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Green skies ahead?
Biofuels could become part of the jet-fuel blend in as little as two years and ready for large-scale use by 2015, say experts. Katie Holliday talks to airlines, biofuels experts and carbon traders about the implications for the jet fuel market.
Flying into a storm
Extreme volatility in oil markets has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in losses on airline fuel hedges. At the same time, burgeoning margin calls have forced some to get creative with collateral agreements. How is the airline industry adapting? By…
Green shoots
Will the US Department of Energy's stimulus funding provide the financing required by the renewable energy sector?
Umbrella coverage
Pauline McCallion investigates the budding opportunities for managing weather risk in the renewable energy sector.
US and UK regulators unite to address energy futures
Daily news headlines
CDS: Spreads narrow on positive US data; Citi leads
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 20)
CDS: Spreads widen tracking stocks
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 19)
CDS: Citi, BoA lead spreads wider again
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 14)
Navigant Consulting launches structured products practice
Navigant Consulting has launched a new structured products and derivatives solutions (SPDS) practice in the UK designed to address the problems raised by market volatility. The new team includes former heads of business from both Barclays Capital and the…
CDS: Spreads narrow on positive France, Germany GDP data
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 13)
CDS: Spreads continue to widen
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 12)
CDS: Spreads widen; US banks lead
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 11)
UK Wrap: Barclays offers emerging markets and commodity plans
Growth products dominated the UK market last week. Barclays launched two interesting capped growth products - one based on emerging markets and the other focused on commodities.
CDS: Citi leads spreads narrower
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 10)
CDS: Spreads widen despite better-than-expected US jobs data
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 7)
Geithner calls time but regulatory wrangling continues
Treasury Secretary loses patience as US regulators continue to bicker over supervisory reform
CDS: Spreads narrow again; tracking equities
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 6)
CDS: Spreads tighten a touch; Citi leads
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 5)
CDS: Spreads widen after disappointing UBS earnings
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Tuesday August 4)
Great Eastern offers to buy back CDO-linked note
Great Eastern, a unit of OCBC Bank, has offered to buy back its GreatLink Choice (GLC) product, which is similar to Lehman Brothers-backed Minibonds, from 18,000 policyholders in Singapore.
UAE Central Bank restricts structured retail product sales
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has surprised industry participants by clamping down on the sale of structured products to retail clients, disclosing new rules in a statement issued to banks on August 2.
A seagull's-eye view
US offshore energy could receive a boost from a newly announced US Federal regulatory scheme. Gregory Lawrence, Mustafa Ostrander and Stephen Smith of McDermott Will & Emery outline the programme
Power plant Greeks
The computation of the price sensitivities - otherwise known as the Greeks - of a power plant is essential for proper hedging and risk management. However, due to the complexity and difficulty involved in the modelling of generation characteristics and…