Energy
Hedge funds: The bargain hunters
There are rich pickings to be had amongst the ruins of the summer's ravaged credit markets: hedge funds that survived the crisis are now putting together funds to invest in the wide availability of cheap securities. Nikki Marmery meets the executives at…
The Big Interview: Andrew Feltus
The man who controls Pioneer Investment Management's $11 billion high-yield bond portfolio tells Dalia Fahmy how he plans to make money in 2008
GRC Roundtable: Getting the edge
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Heating up
Structured products
For whom cat risk tolls
Reinsurance derivatives
Seeking an annuity option
US Pensions
Index round-up
News
Fine-tuning protection
Profile
ETF round-up
News
Mixed reception to oversight efforts
Attempts by the US Senate to grant the CFTC greater market oversight have met with a mixed response, writes David Watkins
JP Morgan and Chemoil form alliance
Investment bank JP Morgan and fuel supplier Chemoil Energy have formed a strategic alliance to cross-market physical and financial energy products to their respective clients.
Overrated regulation
Risk management
Raising ETS issues
Australia emissions
A quantum shift
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Marking to mayhem
Market ups and downs have produced a roller-coaster ride for mark-to-market valuations of structured credit. Funds have responded by suspending net asset value calculations, arguing it is impossible to fairly value assets held by them under present…
Crude price surges past $95
Crude oil futures closed at a new record high Wednesday, driven by U.S. crude inventories dropping to the lowest level in two years and a falling dollar following the Federal Reserve’s rate cut.
Federal carbon trading bill to be "passed next year,” says lawmaker
A Democrat on the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee says that a carbon cap and trade bill could be passed in the United States as soon as the middle of 2008.
Crude oil sets new price record
Crude oil futures closed at a new record high Monday, driven by tight fundamentals, geopolitical tensions and a production setback in Mexico.