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Focus on regional strategies brings value for investment managers
Following a strategy focused on a specific region gives managers a chance to concentrate on a specific universe of investment opportunities that can bring good returns for portfolios. Stephen Quigley and Jamie Wynn-Williams talk to managers running funds…
Don't bet on the bank
The failure of a major investment bank. The bailout of the US mortgage agencies. The rumoured demise of further financial institutions. Now does not seem like the ideal time to be investing in the financials sector. Or does it? Laurence Neville reports
Chaos theory - Why a little instability might be no bad thing for the future of the credit market
The recent history of the financial markets has been a story of cheap and widely available credit and advances in risk management techniques that have enabled investors to accurately price - in theory, at least - a book of risks. David Boorer of Northern…
Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask... Michael Thompson of Standard & Poor's looks at factors influencing the credit crisis
Exclusive Interview: Jerry Del Missier
It's been a month that will go down as a seminal time in the history of the banking industry. Big investment banks have failed. Others have stepped in, sensing an unmissable opportunity to extend their franchise. Barclays Capital is one of them. Its…
Beware the Russian bear
The tables have turned on the Russian debt markets. After a splurge of corporate issuance in the last three years, the latter half of this year has proven a tough time for the country's financial markets. Falling oil prices, the Georgian conflict,…
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EDF Trading to acquire Eagle Energy from Lehman Brothers
London-based EDF Trading has agreed to purchase Eagle Energy Partners, a Houston-based energy marketing and services company acquired by Lehman Brothers in May 2007.
APX Group buys Endex
Amsterdam-based exchange operator APX Group has purchased fellow Dutch energy exchange company Endex for an undisclosed fee, and plans to merge the two businesses.
HKMA and SFC meet with Minibond investors / MAS in contact with FIs
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) met yesterday with Lehman Minibond investors and representatives of the distributors who sold the first-to-default notes. The meeting followed street protests by HK…
EDF to buy British Energy
French utility EDF has agreed to pay £12 billion for nuclear generator British Energy. EDF has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Centrica that will allow the UK utility to take a 25% stake in British Energy for £3 billion.
CFTC to examine crude oil volatility
Record price movements in the price of crude oil earlier this week have drawn further scrutiny from regulators.
Imarex to launch electronic Time Charter Equivalent contracts
Norwegian freight derivatives exchange Imarex will introduce the first electronic Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) contracts in October, the company has announced.
Merrill Lynch European power market expansion plans remain in place
Merrill Lynch’s plans to expand further into European power markets remain unaffected by the bank’s impending merger with Bank of America, says Rupen Tanna, managing director and co-head of commodities.
Gulf Coast refineries resuming output at reduced rate
Many US Gulf Coast refineries which shut ahead of Hurricane Ike should be operating within a week following site damage reports, according to a Platts report.
Almost 1.3 MBD US Gulf oil output still down
Some 99.6% of the US Gulf of Mexico’s oil output of 1.3 million barrels a day remained down Sunday, according to the US Minerals Management Service (MMS), following hurricane Ike which hit the Houston area on Saturday.
CFTC report on swap dealer and index trader activity
Following an unprecedented survey of off-exchange swap dealers and commodity index funds carried out in June 2008, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has made some recommendations on activities of swap dealers and commodity index traders.
Reliance establishes new trading arms
India’s oil & gas company Reliance Industries, part of Reliance Group, is to set up two new trading subsidiaries in London and Singapore.
Getting IT right
With voluntary carbon markets growing rapidly, registries are springing up to facilitate trade. Many companies, however, have not begun the crucial work of developing such internal systems. William J Scotti of Meradia Group offers some suggestions