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Enron: Where are they now?
Turning points: Joseph Pokalsky
Pauline McCallion speaks to energy trading veteran Joseph Pokalsky about the early days of Enron, picking up the pieces in the energy sector after its collapse and new challenges facing the energy sector today
Ten years after its collapse, Enron lives on in energy markets
Charting the Enron legacy
Profile: Diana Higgins, Director Crediten
Turning points: Diana Higgins, Director, Crediten
Head of Lehman Brothers UK administration steps back
Insolvency veteran Lomas to head Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE) administration in Pearson's absence.
CFTC and Ferc continue turf war over transmission rights
Wholesale electricity market participants yesterday called for an exemption for energy end-users from legislation that could see the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) increase its jurisdictional powers over the sector.
Skilling granted appeal hearing
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Jeffrey Skilling, former chief executive of Enron.
Sparking innovation
In the second of two articles tracing the beginnings of energy derivatives trading, Roderick Bruce looks at the development of the natural gas and electricity markets in the US and Europe
Learning from losses
Energy and commodity markets have staged impressive growth in the past 15 years, but there have also been some eye-watering failures along the way. Katie Holliday considers what has been learnt from these catastrophes, and whether derivatives scandals…
Rethinking (operational) risk management
For operational risk managers to really make a difference to their firms' fortunes, they must be willing to get their hands dirty and face facts, no matter how scary the facts may be, says Sergio Scandizzo, in the second of a two-part series
Getting off track
Off-balance-sheet vehicles
Financial directors personally liable for financial control failings, says BCS
Daily news headlines
Judge overturns Enron distressed debt ruling
Daily news headlines
Fastow sent down for six years over Enron collapse
Disgraced former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow was yesterday sentenced to six years in prison for overseeing fraudulent off-balance-sheet dealings that brought down the company and made him millions.
Enron's Lay and Skilling guilty of fraud and conspiracy
Enron's former chairman Kenneth Lay and chief executive Jeffrey Skilling were found guilty of conspiracy and fraud today by a Houston jury.
Enron trial opens in Houston
The fraud trials of Enron chief executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling began yesterday in Houston.
Isda backs Bear Stearns appeal against Enron
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the Bond Markets Assocation (BMA) have backed Bear Stearns' latest attempt to keep hold of $25.9 million in payments on a stock forward agreement, in the face of Enron's attempt to recover it.
New corp gov subgroup for Basel
BASEL, SWITZERLAND -- The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has launched a new subgroup of the Accord Implementation Group, according to a source within the Basel Committee. The group is updating the corporate governance guidance that the Committee…
Proposed conduct code for creditratings agencies draws criticism
“Fairly or not, rating agencies have been in the spotlight in the wake of recent high-profile corporate scandals,” said David Knott, chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (Iosco) technical committee in September 2003 when…
Smothered by red tape
In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.
Smothered by red tape
In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.
Smothered by red tape
In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.
The Enron effect
Lawsuits filed by investors in Enron against two of the fallen energy giant’s arranging banks, Citigroup and JPMorgan, have called into question the very structure of investment banking in the US, as John Hintze discovers