The European Market Infrastructure Regulation does not fit the market for commodity derivatives. Yet diverse commodity players are being corseted by the regulations, which at the very least require reporting, and for larger companies require clearing or collateralisation of deals. But there are loopholes…..
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Anyone trading physical gas in the UK is well aware of the fact that the gas day runs from 6am to 6am, not from midnight to midnight. That is written down in the Gas (Calculation of Thermal Energy) Regulations 1996, but has been the case since the first […]
The old adage that “necessity is the mother of invention” is proving true in the independent E&P oil sector. Faced with low oil prices, independent oil producers are introducing oil price “optionality” into their crude oil sales contracts. Crude producers reeling from low prices are offering […]
I have tried really hard over the last few months not to be the old bore saying to the young traders: “Call this a price slump? Now 1986, there was a price slump.” But there are some intriguing facets to the current oil price kaleidoscope that are calling […]
