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BGC acquires Radix
Interdealer broker BGC has purchased Singapore-based broker Radix Energy, enabling BGC to offer voice and electronic brokerage services for products such as crude oil, naptha, middle distillates, fuel oil and freight.
Meteor unveils latest commodity offering
Meteor Asset Management has launched a protected commodities plan which allows investors to participate in the performance of a basket of eight equally-weighted hard and soft commodities at a rate of either 130% or 165%.
Crude oil hits new record
Crude oil for March delivery rose 73 cents to finish at a new record closing high of $100.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today.
TFS Energy launches Green Finance Division
TFS Energy has launched TFS Green Finance, which aims to provide clients with merchant banking and brokerage solutions for the environmental markets.
ICAP executes first US Compliance Carbon Allowance Trade
ICAP announced today that its energy and emissions arm has executed the first over-the-counter (OTC) compliance carbon allowance transaction in the United States.
Imarex buys Spectron
Imarex ASA, the holding company that owns Oslo-based broker / exchange Imarex and clearing house NOS, has agreed to purchase interdealer broker Spectron Group for £70 million ($138 million).
SSY freight screen links to NOS for clearing
Shipbroker SSY has added a direct link to NOS clearing for clients of is freight derivatives trading platform, run in conjunction with globalCOAL.
S&P launches ESG India index
S&P, risk advisory firm Crisil and social and environmental research firm KLD Research and Analytics have launched the S&P ESG India Index, which comprises companies whose business strategies and performance demonstrate a high level commitment to meeting…
Bank of America and Climate Exchange call off joint venture
Bank of America and Climate Exchange, parent company of the Chicago Climate Exchange and European Climate Exchange, have scrapped plans for a formal joint venture.
EEX and Eurex to launch CER futures in March
The carbon trading cooperation between European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Eurex will expand further with the imminent launch of futures contracts for certified emissions reduction (CER) credits.
Evolution Launches Freight Brokerage Division
Evolution Markets has launched a freight brokerage division, providing brokerage and structured transaction services to global ocean freight markets.
African dream
Regional Focus: Africa
Salt of the earth - Macquarie seeks, and finds, alpha returns from commodities
Macquarie has an enviable experience in the commodities and softs markets both trading and structuring products, so it was only logical it has put this to work in a hedge fund format, writes David Walker
Reaching for the stars ..
Alpstar has launched a range of credit-related funds and products, and is branching into equity hedge fund management as well. David Walker sat down with the team at Alpstar to find out more ..
Halbis enjoys the best of both worlds
Halbis's fund offerings are as broad as they are interesting, writes David Walker
Far-sighted foresight
Stenham has got key decisions right, at the right time in the past, about the future, so David Walker asked Harry Wulfsohn about what the future now holds for the FoHF group
Bullish on bullion
Gold
Indexes emerge
Emissions Trading
Less is more
Utilities are leading the chorus for greater energy efficiency in the US. But, as David Watkins discovers, their drive to secure profits while selling less power is proving to be a major regulatory challenge
The business of saying no
Rising energy prices have caused an upturn in demand response - or energy curtailment - in the last two years. Elisa Wood looks at how this is impacting power markets
Sweet release
Equity release
Sovereign wealth saviours
The financial markets have found their new superhero. With major investment banks on their knees after whopping subprime-related writedowns and liquidity in the bond markets severely affected, the arrival of sovereign wealth funds, with their groaning…
Drying up down under
Liquidity in Australia's nascent structured credit market has suffered as a result of the subprime squeeze, leading to an inevitable bout of finger-pointing. Marion Williams reports