Energy
Newcomer of the year, Asia: BPI Financial Group
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2020: Newcomer adds liquidity, brings first-timers to derivatives and gains 20% share of key market
Technology advisory of the year, Asia: KWA Analytics
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2020: In a tough year for service providers, tech adviser remains buoyant
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2020: The winners
BNPP wins top derivatives award, with Macquarie scooping environmental products house
Commodity derivatives house of the year, Asia: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Awards Asia 2020: Amid unprecedented volatility, French bank reacts swiftly with hedging and financing solutions throughout commodities complex
Citi’s energy loans continued to sour in Q3
22% of funded exposures rated CCC or lower as of end-September
Deal of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Structured products gain favour among Chinese enterprises
The Chinese government’s flagship national strategy for the advancement of regional connectivity – the Belt and Road Initiative – continues to encourage the outward expansion of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Here, Guotai Junan International…
Oil funds want to reduce risk. Will investors let them?
Despite posting big losses, funds that track front-month contracts remain popular with investors
Derivatives house of the year: Macquarie Group
Energy Risk Awards 2020: Firm’s wide commodities presence, physical and financial risk expertise and financing capabilities result in standout deals
Rise of ethical swaps brings hedging questions
Banks ponder how to offset risks of ESG derivatives – or whether hedging is even desirable
Risk doesn’t wait for market close
Many market participants rely on end-of-day batch systems to perform analytics and, in the current environment, they may see significant negative impacts on their business. Leila Sadiq, front-office risk head of product at Bloomberg, explores how the…
A positive response to negative oil prices
Overhauling pricing models could reap rewards even if prices don’t cross zero again
Energy Risk Awards 2020: The winners
Key wins for bp, Engie and Uniper while Macquarie takes the derivatives house of the year award
Carbon tax spike could spur global recession – S&P
Higher carbon prices would trigger widespread industry defaults, says agency research unit
Shale firms pump hedge books for liquidity lifeline
Lucrative hedge portfolios offer promise of cash but unlocking residual value won’t be simple
Sluggish back-office systems added to margin pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle massive spike in March trading volumes
Energy Risk Software Rankings: A different world
Energy Risk’s Software Rankings reveal the industry’s technology preferences in a changing world
Global investing under water? – Climate change could leave equities exposed
As impending global changes brought about by climate change loom, one issue in particular threatens to cause massive losses to institutional investors – rising sea levels. David Lunsford and Boris Prahl, of MSCI, explore where, despite the efforts of…
All aboard for LNG freight derivatives?
Tools to manage LNG freight risk were developed last year, but how is the market responding?