Commodity markets
Nymex offers electronic options trading on oil, natural gas, gold and silver
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) will offer options trading for crude oil, natural gas, gold, and silver on the CME Globex electronic trading platform from June 24 for a trade date of June 25
Uncertainty mounts as Optionable falls
Aa bleak week for Optionable Inc, the New York-based energy brokerage behind the Bank of Montreal’s gas trading losses, has continued to get worse. Uncertainty is now growing over the brokerage's relationship with the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).
Deutsche Bank
Derivatives House of the Year
IntercontinentalExchange
Exchange of the Year
Feeling the heat
Uncertainty over future fuel prices is proving a headache for airlines. While many put on successful hedges last year ahead of widely anticipated price spikes, this year's price falls have discouraged hedging. Joe Marsh looks at how airlines in Asia are…
HSBC
Precious Metals House of the Year
DME launch delayed
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) today announced that it has delayed its launch by one month until June 1, 2007, subject to regulatory approvals of its clearing arrangement.
Charging at commodities
Canada may rank as the world's third largest hydrocarbon producer, yet its energy derivatives market has been, up to now, somewhat constrained. David Watkins reports
Banking on a fall
Cover story
Las materias primas en el centro del debate
Fondos de inversión libre (hedge funds)
Stepping up surveillance
CFTC chairman Reuben Jeffery talks to Alexander Campbell
War of words escalates in Cbot battle
A week after IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) announced its audacious $10 billion attempt to prise the Chicago Board of Trade from their grip, Chicago Mercantile Exchange executives gathered in Chicago to pour scorn on the proposal.
ICE proposes $10 billion merger with CBOT
The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has made a proposal to the Chicago Board of Trade to combine the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction that would create the world’s most comprehensive derivatives exchange, ICE announced today.
Commodities: Getting ahead of the curve
Special report: Focus on Germany
Feeling the heat
Cover story
DME announces launch date
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the Middle East’s first energy futures exchange, has announced that it will officially launch on 1 May.
Going for gold
Energy and Commodity Rankings 2007: Metals
Underlying concerns
Exchange-traded Funds
Playing hardball
Exchanges
UBS takes top metals spot
UBS has won top spot in this year's metals poll, pushing last year's winner, Barclays Capital, into second place. Goldman Sachs finishes in third position and HSBC in fourth, in a year characterised by volatile metal prices. By Mark Pengelly, with…
ICE/Nymex rivalry deepens over softs
Soft commodities such as coffee and sugar are the latest battleground for rival exchanges ICE and Nymex. David Watkins charts the showdown
