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Carbon traders reject EDF Energy’s price floor calls
Carbon market participants have criticised calls by EDF Energy chief executive Vincent de Rivaz for a carbon price floor.
UPDATED: CFTC plans speculation clampdown
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold public hearings in July and August to discuss the need for federal position limits to be imposed on energy futures traders.
NYSE Liffe’s CDS clearing platform in doubt
The central clearing service for credit default swaps (CDS) offered by London-based derivatives exchange NYSE Liffe is “under review”, an official at the firm told Risk .
“Slow and Painful” recovery for oil industry says Moodys
Ratings agency Moody's expects economic recovery within the global oil industry in 2010 to be 'slow and painful', according to its Industry Outlook for the Global Integrated Oil sector published last week.
EC looks to move standardised OTC derivatives onto exchanges
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Charting 15 years of prices
David Linton looks back at the long-term trends for oil, gas & power and where prices might go next
EC looks to move standardised OTC derivatives onto exchanges
The European Commission (EC) today served notice of its intention to push standardised over-the-counter derivatives onto regulated exchanges, in a move that could prove unpopular among dealers.
Difference of opinion emerges on CDS fixed coupons in Europe
European credit derivatives traders remain divided on the number of fixed coupons that should be used for the trading of credit default swaps (CDS), just two weeks after the market was supposed to have switched to using only four standardised coupons.
Russia forges ahead with power market liberalisation
The freely-traded portion of the electricity market in Russia was increased from 30% to 50% on July 1. The rise is in line with the state's plans to achieve 100% free pricing by 2011 and sends a positive signal to the market that it will follow through…
Trade set and match
The ultimate objective of regulators and participants in the derivatives business is to see submission and matching on the date of trade. How far is the industry from reaching this goal? By Ryan Davidson
Market snapshot
Tim Mortimer of Future Value Consultants looks at the pricing issues for structured products in different markets and provides his trade of the month
Baltic Dry Index altered to boost derivatives trading
Changes will be made to how the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is calculated in an effort to boost derivatives trading, the Baltic Exchange announced today.
The usual upsets
Regulation
Let the right one in
Structured Products
Cleaning up the buy side
Data management
Clear benefits
Mark Yallop, chief operating officer, Icap, talks to Alexander Campbell
The data dilemma
While institutions continue to put huge resources into creating standard repositories holding 'golden copies' of financial data, there is growing support for the view that the industry would be better off standardising the data at source, and thereby…
Tarp warrant sales could drive down vol on financials
The US Treasury's plan to dispose of warrants in banks held under the Troubled Assets Relief Program (Tarp) could have a significant impact on the options market, according to analysts.
Eurozone dips into deflation, but high inflation still a risk
Inflation in the eurozone turned negative in June for the first time since the single currency was set up in 1999, but rising commodity prices are likely to push inflation back up soon across the world, some analysts believe.
'Improvement in market conditions' sees Fed cut bank aid
The US Federal Reserve Board has cut back several of the support facilities put in place over the past 18 months, arguing the recovery of the financial markets has made them unnecessary.