Hedging
Malaysian Airlines cuts hedging programme
Malaysian Airlines (MAS) reduced its jet fuel hedging capacity amid uncertain price movements
Rising gas prices to force power hedging strategy re-evaluation
Risk managers say gas price rises will force a rethink on current hedging strategies for power generation assets.
Hedging strategies critical in Asia M&A
Risky strategies
Nat gas hedging hit by regulation and fundamentals
Experts link drop in natural gas trading activity and liquidity to fundamentals and regulatory uncertainty
Correlation dislocation
Macro hedging in disrepair
Trade of the month: Digital payoffs
Digital options lead to two outcomes and are most commonly used with capital protected structured products.
Q&A – Standard Chartered Bank’s Afaq Khan
The sharia effect
EU proposals leave energy firms cold
The perfect storm
Optimising and hedging power generation assets
The head of risk at Spanish utility company Endesa speaks to Lianna Brinded about the co-ordination of optimisation and hedging of power generation assets.
Video: BNP Paribas's head of commodity derivatives Asia-Pacific
Frederic Hervouet, head of commodity derivatives for the Asia-Pacific at BNP Paribas, talks to Lianna Brinded about hedging strategies for energy and commodities
Video: Interview with the president of Gazprom (Singapore)
Arthur Tait, president and managing director of Gazprom in Singapore, talks to Lianna Brinded about the growth and development of energy and commodities demand in Asia
Video: Interview of Natixis's Asia-Pacific energy chief
Charles Maulino, head of global energy & commodities coverage, Asia-Pacific at Natixis, speaks exclusively with Lianna Brinded about the evolution of energy and commodities financing and hedging strategies
To swap is not to insure: Aaron Brown column
To swap is not to insure
Video: Special Asia report on energy risk management
Lianna Brinded sends us a special report from Hong Kong and Singapore, after speaking to several leaders from the energy and commodities market about risk management
Marrying correlation and asset allocation
Coping with correlation
Reinstatement of sugar futures will spur volumes and hedging
Experts say the removal of the ban on Indian sugar futures trading will spur volumes and is an important step towards reducing government control on its commodity futures market
CPM desks split on whether to reap windfall on hedges
The value of hedge books was hugely volatile during the crisis, forcing loan portfolio managers to think carefully about whether to monetise their gains. Those who chose not to saw windfall profits wiped out in a matter of weeks – but there’s still…
Qantas’s head of risk: hedging programme is too conservative
Qantas Airways’ head of risk believes the company could take more risks within its hedging programme
End-users rush into hedging oil prices
End-users are ploughing into hedging their oil positions, as prices remain in a tight range, says Standard Chartered Bank’s head of energy and environmental research
Power exchange to launch gas contract
New Nodal Exchange contract to increase options for power traders; anticipates future gas and renewables demand
HKMEx: China’s currency liberalisation to drive liquidity in energy and commodities
China's growth as a consumer in the energy and commodities global market could eventually sway price movements, says Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange’s Cheung
Goldman Sachs: end-users hedge oil prices now for 2011
Crude will be "the bottleneck in the system, rather than refining" says the investment bank
Low natural gas prices push producers to oil
US producers move to oil plays, 2011 natural gas hedging programmes not expected to support current production levels
Light at the end of the US gas market tunnel
Production keeps lid on prices