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Carbon complexities

The EU ETS adds price complexity to European energy markets and the trend towards pan-European markets means far more complex models will be needed to model carbon risk, writes Bjorn Brochmann

The right of refusal

Traders have learned that giving away free financial options can be costly. However, free options can take many forms. Brett Humphreys and Tamara Weinert discuss the value of a risk management option that can easily be given away

Playing power games

Thanks to increasing consolidation, it seems the country-specific energy exchange will soon be a thing of the past in Europe. But is this level of competition premature?

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Credit in the limelight

Today's business climate is pushing credit risk higher up the risk management agenda, as our Energy Credit Risk conference in New York showed. Stella Farrington reviews the event

Off to a flying start

Aviation is one of the fastest growing sectors in terms of carbon emissions, but a move by the European Commission to include airlines in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme has alarmed some in the industry

Top tips and dirty tricks

You don't have to be a genius to work as a quant - though it helps - but you do have to know a few tricks of the trade. So where should aspiring energy quants start? Neil Palmer offers some suggestions

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Papering over the cracks

High energy prices are forcing pulp-and-paper makers to take action against falling profits, yet most companies are still shying away from energy price hedging. But that situation may be slowly changing. Joe Marsh reports

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