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Weathering power's demand
Using temperature forecasts to predict power demand has some major pitfalls. Here Martin Fischer and Michael Grossman suggest ways to glean more from forecasted temperature data
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997
UK Energy Review
The UK government's July Energy Review was generally welcomed for its stance on renewables, nuclear and carbon, but many market participants had been hoping for greater clarity
Going electronic
Commodities
Into the tempest
Natural catastrophe risk models suggest that insurers are significantly under-capitalised. Firms are tapping the capital markets for billions of dollars in additional reinsurance capacity, but it may not be enough to avoid damaging rating downgrades…
Taking exception
Value-at-risk
Changing times for managing liquidity
NEW YORK – Managing and accessing liquidity in electronic foreign exchange means something entirely different now to what it did five years ago, according to Bill Hartnett, global head of forex e-commerce at Citigroup.
When Risks Collide
Operational-risk projects like Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II compliance have more in common than many firms realize. Waters asks industry participants: Does it make sense to combine op-risk efforts?
The Waiting Game
With the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive deadline just 16 months away, Waters sits down with Chris Pickles, chair of the MiFID Joint Working Group and manager of industry relations at BT Radianz, to gauge the industry's state of preparedness.