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Playing on correlation
Alternative investment products: Commodity hybrids
Prepay agreements - The ten-year pitch
Standard & Poor's recently passed the $1 billion mark in terms of natural gas prepayment deals it has rated since 2003. Joe Marsh looks at how these work and why municipal utilities might want to consider them
Industrial users - Taming the flame
Industrial users of natural gas in North America are investing in physical hedges while gradually returning to the financial markets
Matthew Simmons
Few discussions of the world's future oil supply take place these days without reference to Matthew Simmons. He talks to Stella Farrington
A look in the rear view
Utilities and regulators often disagree over the purpose of energy price risk management. Manitoba Hydro's recent experience with backtesting its hedging strategy is a case in point
Pioneers Oil: David Hufton
Today it's almost impossible to imagine an energy world without a mature, liquid oil market at its heart. Yet the development of the world's biggest commodity market was not a natural inevitability - it took the hard work and tenacity of a small and…
What drives natural gas?
Natural gas prices in the US are at an all-time high. The Gulf Coast hurricanes and record summer heat have taken their toll, and business is feeling the effect. Studying and applying seasonality can often protect aganst the volatility of these markets,…
No quick fix for US pensions
US Pension Reform
