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Koch markets first volatility swap
Koch Supply & Trading, a division of energy conglomerate Koch, has marketed the first energy volatility swap in a deal with hedge fund Centaurus, a move the Wichita, Kansas-based oil trader hopes will increase its share in options markets and attract…
Breaking down the model
Brett Humphreys and Andy Dunn outline a method to help energy companies minimise potential model risk and thereby avoid costly errors in valuing deals.
Independent third-party to take over Trac-x imminently
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are in the final stages of negotiations to hand over their credit derivatives index product Trac-x to an independent third-party. The move will happen “within a matter of days”, Andrew Palmer, head of credit derivatives…
Schwarzenegger pressed to give details of Ken Lay meeting
California-based lobby group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR), has asked Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s governor-elect, to explain the substance of his private May 2001 meeting with Enron chief, Ken Lay. FTCR, a non-profit…
'A good deal for regulators and banks'
Paul Kupiec's article in the August issue of Risk – Does CP3 get it right? – raised a number of concerns about the application of Basel II to retail portfolios.
Banks get set to prepare feisty responses to the US ANPR
NEW YORK - US banks are going to hit back hard at the country's regulatory agencies in their responses to the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR).
The great gas price divide
Natural Gas
Eyeing the pricing
Natural Gas
Profiting from gas prices
Natural Gas
CFTC to sue AEP over false gas trades
Ohio-based utility American Electric Power (AEP) has been charged with reporting 2,800 false natural gas trades to energy price index companies, such as Platts, and attempting to manipulate natural gas prices. The charges, levied by the US Commodity…
A better man
Man Group has seen record profits and fund raisings over the last few years. What is its secret?
Gold rush
COMMODITIES
Farms weather power shortages
Farmers in both hemispheres are struggling to cope with heat waves and droughts while pondering the prospect of future power supply disruptions, finds Maria Kielmas
Any last words?
CP3 comments
Power to the European gas markets
Natural Gas
Late for the party?
Retail investors
US gas squeeze hits power
Natural Gas
Gas supply problems persist
Natural Gas
To store or not to store
Natural Gas
Utilities: stoking the flames
Credit of the month
King ofjunk
Michael Milken