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Marking to mayhem
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A long way to go
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Dry market forces ABX roll delay
Market information provider Markit has postponed the next roll of its ABX.HE index, due on January 19, for three months.
Banks not ready for Sepa, says report
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Stanchart adopts Sophis Risque
Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) has implemented Sophis’ Risque, a cross-asset risk management software which offers full front-to-back office capabilities, incorporating straight-through processing (STP) for over-the-counter structured products.
The tide is high
Soaring dry freight prices due to the booming trade in global commoditieshave encouraged a wealth of new participants into the freight market. Buthow long can the party last? Oliver Holtaway investigates
Markit to buy Swapswire
London-based data services provider Markit has agreed to acquire the London electronic trade confirmation firm Swapswire.
LCH.Clearnet and Nodal Exchange to launch new trading and clearing service
LCH.Clearnet, the independent clearing house for power clearing, and Nodal Exchange, the first marketplace to use a locational nodal market for forward power trading, have signed an agreement to provide a trading and clearing service for cash settled…
Leader of the pack
FRM's founder Blaine Tomlinson won the inaugural Hedge Funds Review award for best long-term achievement in the fund of hedge funds industry in November. He and FRM Limited CEO Paul Dunning reflected on how the industry has changed and institutionalised…
Model marketing
cma
The race to replicate
Hedge fund replication
Simply the best?
Best execution
A question of funding
Liquidity risk
Getting off lightly
Securitisation
Didier Giblet
Didier Giblet started out as a police investigator before moving into finance. The global head of energy and commodities trading at Fortis tells Roderick Bruce how an investigative mind has helped him in his career in energy trading
Solid foundations?
In a recent landmark step, India's power regulator has given 'in principle' go-ahead to the setting up of a power exchange in India. However, there is discomfort amongst potential participants over some of the regulator's plans. Rakesh Singh of Wipro…
Will they weather the storm?
The weather derivatives market saw record volumes in 2006, but these declined sharply into 2007. Evan Koster, David Cohn and Nicholas Rock of Dewey & LeBoeuf look at where the weather market, now 10 years old, may go next
The future arrives for renewables
The emerging market in renewable energy futures is expected to lower the cost of financing renewables and smooth out the volatility often encountered when running intermittent renewable resources, such as wind and solar. Catherine Lacoursière investigates