Risk management
Vertical take-off
Weather risk
Viva lost vegas
Weather risk
Europe’s insurers get used to a stricter regime
Risk management
Security for life
US market
Insurers consider alternative route
Investment
A new regulatory world
Portfolio hedging
New rules for a new era
UK market
Banking on energy
Technology
Weather patterns
Technology
Energising Houston
Tehnology
Energising Houston
Technology
US puts trust in Canadian finance
Canadian income trusts have been trading at all-time highs. Now that the Canadiangovernment is allowing bigger players onto the market, interest from US energyfirms in such vehicles is growing. By Catherine Lacoursiere
Spring loading
Natural Gas
Generalising universal performance measures
Performance and risk measurement are fundamental quantitative activities in finance, andnew ways of measuring them are always of interest. A recently proposed procedure is theuniversal performance measure. Theofanis Darsinos and Stephen Satchell show…
Green shoots for derivatives
Pension funds
Opportunities in illiquidity
Profile
Risk analytics for the buy side
Measuring risk
Risk management for investors
Introduction
New England revolution
Public pension plans
Heroes or cowboys?
Banks and energy companies alike are sceptical about the role that hedge fundsplay in energy markets. Are they really an aid to market stability, or is theirpresence compounding market volatility? Paul Lyon reports
Simulating spots
Abstract: The use of Monte Carlo simulation is becoming increasingly importantin energy trading and risk management. Here, Les Clewlow and ChrisStrickland present the first in a series of articles looking at the implementation of simulationtechniques and…
Nord Pool’s back-up
Nord Pool Clearing is the first pure electricity clearing house to obtain capitalsupport through insurance to cover defaults by its trading counterparties. Areenergy companies set to follow suit? Joe Marsh reports
The right charge
Savvy firms now accept risk is inevitable. Those that use their risk capitalefficiently outperform those that don’t. Brett Humphreys looks at alternativeinvestments to find out what the right risk-adjusted return on capital chargesmight be
Crude protection
Oil producers are divided over the value of hedging oil prices. Are investorslooking for high returns and high risk, or more stable revenues? And how muchdoes hedging actually boost an oil producer’s value? By Joe Marsh