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US Wrap: Short tenor and S&P 500 dominate
Three providers launched four products into the US market yesterday, all offering participation in the S&P 500 index's performance. None of the notes offer any tenor longer than two years, and one of the structures last only six months.
CDS: Tighten sharply on positive economic data
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (June 2)
Forging an index
Efforts by BHP Billiton to create an iron ore index appear to be floundering as Chinese steel producers press hard for pricing advantage. Kathleen Kearney reports
Time to celebrate
Discover the leading lights in the global energy trading and risk management industry as we reveal the winners of the 2009 Energy Risk Awards
To Copenhagen via Australia
The start of Australia's much talked-about carbon trading scheme has been put back a year to 2011. Andrew Petersen and Eros Artuso at PricewaterhouseCoopers discuss the details of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The shape of shipping
The dry-bulk freight market staged a short rebound early this year following September's dramatic crash, but prices and volumes have since dropped. Katie Holliday talks to FFA market participants about their expectations for the market from here
It’s all relative
Funds based on relativevalue arbitrage strategies have performed better than most. By Richard Jackson
Russia and the EU Gas Market
Russia is the world's largest exporter of natural gas and holds the largest reserves. With Europe increasingly dependent on Russia for future gas supplies, Eric Fishhaut of GlobaView looks at Russia's influence over gas supply and demand
Forcing the issue
Given the success of portfolio standards in the US in promoting the renewables sector, the coal and nuclear industries are calling for portfolio standards of their own. Elisa Wood reports
Bridging the gap
Asia's regional commodity exchanges are expanding but the emergence of an Asian exchange champion to challenge Western platforms looks a long way off. Georgina Lee reports
Daniel Yergin
Dr Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize and chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), discusses changes in the energy markets over the past 15 years with Pauline McCallion
Wind energy: oversize methodology
Operating wind farms to optimal efficiency is difficult to achieve. Andrés Cortés, Eduardo Martín and Enrique Doheijo of Deloitte discuss their method for improving the use of wind and its integration in power grids
Spark-spread option valuation
In this next article of the Masterclass series, Lacima Group focus on power trading and detail how industry practitioners typically value the flexibility of generation assets as real options while taking operating constraints into account
Interview: Stanley Fink, chief executive, International Standard Asset Management (ISAM)
Experience coupled with a big heart
Mounting concern over regulation burden
Hedge fund managers are emphasising their commitment to compliance and operational best practices as regulators and investors step up their scrutiny of the industry.