Energy Risk - Energy Risk July 2011 issue
Articles in this issue
Q&A – CFTC's Scott O'Malia
CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia shares his views with Ned Molloy on, amongst other things, systemic risk, position limits, the use of non-cash collateral and the jurisdictions of the CFTC and FERC
Global economic ripple effect spreads to US power
Growing US coal exports and increased investor activity are linking traditionally domestic markets such as power to global economic events. Pauline McCallion finds out about this trend
FERC requirements “burdensome & potentially misleading”
A move to boost the electricity market’s transparency through additional data reporting has drawn criticism and raised questions about the FERC’s focus. Pauline McCallion reports
Trading positions - July 2011
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Approaches to strategic risk for energy risk managers
Strategic move
Grasp of investor trends now a necessity
Investor interest
Weather risk: gauging the exposure
There is now an array of instruments available to hedge weather exposure, but evaluating that exposure is far harder than quantifying standard exposures such as commodity price risk. Garth Renne and Shaun Hatch discuss approaches to analysing wind and…
What lies ahead for weather risk management?
Brighter skies ahead?
Assessing nuclear risk in the aftermath of Fukushima
Assessing nuclear risk
Cutting edge: Pricing carbon-linked bonds
Within the framework of Phase II of the EU ETS, which has consecutive compliance periods that allow banking and borrowing, Daniel Bloch expresses the dynamics of Certified Emission Reductions as a function of European Union Allowances, and computes the…
Energy Risk – 2011 awards dinners - held in Houston & London
Energy Risk rewarded excellence at the recent rankings receptions held in Houston and London
Special report - Weather risk
This month's special report looks explores the state of play in the innovative weather derivatives market
