Energy derivatives
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
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
Oil futures and options see record volumes
Brent crude contract traded volumes hit 3.4 million on March 9
Energy Risk Awards 2019: The winners
BP and Engie pick up two awards each, while BNPP takes the coveted derivatives house of the year
CFTC's Berkovitz puts his weight behind position limits
New rule on speculative commodity trades will be proposed within weeks
US swaps end-users cry foul over SA-CCR punch
Capital on non-margined trades jumps 90%, and energy firms face double hit
Wind firming caps found better than swaps at reducing risk
Wind firming deals claim to address intermittency and stabilise renewable generator cashflow, but how effective are they?
Lobbyists seek eleventh-hour Brexit relief for UK futures
EC urged to extend CCP safe harbour so listed derivatives don’t switch to OTC
Nasdaq default came at time of mass margin breaches
CCP's clearing members incurred 49 margin breaches as of end-September
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2018: The winners
BNP Paribas takes Derivatives house, BP wins Oil & products and BOCI and Engie scoop two awards each
Let exchanges set position limits – CFTC commissioners
Agency lacks the resources to monitor limits, say Berkovitz and Quintenz
Managing adverse temperature conditions through hybrid financial instruments
This paper proposes temperature-based risk management using hybrid financial instruments built on weather derivatives.
Asian LNG derivatives trade surges on increased hedging
Expectations grow that a long-awaited Asian gas derivatives market is emerging
Sponsored video: Bethanie Castelnuovo, SCB
Bethanie Castelnuovo, chief financial officer at SCB, gives her reaction to SCB’s wins at the Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2018 and her thoughts on the organisation's business outlook.
US courts restrict reach of Commodity Exchange Act
Recent cases make it harder to pursue instances of overseas misconduct
Compression is your friend, energy firms told as Mifid II nears
Slashing gross notional of trades can keep firms out of reach of incoming rules
P&L attribution for energy portfolios with non-linear exposures
Carlos Blanco and Alessandro Mauro explain how non-linear P&L attribution tools can improve a company’s business intelligence capabilities
‘Wrong type of liquidity’ spells trouble for energy hedges
Cyclical lull conceals structural shift as liquidity becomes shorter-dated and more flighty
Risk management and portfolio optimization for gas- and coal-fired power plants in Germany: a multivariate GARCH approach
This paper investigates the hedging effectiveness of energy derivatives traded at the EEX for the purpose of mitigating the risk exposure of gas- and coal-fired power plants in Germany.
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Barclays adds energy trader in Singapore
UK bank expands commodities team with Koch hire
US gas price reporting drop raises questions about indexes
Energy companies blame regulatory risk for reluctance to report trades