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CFTC names Chilton head of energy committee
Bart Chilton, one of four commissioners at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, took charge of the regulator's energy markets advisory committee yesterday.
EPA proposes first national GHG reporting requirements
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
S&P offers carbon efficiency
Index provider Standard & Poor's has launched the first in a series of global low carbon indexes. The S&P US Carbon Efficient Index is designed to provide exposure to the performance of large-cap US companies with low carbon emissions, while aiming to…
Brokerage launches environmental arm
Phoenix Partners Group, an interdealer credit and equity derivatives broker, has launched an environmental brokerage service for the worldwide renewable energy and emissions markets.
Basel Committee to look at Tier 1 capital quality
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is preparing radical changes to its rules on capital quality, including a 'soft target' of 75% for equity capital - up from 50% today - and the possible abolition of two-tier capital, according to a senior…
Scotia Capital acquires part of UBS Energy
Scotia Capital, a subsidiary of Scotiabank, today announced the acquisition of assets and employees from UBS Energy, a unit of UBS AG.
ICE offers margin offsets on coal and emissions contracts
ICE Futures Europe has introduced margin offsets between its Coal Futures and Emissions contracts.
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Crunch time for autos
The world's carmakers are battling for survival. Should bondholders shun the sector or is there value in the firms best placed to beat the recession? Nikki Marmery reports
What to do with the toxic debt
The issue of how to tackle the vast quantities of impaired assets lingering on banks' balance sheets has given rise to several possible solutions, chief among which is the notion of a 'bad bank'. Credit asks five market participants how such a scheme…
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UK weathers the storm
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After the gold rush
Commodities
Dead in the water?
Basel II
Low in the water
Freight derivatives
Sovereign hedging lessons
The big oil-hedging losses at Sri Lankan state-owned refiner Ceylon Petroleum Corporation provide another salutary lesson in the proper use of derivatives. Is the situation reflective of state-owned energy companies as a group? By Joe Marsh
Spectron begins brokering softs and ags
Interdealer broker Spectron has launched a soft commodities and agricultural products desk.
Obama calls for economy-wide carbon cap
President Barack Obama has indicated that the administration will work with Congress on cap-and-trade legislation in an effort to increase US energy independence.
Uncertain outlook for US public power
Moody's has forecast a stable credit outlook for the US public power electric utility sector in 2009, but says the recession and environmental regulations could present challenges.