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Gold a good bet for investors – Eric Sprott profile
As good as gold
A divided CFTC approves new commodities position limit rules
"The pursuit by industry of legitimate and appropriate risk management is now made unduly onerous," says CFTC commissioner Scott O'Malia
Energy Risk Europe: Oil up $4/bbl for every 1% hike in China, India oil imports: report
New research provides evidence that a relationship exists between the demand for oil from China and India and Brent crude prices
Energy Risk Europe: energy trading firms' technology not ready for new rules
Many energy trading firms have yet to begin getting the technological infrastructure in place to comply with new EU and US financial market regulations, say panellists
Energy Risk Europe: regulators need to differentiate between banks and non-banks
Regulators should be wary about applying financial market regulation to all end-users, warn panellists
Energy Risk Europe: eurozone sovereign debt fears could exacerbate oil supply problems, says Currie
Fears that the sovereign debt crisis will lead to global financial shock is causing oil producers to reduce inventory and cut back investment – creating a potential supply problem in future, warns Goldman Sachs commodities research head
Including global airlines in EU emissions scheme is legal, says EU court
Preliminary opinion of advocate-general says that US and Asian airlines cannot opt out of EU emissions trading next year
Q&A: Kwame Okyere-Mensuo, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana
Kwame Okyere-Mensuo, technical adviser at Ghana’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, talks about the country’s pioneering import hedging programme, as well as the hedging of output from the Jubilee field
CME names Gary Morsches as energy managing director
CME Group has appointed Gary Morsches as managing director of its global energy business
Oil price outlook
At the crossroads
Non-bank commodity traders should adopt Fed letter commitments, says BP executive
BP's Alan Haywood says non-banks need to consider Fed letter commitments for the good of the industry
Airlines face 82-million tonne shortfall of carbon allowances in 2012
The commercial airline sector will have to buy 82 million tonnes of carbon allowances next year in addition to free allowances, according to an aviation consultancy
Speculation not a major cause of commodity market volatility: FOA
Futures and Options Association report refutes negative impact of speculators on commodities markets
Shell Energy chief calls for regulatory data confidentiality rules
The confidentiality of energy trading data provided to regulators for market monitoring purposes continues to concern market players and regulators alike, after August leak by senator Sanders
Carbon tax here to stay: Alberta energy minister
Alberta, Canada, home to the world’s third largest oil reserves, will await further federal government moves before upping its own emissions limits or developing a carbon cap-and-trade scheme
Sponsored Q&A: APX-ENDEX
Launch of a new exchange
Who should pay for wind power risk?
Managing wind speed risk
Mexico’s hedging programme gears up for 2012
This week Mexico’s Congress will begin to debate the price at which the country hedges its oil exports next year
Credit Suisse: first cleared coking coal swap
Credit Suisse has announced the completion of the first cleared coking coal swap transaction, based on a new over-the-counter cleared contract on the CME
Shifting towards specialism will provide integrated oil companies with best returns says AT Kearney
Optimum shareholder value in the oil and gas sector is likely to come from a specialist approach rather than the traditional integrated oil company model, according to a recent report by management consulting firm AT Kearney
Slow return for Libya oil seen after Gaddafi topple
The overthrow of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi may have sent oil prices falling in recent days, but a return to full oil production in Libya is not likely for some time to come due to on-going security issues, say analysts
Cat product to transfer oil spill risk to capital markets
Catastrophe product looks to capitalise on perceived investor appetite for oil spill risk
US energy security risk is rising, index warns
The risks facing US energy security are increasing, according to an index published by the US Chamber of Commerce
Spanish gas market growth slowing, says OIES
Although Spain's gas market has grown faster than all other major Euorpean countries, it now faces a number of challenges, says the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)