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Delivering the goods

There’s huge scope for growth in the freight derivatives market, but to attract more players, existing participants need to adopt more innovative and sophisticated trading practices, participants say. Stella Farrington reports

The energy equation

Quantitative analysis in the energy industry is undergoing a crucial transition as it moves out of the role of secondary support to sit at the heart of business decision-making. Stella Farrington looks at its advance

Pipelines and politics

The latest in a long line of disputes over natural gas supplies from Russia is raising concern among utility customers and investors that future supplies to the West may be disrupted. But is this a long-term problem? Oliver Holtaway reports

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Growing up fast

Weather trading is seeing strong volume growth in the US, largely due to the influx of hedge funds into the market. Why such a big increase in interest, and what sort of strategies are the funds adopting? By Joe Marsh

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Weatherproofing the VAR

The weather derivatives market shares some similarities with other markets, but applying existing models can sometimes have disastrous results. Brett Humphreys and Eric Raleigh discuss how weather derivatives differ from financial derivatives and how we…

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Blowing hot and cold

Across Europe, government enthusiasm and support for wind energy will dictate the ability for wind project sponsors to refinance project loans via the bond market. Jan Willem Plantagie of Standard & Poor’s explains

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"Although end-users seem slow to enter the weather space, hedge funds already see it as a hotspot"

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