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After the swashbucklers
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Brent changes promise stability
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Green risks for the black stuff
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A towering success
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Confusion over a barrel
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Small but mighty
Introduction
Job moves
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “Regulatory fear is creating a lot of uncertainty, and that fear does impact the financial markets” Jennifer Patterson, energy trading manager at Edison Mission Energy in Australia, arguing at the Australia Risk 2002 conference last…
Online trading moves forward
Online energy trading seems to have a bright future, despite the two biggest players – Dynegy Direct and EnronOnline – leaving the market, finds Catherine Lacoursière
Var too far
The energy industry has shown tremendous commitment to value-at-risk (Var) methodologies. But use of Var has been misguided, as James Ockenden discovers
Keeping an eye on the long-term
Brett Humphreys discusses the problems with standard credit risk limits and proposes limits that may work better
A credit boost for traders
Clearing houses are emerging as a crucial function of energy trading exchanges. John Kennedy explains their importance in terms of a firm’s credit rating
Trying to grow
Credit derivatives
Creative solutions for unique problems
Credit risk
Freezing out the competition
Nord Pool
Red hot in the frozen North
Hedge funds
Going out on a limb
OM Group
Fighting for survival
Equity derivatives
Sweden’s swap philosophy
End-user profile
Brummer & Partners: a dominant force
Hedge fund profile
Corporate Collapses Change Role Of Compliance
To prevent exposure to massive claims, compliance technology is increasingly moving to the front office.
The Hunt For Terrorist Cash
One month after the attacks on Sept. 11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. Now every financial firm in the country is a deputy in the search for terrorist funding.
Op Risk Looks Back... To the 18th Century
The 300-year-old statistical methods of Thomas Bayes are experiencing a renaissance.