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Merchants’ Exchange expands into energy futures
The Merchants’ Exchange, the tiny St Louis-based independent trying to make a niche for itself in electronic commodity derivatives trading, is to list six new energy futures contracts.
Patsystems saga continues
Patsystems’ extraordinary general meeting, requisitioned by a group of disgruntled shareholders on February 11 this year, has been postponed until March 23.
Arab Bank goes global with Panorama
Arab Bank is to use Panorama, from SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, as a global solution for treasury operations.
KPNQwest: north or south?
Market Perform
Blackbird secures credit system patent
Blackbird, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based electronic trading system for derivatives, has secured a patent for its credit risk limit technology. The patent applies to a wide range of credit-sensitive transactions, including derivatives.
Moody’s extends RiskCalc to cover France
Moody’s Risk Management Services today released a Web-based model, RiskCalc France, for estimating the probability that French firms will default on debt obligations.
IKB chooses Trema’s Finance KIT
Trema, a Stockholm-based financial services IT vendor and management consultancy whose clients include the European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank and the Czech Republic’s ING Investment Management today announced that IKB Deutsche Industriebank had…
SunGard acquires EnFORM Technology
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems today announced that it has acquired EnFORM Technology, a Houston-based technology-consulting firm that provides custom software applications for companies operating in the energy and telecommunications industries.
Weather risk solutions
Germany
Opening up Germany’s gas market
Germany
Two hubs or one?
Germany
At the heart of Europe
Germany
Controlling power
Germany
Out on its own
Germany
At home and abroad
Germany
Clearing the way?
Germany
Growing quietly
Germany
Airlines tackle price turbulence
Industry woes force airlines to get serious about improving efficiencies, including implementing new hedging and procurement tools, as Don Stowers discovers
When the wind doesn’t blow
In light of the increased interest in investing in renewable energy following the publication of the EU renewables directive in September, David Pethick, Rebecca Calder and Chris Clancy suggest a method of reducing wind risk
Not just a quick fix
Real options are an accepted risk management technique in the energy sector. Kevin Foster takes a look at how are they being used and what factors are affecting their development and implementation
Knowing your limits
Value-at-risk limits are widely used risk management instruments. But issues over the allocation of Var limits remain, says Brett Humphreys
Fixed or floating?
Corporate debt
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Basel II
Filling the inflation gap
Index-linked securities