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Dow Jones and DFM launch sharia-compliant indexes

Dow Jones Indexes and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), UAE’s stock exchange, have launched the Dow Jones DFM Index and Dow Jones DFM Titans 10 Index. The new indexes are part of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index series, and follow the methodology of…

Power struggle

After years of negotiations, market players believe that a tipping point in the liberalisation of European power markets could be near. But who will be in the driving seat, asks Oliver Holtaway

The missing link

With several countries now developing emissions trading schemes, UN-supervised project-based emissions credits could become the linking instrument that creates a global price signal for greenhouse gas abatement. But greater standardisation in the market…

The hidden costs of climate change

The business risks posed to energy companies by climate change go well beyond compliance with emissions reduction schemes. Most companies that have taken climate risks into account have only considered half the picture, says John Firth

Charging at commodities

Canada may rank as the world's third largest hydrocarbon producer, yet its energy derivatives market has been, up to now, somewhat constrained. David Watkins reports

Finding the way forward

US wholesale power markets are currently the subject of much concern. As Ferc begins a review to improve competition, Edison Electric Institute's Richard McMahon suggests some key ways to move forward

Has mean reversion had its day?

Some experts are questioning whether mean-reversion models – once the standard way of explaining energy price movements after simple one-factor Brownian motion modelling fell from favour – are still suited to the petroleum and gas markets. Dario Ghazi…

Purchase timing

Managing purchase timing risk is a constant issue for wholesale power buyers. Pavel Diko reviews products that reduce this risk, proposes a lookback option that can eliminate it completely and outlines a hedging strategy for the option writer

Engineering change

A new risk management culture is evolving in the Asian clean development mechanism market, which should lower CDM project risk while expanding financing options, finds Catherine Lacoursière

Better prospects

Russia offers better prospects for industry to develop and far more investment opportunities than is widely recognised, writes Pavel Ulianov of Russian metal giant Rusal

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