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Copenhagen: Derailed by hot air?
There is a skeleton in the Kyoto Protocol’s closet, and it has the potential to spook the Copenhagen talks, says Andreas Arvanitakis of Point Carbon
Cutting edge: Modelling the correlation function in the crude-oil futures market
Energy market participants often require the computation of coefficients of correlation in a multi-asset portfolio. Addressing crude oil futures contracts, Ehud Ronn proposes and implements a simple procedure to reduce the cross-maturity correlations in…
Energy Risk Environmental Rankings 2009
Energy Risk carried out its second annual Environmental Rankings survey this year in which respondents voted for their preferred players in emissions & renewables markets. Katie Holliday analyses the results and talks to market participants about their…
Oil ETF/commodities indexes
Investment in oil-based commodities indexes and ETFs has grown this year, but how will potential regulatory changes impact their development? Katie Holliday looks at what products are being offered and to what extent regulatory uncertainty is impacting…
Oil price outlook 2010
Oil prices – which have been rangebound between $65–75 per barrel for most of the second half of the year, averaging just under $61/bbl for 2009 – are forecast to average more than $15 higher next year on expectations of a steady recovery in the global…
January launch for UK power market N2EX
The launch of the UK’s first liquid forward market, N2EX, aims to harness liquidity from the rest of Europe and allow smaller traders to more easily participate. Rachel Morison reports
BarCap launches LNG services with Excelerate deal
Barclays Capital today launched a liquefied natural gas (LNG) services offering with a new agreement to market Excelerate Energy’s LNG cargoes in the northeast US market.
Power sector concerned about regulatory overlap
Power sector trade bodies yesterday criticised proposals for regulation of over-the-counter derivatives, saying it would duplicate current Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) oversight of the US power market.
Index clampdown
The growth of commodity index investments has lured an increasingly diverse investor base into commodities in recent years. But with new regulations due to be announced in December, could this process be thrown into reverse? Mark Pengelly reports
Tradition to market Californian carbon offset basket
Tradition, an interdealer broker and a subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Tradition, has been awarded the exclusive mandate to market the largest agricultural methane carbon offset basket in California.
GM&T USA and Statoil sign gas MoUs
Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA (GM&T USA) and Statoil have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a series of agreements covering various gas and LNG deals.
Environmental exploitation
Recessions usually spell bad news for the environment. Promises of investment in clean energy and sustainable technology wither away as mediocre returns drive investors to count the cost of easing their conscience. But as pension funds and governments…
Iron ore swaps grow on London Dry Bulk
London Dry Bulk's trading platform LDB-X has facilitated the trade of roughly half the iron ore swap contracts cleared through the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in November.
New Indian Commodity Exchange to go live within a week
India's fourth national commodity exchange, the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX), is set to go live in less than a week's time, Reuters have reported
World Bank sells CERs through Bluenext
The Adaptation Fund of the World Bank will sell Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) through Paris-based exchange Bluenext, it announced last week.
Iberian exchange OMIP strengthens European presence
The Iberian power market derivatives exchange, Operador de Mercado Ibérico de Energía (OMIP), has signed a deal with software vendor Trayport as part of its continued expansion within the European energy markets.