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Fortis offers gold protection in Turkey

Fortis Investments and its wholly owned Turkish entity Fortis Portföy have launched the Fortýs Koruma Amaçlý 1. Fonu, an onshore gold-linked capital protected fund. The trade is the fifth capital protected fund launched by Fortis in Turkey.

Barcap’s inflation inspiration

Barclays Capital has launched the AUD Inspire Index, which is designed to provide synthetic inflation protection for Australia using a weighted combination of actively traded and liquid inflation swap indexes from the US, UK and euro area.

BBVA strengthens Asian business

BBVA Global Markets has reinforced its team in Asia by appointing Daryl Chen as head of equity derivatives sales. The hire is cited as part of the bank's build up of its team in Asia and its franchise in Greater China both in equities and fixed income.

One stop shop

The world’s biggest commodity exchanges continue to expand the range of products they offer, often into diverse commodity classes. Rachel Morison looks at the benefits and drawbacks for traders as commodity exchanges branch out beyond their traditional…

LNG buyer, beware

LNG aggregators are becoming increasingly active in LNG markets but buyers need to be aware of key issues during purchase negotiations with them, write Susan Farmer and Ben Smith of Fulbright & Jaworski

Choppy outlook

Dry freight rates begin the year at levels far below the start of 2008 on plummeting demand. Peter Norfolk at SSY discusses the outlook for 2009

To be or not to be in 2009?

Commodity hedge funds performed particularly badly last year, losing over $200 billion collectively, with 15% of energy funds now closing shop. Michael Laznicka of Gardner Finance asks whether commodity funds will reappear and recover in 2009

Managing credit risk - Escaping credit risk

Managing credit risk is now one of the most pressing issues in energy trading. Britta Berlinghof, senior credit officer at Nuon, looks at implications of the 2008 crisis, and suggests some best practices in managing credit risk

A barren landscape

The credit crunch has changed the investment landscape for major energy infrastructure projects, as companies review capex plans and finance drains away. Roderick Bruce examines the implications

Give us credit

Credit is widely seen as the biggest challenge facing energy risk managers in 2009, with many believing a radical overhaul of existing risk practices is due. Pauline McCallion investigates

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