Energy markets
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2025: political upheaval adds to commodity market risk
The 2025 Commodity Rankings reveal the brokers and dealers that market players turn to in challenging times
Axpo outperforms in the Commodity Rankings 2024
Energy market participants give recognition to the Swiss utility as it brings competitive pricing and liquidity to embattled gas and power markets
Energy50/Energy pricing systems 2024: Hitachi Energy
How ETRM, modelling and pricing tools are evolving, shining a light on Hitachi Energy, which performed strongly in the Chartis Energy50 rankings
ENGIE empowers clients globally to decarbonise and address the energy transition
In recent months, energy market participants have faced extreme volatility, soaring energy prices and supply disruptions following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, they have needed to identify and mitigate the longer-term risks of the…
Beacon’s unique open architecture underlies its strong performance
Recent turmoil in energy markets, coupled with the longer-term structural changes of the energy transition, has created a raft of new challenges for market participants
CFTC hears ‘call to action’ from swaps end-users on Basel III
Commissioner Pham mulls engaging with prudential regulators over capital hit on clearing
Renewable energy generation capacity following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the stock market performance of energy firms: evidence from southern European Union countries
The authors investigate links between renewable energy investment, natural gas shortages following the Russia-Ukraine conflict and stock market performance of energy firms.
Esma pledges faster approvals for CCP margin model changes
Löber says regulatory sign-off on small model changes should take just three weeks under Emir 3.0
New proxy schemes for swing contracts
The authors investigate the valuation of swing contracts for energy markets and propose two methods which offer more accurate calculated prices than commonly used methods.
Gas market area mergers: when is bigger better?
The authors investigate welfare effects of gas market area mergers and argue that merged market areas benefit from increased market power.
Energy trade surveillance solutions 2023: market and vendor landscape
The market for energy trading surveillance solutions, though small, is expanding as specialist vendors emerge, catering to diverse geographies and market specifics. These vendors, which originate from various sectors, contribute further to the market’s…
Dynamic connectedness between energy markets and cryptocurrencies: evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the authors use the time-varying parameter vector autoregression approach to to explore the connectedness between cryptocurrencies and international energy markets from 2018 to 2021.
Energy Risk Awards 2023 winner’s video: Nodal Exchange
Paul Cusenza, chairman and chief executive of Nodal Exchange – winner of the 2023 Energy Risk Commodity exchange of the year award – discusses how his firm navigated the extreme conditions of the past year and how he expects power and environmental…
Throwing green into the mix: how the EU Emissions Trading System impacted the energy mix of French manufacturing firms (2000–16)
This paper investigates links between environmental policy and production decisions, with a focus on firms' energy mixes.
Chartis Energy50 2023
The latest iteration of Chartis' Energy50 2023 ranking and report considers the key issues in today’s energy space, and assesses the vendors operating within it
Hitachi Energy’s expanded portfolio steers clients through volatility
Three years after acquiring US-based commodities trading and risk management software firm Pioneer Solutions, Hitachi Energy is reaping the rewards of its large portfolio
EU Council backs Emir exemption for corporates
Leaked doc shows majority of members want to keep intra-group reporting relief introduced in 2019
Ensuring energy technology keeps up with the pace of change
Change may well be a constant in energy markets, but its velocity over the past 18 months has been extraordinary. This has seen KWA Analytics’ clients race to ensure their ETRM infrastructure can keep up – and be ready for change yet to come. Directors…
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2023: Axpo – the power of partnerships
In the face of recent extreme volatility and price hikes, the strong partnerships Axpo has with its clients has enabled both parties to weather the storm
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2023 winner’s video: Axpo
Following the firm’s strong performance in the 2023 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings, Axpo Solutions' Domenico Franceschino discusses the extreme market conditions of 2022, along with future expectations for the gas and power markets
Ice Europe made $7.8bn VM call in Q3
Highest cash call on record triggered by higher commodity prices as Europe energy crisis persists