Infrastructure
AsiaRisk Awards
Oil
Providing capital protection
Market view by Robert Benson
The value of research
Profile
Will weight of money push down alpha returns?
Hedge funds
Recent developments in the variance swap market
Corporate Statement
Energy swaps
Natural gas
Oiling the wheels
Bribery and corruption is a hot topic, not least in the energy sector. Energy Risk this month looks at recent high-profile cases and what governments are doing to combat the problem. By Daren Allen and Kelly Williams
Volatility conspiracy
Natural gas
BITs in pieces
Argentina is launching a direct attack on the validity of investment treaties, and other countries may be about to follow its lead. How are investors responding to the challenge? Maria Kielmas reports
Utility 2025: a vision
Power companies will face enormous political, societal, and technological change over the next 20 years. Douglas Houseman and Dennis Taylor of Capgemini look at how the utility of the future should embrace change
Caring competition
What are the theoretical consequences of restructuring electricity markets on emissions? Here, Benoît Sévi shows that changes in supply and consumption and restructuring for competition has environmental effects, and argues that strong public policies…
Spitzer targets brokers in bid-rigging probe
insurance sector
Have hedge funds outgrown the market?
hedge funds
Martin Fridson
martin
Lance Uggla
Profile
Calls for rating agency regulation fuel debate
ratings agencies
Funds driven to derivatives
derivatives
Junking the automakers
Ford and GM