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UBS launches Oilfield Strategy Index
UBS has launched the UBS Oilfield Strategy Index (UBS-OSI). This new oilfield strategy index is based on WTI crude oil (West Texas Intermediate). Financial structured products on this Oilfield Index will be available in various maturities and currencies,…
Aussies Rule
Australia is racing ahead with Basel II implementation compared with other nations. Peter Madigan asks how they have done it and whether the rest of the world can follow in their footsteps
The Pimco component
Profile
Editor's letter
Editorial
Defining security
Regulation
Shifting sands
Foreign Exchange
Asia's maritime centre
Traders hope that the arrival of freight and oil derivatives clearing for the first time in an Asian time zone will boost the growing FFA market in Asia
Industry gets energised
Attracting some 300 delegates, this year's Energy Risk USA conference was by far the biggest and most successful it's been since the fall of Enron, writes Stella Farrington
Kick-off for spot
After years of relying on long-term contracts, LNG suppliers are committing more volumes to the short-term market in hope of exploiting tight fundamentals. Oliver Holtaway explores this new trend
Knowledge is power
The first year of European carbon trading came to a bumpy end in May. But now the market finally has hard data about emissions, the ride should get smoother. Oliver Holtaway reports
Benefits of compliance
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 profoundly increases regulatory risk for energy market participants in the US, but implementing an effective compliance programme can have long-lasting benefits, writes former FERC executive William Hederman, Michael Griffen…
Clearing the way for competition
Until recently, NOS was the only player offering clearing for freight derivatives. But with the arrival of new players, competition is set to intensify. Oliver Holtaway reports
Freight derivatives market
Energy Risk looks at the latest developments in this expanding market
Steve Leppard
BP's Steve Leppard combines quant skills with sound business sense to create effective risk management solutions. He speaks to Oliver Holtaway about his career
The end of an era?
Latin American governments are hiking taxes and forcing changes to contracts with oil and gas investors in a marked departure from the economic liberalisation of the 1990s. But reality may prompt a rethink, writes Maria Kielmas
How to avoid the high-yield blow-ups
With spreads at historic tights and default rates set to rise, high-yield investors are nervous. The advice from the experts is to pick your credits carefully, stay in short-dated paper and keep an eye on interest rates. Laurence Neville guides a path…
Women in credit
Credit magazine profiles 50 top-achievers working in the global credit markets today
Abstract assets
Securitisation based on new, previously unexploited assets, is a growth industry, expected to double in size by the end of 2006. Sarfraz Thind reports on how issuers are getting smarter at applying existing tools to new areas
Aussies Rule
BASEL II
How the state allocates
State pensions
The Infrastructure challenge
Solvency platforms