Energy Risk - February 2015

Articles in this issue
Managing external pressures at agricultural organisations
Organisations that remain active in markets such as agricultural trading have been forced to rethink risk management and trading, reformulating strategies to tackle this brand new financial world
Finding and retaining trading talent in a competitive agricultural job market
Sponsored feature: Commodity Appointments
Hedging commodity exposure in international markets
Sponsored feature: CME Group
Biofuels go global
Sponsored feature: SCB & Associates
The role of technology in commodities trading and risk management
Sponsored feature: Murex
Adapting to change in agricultural commodities markets
A swap dealer’s products and services should offer the necessary flexibility and control to respond in real time to market volatility and changing business dynamics
‘Over-broad’ CFTC rules hurt end-users, Giancarlo says
Commissioner urges rethink of Dodd-Frank Act position limits rule
Oil prices collapse: assessing the ‘known unknowns’
Vincent Kaminski explores the potential dangers lurking in oil markets
Managing risk in agricultural commodities
Introduction
EU ETS to become bigger priority for industrials
Strengthening prices increase need for risk management, firms say
E.on Global Commodities CRO unfazed by renewables plan
Utility's split is just the latest transition in David Port's career
Market manipulation push is widening the compliance gap
Aggressive pursuit of wrongdoing harms market efficiency and competition
Dodd-Frank reporting lets traders prey on hedgers
Hedging transactions by end-users exposed by CFTC reporting rules
Morgan Stanley names new commodities co-heads
Other commodities moves at Danske Commodities, Evolution Markets & Mercuria
Commodity derivatives lead the way for OTC reform
Enron proved merits of bottom-up evolution, not change imposed from above
Cutting edge: Kriging smooth energy futures curves
Applying kriging to extract smooth curves from energy futures prices
SG CIB wins Risk and Energy Risk Commodity Rankings
Rankings marked by dramatic exits and one impressive comeback