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Evolution launches catastrophe derivatives division
Environmental brokerage firm Evolution Markets has introduced a brokerage and transaction service to focus on the catastrophe derivatives market.
Market focus
Northern Europe’s power generation fleet is set to undergo drastic changes going into the next decade due to regulation and retirements. Point Carbon analysts Paulo Homen Cristo and Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer outline the potential impacts these factors…
DME sells equity stake to trading firms
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) has concluded the sale of a 20% equity stake in the exchange to six global financial institutions and energy trading firms.
Limited oil and gas resources seen as biggest risk for NOCs
Limited oil and gas resources were identified as the highest risk issue for national oil companies (NOCs), according to a survey of NOCs by risk advisory firm Marsh.
Carbon market associations join forces
A merger between the Carbon Markets Association (CMA) and International Carbon Investors (ICI) has brought together sixty banks, law firms and service providers that work within the carbon market, including Barclays Capital, JP Morgan and RBS Sempra.
BlueNext CER spot to launch on August 12
Paris-based environmental exchange BlueNext will launch trading in its physically delivered Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) spot contract on August 12.
Russian gas fund sees challenges with outstanding opportunities
Russia's privatisation of its energy sector is throwing up some good prospects as well as challenges for Pharos Financial. Jamie Wynn-Williams talks to the investment company about how it has found ways to take advantage of the opportunities in the…
Mark Quartermain
The president of Shell Energy NorthAmerica and head of Shell EnergyTrading explains to Roderick Bruce whyhe has known since childhood that hewanted to work in oil
The state of freight
With freight derivatives volumes at record highs, investor products are now being developed in the shipping derivatives market. Ryan Davidson looks at whether the market has matured sufficiently to attract investor interest
Profile: Dow Chemical - Chemical reaction
Dow Chemical, the largest commercial consumer of energy in the US, is trying to formulate a response to soaring annual energy costs of $32 billion, while meeting environmental targets. Roderick Bruce examines the company's energy strategies
A time to trade?
The launch of CERs futures on Indian exchanges is breathing new life into CDM projects in India. Speculators have entered the market and are creating liquidity in CERs and, as a result, more carbon-financing options, finds Catherine Lacoursiere
Trading strategies - Walking a fine line
A worrying trend is emerging in the UK corporate world, with many companies adopting extremely risky strategies in a bid to reduce their exposure to energy price volatility, says Utilyx chief executive Chris Bowden
International financial regulation centre planned
Regulatory News
Looking over the counter-arguments
A UK government panel investigating the role of speculators in global crude oil markets has called for more transparency in the opaque over-the-counter (OTC) market, writes Roderick Bruce