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India’s NCDEX launches futures contract in thermal coal
India’s National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) today launched a thermal coal futures contract.
Sterling Waterford launches Carbon Credit note in South Africa
Sterling Waterford Securities has listed its second Carbon Credit Note on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The note offers investors exposure to the price of Certified Emission Reductions which are part of the Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism.
CantorCO2e to hold first binding CER auction
Carbon broker CantorCO2e will hold the first binding Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) auction on 2 October.
US authorities step in to rescue GSEs
The US Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Sunday details of a rescue plan to place the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into government conservatorship.
China displaces UK in top five countries for renewables
China has moved into the top five most attractive countries for renewables investment, knocking the UK to sixth place, according to an Ernst & Young survey. The Energy country attractiveness indices, published by E&Y every quarter, look at a country’s…
Icap to broker base metals on the LME
Interdealer broker Icap has launched a London Metals Exchange (LME) base metals broking business.
Van Eck unveils first Global Hard Assets ETF
Asset manager Van Eck Global, based in New York, has launched its Market Vectors-RVE Hard Asset Producers exchange-traded fund (ETF), the first of its kind, on the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
Measuring liquidity risk
Liquidity risk
Burgeoning buyouts
Bulk purchase annuities
Powerful ambition
Backed by the financial might of Russia's Renova Group, Avelar Energy is investing in conventional and renewable energy assets across western Europe. Avelar's CEO, Igor Akhmerov, tells Roderick Bruce about his company's strategy
Power struggle
Forward liquidity has been lacking in the UK power market since 2002, and attempts to improve the situation have met with little success. Roderick Bruce considers what the future may hold for UK power trading
Martin Fraenkel
Martin Fraenkel, the global head of commodities at Calyon, talks to Katie Holliday about the commodity he values most highly – people
A path for renewables
Renewable energy needs to become a bigger part of the US energy mix, but there are still a number of hurdles to clear, explains Richard McMahon of the Edison Electric Institute
Asian retail focus
The process of tempting Asian retail investors back to credit has been an uphill struggle for distributors, who have tried to stimulate interest with a series of structured first-to-default notes that give sovereign exposure. But heavy mark-to-market…
Ups and downs
Inflation
The L&P pensions rankings survey
Life & Pensions Rankings 2008
Improving annuity pricing with address data
Technical papers
Chief risk officer of the year Joachim Oechslin
Life & Pensions Awards 2008
