, prices of industrial metals have been remarkably resilient. Copper has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels at the start of the year, and while aluminium prices are lower than at…
Power surge: the evolution of PPAs
Energy industry expert looks at key developments in the power purchase agreements market
Podcast: should negative oil prices be allowed?
Did negative oil prices signify the market was operating effectively, or that something was wrong?
Derivatives house of the year: Macquarie Group
Energy Risk Awards 2020: Firm’s wide commodities presence, physical and financial risk expertise and financing capabilities result in standout deals
Rise of ethical swaps brings hedging questions
Banks ponder how to offset risks of ESG derivatives – or whether hedging is even desirable
Podcast: the future of retail investment in oil
Will negative prices and big losses curb retail investors’ appetite for oil futures over the longer term?
A positive response to negative oil prices
Overhauling pricing models could reap rewards even if prices don’t cross zero again
Count them in? Big US banks mull PCAF carbon standard
BofA, Citi and Wells Fargo looking to adopt emissions standard popular with EU lenders
ECB lays foundations for climate risk capital charge
New guide will influence capital management, but pillar two charges likely to await EBA report
Credit data: coronavirus takes toll on corporates
Financials weathered the first phase of the lockdowns, but most other sectors were hit hard
WisdomTree shuts oil ETPs after Shell terminates swap deal
Counterparty departure forces closure of eight oil trackers with $580 million of assets
Quants puzzle over how to handle negative oil prices
Firms are choosing to cut ‘outlier’ prices from data or to rely more on fundamental inputs
Energy Risk Awards 2020: The winners
Key wins for BP, Engie and Uniper while Macquarie takes the derivatives house of the year award
Bachelier – a strange new world for oil options
Model tuned to negative prices has implications for pricing, margining and delta hedging