News/Commodities
Statoil penalised over Iranian scandal
Norwegian energy company Statoil could be fined 20 million Norwegian kroner ($2.92 million) in relation to a payment it made to a London investment firm for advice on conducting business in Iran.
Voser returns to Shell from ABB
Troubled energy major Royal Dutch/Shell has appointed Peter Voser as director of its Shell Transport and Trading Company subsidiary and as group managing director and director of finance of the Royal Dutch/Shell group.
APX to launch Zeebrugge gas exchange
APX – formerly known as the Amsterdam Power Exchange – today said it will launch a natural gas exchange for the Zeebrugge hub in January 2005. APX will develop the exchange in conjunction with Huberator, a subsidiary of Fluxys, the Belgian gas…
Fortis to enter energy trading with Xenon
Fortis Financial Services, the market trading affiliate of Fortis Bank, has selected Sakonnet Technology's Xenon trading and risk management application for its new energy trading activities in New York.
Banks make first Isda emissions trade
Investment banks Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Fortis Bank have made the first ever trade of European Union emission allowances (EUAs) using an annex to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) Master Agreement.
First emissions trade concluded with Isda master support
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) and Fortis Bank executed the first trade of European emission allowances using an International Swaps and Derivatives Association master agreement last week. London-based environmental and energy broker Evolution…
Merrill Lynch tipped to bid for EKT
Rumours are circulating that Merrill Lynch may snap up Entergy-Koch Trading (EKT) following last week's news that New Orleans-based Entergy Corporation and Wichita's Koch Industries are considering selling their Houston-based energy trading business.
Tepco hedges weather
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepko) has entered into weather derivatives contracts with both Tokyo Gas Company and Osaka Gas Company. The deals have been finalised in a bid to limit the effect on Tepco’s earnings from summer temperature conditions,…
Merrill Lynch tipped to bid for EKT
Rumours are circulating that Merrill Lynch may snap up Entergy-Koch Trading (EKT) following last week’s news that New Orleans-based Entergy Corporation and Wichita’s Koch Industries are considering selling their Houston-based energy trading business.
Europe unprepared for emissions trading
The European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will not begin on time, and will fail to deliver the promised results, according to a survey by Ernst & Young.
WRMA elects new president
The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) today said that its vice president, Brian O’Hearne, has stepped up to serve as the association’s president. O’Hearne is also president and chief executive of Kansas City-based GuaranteedWeather.
OTC weather trades fall; exchange trades rise
The weather derivatives market is shifting from an over-the-counter market to an exchange-traded one, according to results from a 2004 Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) survey.
OTC weather trades fall; exchange trades rise
The weather derivatives market is shifting from an over-the-counter (OTC) market to an exchange traded one, according to the 2004 Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) survey.
Danish state-owned energy company signs up to Allegro
The Danish State-owned energy company, Dansk Olie og Naturgas (Dong), has signed up to use Allegro Development’s trading and risk management software for its natural gas operations.
Nymex fires opening shots for ICE
Nymex has made a $150 million cash bid for the Atlanta based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and would also pay $67 million for shareholders of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), according to a senior Nymex official. The bid, which includes…
Amerada Hess forms LNG division
US energy company Amerada Hess has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of New York-based Poten & Partners, to be known as Hess LNG. The joint venture will be based at Amerada's New York headquarters and will pursue investments in liquefied natural…
Nymex president to quit
Bo Collins, president of The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), will leave the exchange at the end of this month. Nymex said the decision not to renew his contract was by made by "mutual agreement."
Baltic Exchange forms asset derivatives advisory group
The London-based Baltic Exchange has formed an independent advisory group to enhance the emerging market for ship vessel asset derivatives. The group consists of key users, derivative brokers and physical panellists and will act as an information…
BoA’s head of energy trading lands at hedge fund
Julian Barrowcliffe, formerly global head of energy trading for Bank of America in New York, has joined Vega Asset Management – a New York-based hedge fund with $11 billion under management. In his new role Barrowcliffe will manage a commodities trading…
Industry welcomes CEBS paper on Pillar 2
Regulatory update
Wine bar hedges weather
UK-based Corney and Barrow Wine Bars has entered into a group wide weather derivative hedge with XL Trading Partners, the Connecticut-based weather risk management company.