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Convertible arbitrage falls out of favour as market confidence falters
Convertible arbitrage
Special situations strategy benefits from volatile economic conditions
Special Situations
Eighth European Performance Awards 2008
European Performance Awards 2008
Climbing the mountain
Canada's structured products market has suffered serious setbacks such as allegations of misleading marketing and a rival product explosion to name but two. But tighter regulation and a raft of new thematic structures made speakers at the 2008 Structured…
Capital foundations
The overriding characteristic of today's structured products space in France is risk aversion, but that is not stifling innovation in a market where issuance volumes continue to rise. Regulatory compliance may instead prove to be 2008's main obstacle…
Inflated or deflated?
Inflation trading
Crude figures
Oil
The state of freight
Freight derivatives
Carbon traders connect
Over 1,000 delegates signed up to the Environmental Risk carbon trading e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk on May 28. Roderick Bruce looks at some of the highlights
Power in numbers
Amid the ongoing M&A wave in the exchange and interdealer broker space, six smaller independent brokers have joined forces in a bid to stay afloat in ever-deepening liquidity pools. David Watkins reports
Between software and a hard place
The influx of new financial entrants to the energy markets is fuelling demand for less expensive web-hosted ETRM solutions and changing attitudes across the industry. How realistic such solutions currently are, however, is under debate, writes Will Rhode
A meeting of minds
Now in its 12th year, the Energy Risk USA conference in Houston once again brought together key figures in the energy industry to debate the hottest topics. The Energy Risk team reports
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