Commodities
Launched in 1994, Energy Risk is an online publication and in-person events company dedicated to the energy risk management and risk transfer business.
Please visit energyrisk.com for more insight and commentary.
Growing pains
Commodities
Safe from subprime?
Australian credit
Wordly wise
Profile
Scorched credit
Cover Story
LEBA launches CER index
The London Energy Brokers’ Association (LEBA) is launching a benchmark index for certified emissions reductions (CERs) on 3 December. The LEBA Carbon CER Index will be calculated using the average of trades for physical delivery transacted by LEBA…
Barcap launches CER swaps
Barclays Capital has launched and traded the first financially settled certified emissions reduction (CER) swap based on publicly available pricing sources.
Amerex forms REC purchasing partnership with Aramark
Amerex Brokers has formed a partnership with professional services firm Aramark Corporation to provide clients with an array of energy services, including the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs).
ETF Securities offers more access to commodity futures
ETF Securities (ETFS) has launched four more exchange traded commodities (ETCs) on the London Stock Exchange which will give investors exposure to commodity futures prices. The commodities will track the Dow Jones-AIG three-month forward indexes for…
Barcap invests in Canadian carbon capture
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC, has completed what it calls “a significant investment” in Enhance Energy, a Calgary-based private company specializing in CO2 enhanced oil recovery and sequestration.
New Year start for E.On Energy Trading
From January 2008, German utility EOn will combine all its European power, gas, coal, oil and carbon trading operations in the new business EOn Energy Trading (EET), headquartered in Düsseldorf.
RWE to invest €1 billion per year in renewables; founds new company
German utility RWE has announced the creation of a renewable energy company, RWE Innogy, which will be backed by at least €1 billion of investment per year.
EDF Trading and Chubu collaborate on coal
EDF Trading and Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company are to establish a new coal business, Chubu Energy Trading, based in Nagoya, Japan.
Regulation and compliance biggest strategic risk, says Ernst & Young
Daily news headlines
Nymex takes 15% share in Imarex
New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) has agreed to acquire 15.1% of Norwegian derivatives exchange Imarex for around $52 million. Nymex will buy the shares from founding Imarex shareholder Frontline, a Bermuda-based crude oil tanker company.
JP Morgan launches commodity curve index
JP Morgan has launched its Commodity Curve Index (JPMCCI), a family of passive benchmark indices that are curve-neutral and diversified across a broad universe of commodities. The index captures investment opportunities across the futures curve while…
TFS brokers first Singapore-approved CDM project
TFS Energy has brokered the first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project to be approved by a Singaporean Designated National Authority (DNA).
Linked global carbon market could be worth €800 billion
A linked global carbon market between six major regions could be worth €600–800 billion, European Energy Exchange (EEX) chief operating officer Maik Neubauer said today at a press conference