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No commodity futures extension to Hong Kong Stock Connect
China will instead look to build futures trading onshore via the Shanghai free trade zone
Asia oil consumers line up to lock in low prices
Dealers report significant spikes in volumes as oil hits a five-year low
Financial trading worsened oil plunge – Risk.net poll
Most respondents say paper trading had some impact, but disagree on how much
Consumers exceeding bank credit lines slows oil hedging
Many have large unrealised losses from trades in second half of 2014
Icap Energy’s Francis wrestles with regulatory change
New European energy and commodities head faces tough decisions
Anatomy of a model: Valuation of physical assets
Quant ideas paper dissects layers of valuation models for physical assets
Socar snaps up Phibro's London-based trading team
Other commodities moves at EDF Trading, Glencore, Goldman Sachs and DME
IEA, IEF and Opec probe role of markets in oil crash
Impact of US shale, speculation and bank commodity exits high on the agenda
Oil indexation battle continues despite oil collapse
Europe’s utilities still pushing for hub-based gas prices amid oil rout
EU and US position limits will hit the wrong target
Dodd-Frank and Mifid II won't stop market disorder but will penalise hedgers
Bank and investor exodus worsened oil rout, traders say
Role of financial participants in price plunge adds new twist to old debate
End-users press Congress for Dodd-Frank fixes
Commodity firms blast CFTC over hedge exemptions to position limits
EU commodity position limits prove tricky to hammer out
Energy companies worried by lack of detail on how Mifid II rules will work
Rolling back the frontiers
Sponsored Q&A: Gen-i
Right-way risk can create a false sense of security
Counterparty correlations are no substitute for due diligence, argues Kaminski
Vitol veteran Preston joins energy brokerage
Cornerstone builds commodity finance business by hiring Duncan Preston
EU commodity position limits too cumbersome, firms say
Mifid II proposals seen as bad for end-users and market liquidity
Iosco likely to act on commodity storage concerns
Regulator probe touches on controversy over warehouses and role of banks
Power capacity mechanisms worry EU electricity traders
Schemes pose threat to electricity markets and integration, firms say
US record-keeping rule hits commodity derivatives end-users
CFTC rule change forces firms to retain piles of pre-trade communications
UK power grid needs investment to keep lights on in future
Capacity crunch looms due to uncertainty and congestion, warns Genscape’s Dale
Goldman and Citi defy gravity on commodity VAR
Two banks' commodity VAR stays about the same or increases from 2012–14
Commodities regulation since the financial crisis
Interactive timeline of major developments affecting commodity markets
Variation margin calls drove China copper smelter insolvent
Ill-considered futures trade claims first victim of tighter post-Qingdao financing climate