Infrastructure
What hedge funds need to know about energy derivatives
energy derivatives
Hedge funds as portfolio diversifiers
special report: structured products
Hedge funds lured by the choppy waters of freight derivatives
freight derivatives
Taking a hands-on approach
shareholder activism
Chris Bowden
With energy prices skyrocketing, risk management is now a necessity, not an option, says energy risk pioneer Chris Bowden . By Stella Farrington
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
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
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…
Making an impact
It can affect as much as 20% of the US economy, and nearly every industry worldwide is affected by it. But blaming poor results on the weather is no longer an excuse: weather derivatives are on the rise. Eric Fishhaut reports from Chicago on the growth…
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
Briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
Losses & Lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
Economic capital blues
Focus: Rating agencies
Whose risk is it anyway?
Pensions Reform: In the Spotlight
Resolution
Practitioner Profile
The long road to LDI
Pension Funds: Liability-Driven Investment
Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites
Practitioner Profile
Raiffeisenbanken und Volksbanken Lebensversicherung (R+V)
Practitioner Profile
The Secret CDO
Cover Story
The multi-period explosion
Technology: Asset-Liability Management
Guaranteed to take the credit
Credit CPPI
Basel II costs rising, says survey
New angles
Strength in numbers
Weather derivatives seem to have a bright future: the market is enjoying record liquidity levels as new players, trading ever more diverse products, flood into the market. Oliver Holtaway reports