Energising returns

Banks initially filled the void in US energy trading left after Enron’s demise. But now hedge funds are trading energy risk and having to cope with the thorny problem of modelling energy volatility. Sarfraz Thind reports

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The fallout from the energy crisis in 2001, which crippled major energy trading firms such as Enron, Mirant and Dynegy, left many talented traders and quants looking for jobs. Many of these went on to set up their own trading shops, while others joined larger, established hedge funds.

Jon Arnold was vice-president of the natural gas derivatives desk at Enron until 2002, before setting up Centaurus, a $230 million fund based in Houston. “There has been a huge amount of risk capital

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