If a telemarketer calls me and they call me Ms. Mooon-son or Ms. Mun-ster, then I know they definitely don’t know me!! The same thing happens with NAESB! The ways that people pronounce “NAESB” are hilarious! NAESB, in case you…

Latest job changes across the industry Source: Risk feed

In a week dominated by geopolitical headlines, oil diplomacy was also high on the agenda. Despite a schedule that included a high-profile summit in Hanoi, US President Donald Trump found time to tweet his view of crude prices to OPEC,…

In its February 2019 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts that several recent trends in U.S. biofuels markets will continue through 2020. In the STEO, production of fuel ethanol and net imports of biomass-based diesel stay unchanged, while net exports…

Kaunas, Almere – March 1, 2019 For immediate release AGIBOO, the provider of AGIBLOCKS Commodity Trade and Risk Management (CTRM), today announced that it has confirmed the strategic partnership with Xplicity, a leading Lithuanian software development company, by acquiring a…

Dive Brief: Ocean carriers must “impose significantly higher fuel surcharges in 2019 and beyond” in order to maintain margins and cope with costs of low-sulfur regulations from the International Maritime Organization coming in 2020, according to a study by consulting firm AlixPartners….

Münster, February 12, 2019 — InsuranceERM.com, the well-known information platform for European insurers, has honored strategy and management consultancy zeb with an award (2018/19) for its innovative Solvency II software. As part of the comprehensive zeb.control management software, the… zeb…

CFTC will grant no-action relief to non-banks that want to provide liquidity in cleared swaps Source: Risk feed

Two-year extension may open the door for rethink on local legal representation requirements and flawed recognition options Source: Risk feed

ARRC members say despite appearances, SOFR is ahead of schedule and liquidity will come Source: Risk feed

LONDON (Reuters) – UK chemicals companies face being shut out of a common EU products registry after Brexit and would need to pay around half a billion pounds ($664 million) to set up a British counterpart, the head of the…

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oil analysts have grown more pessimistic over the prospects for a significant price rally this year, as booming U.S. shale output and a deteriorating global economic backdrop threaten to offset the boost from OPEC’s crude supply cuts….

Despite relatively lower supply from a number of major crude oil-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela, and Canada, global liquid fuels production was forecast to exceed global consumption through 2020 in EIA’s February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Source: Today…

Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage. The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a…

Risk appetite should be a factor in selecting auction participants – Wasserman Source: Risk feed

February 28, 2019 – Path Solutions is pleased to announce that it has recently completed the successful upgrade of iMAL Islamic core banking platform at Boubyan Bank. Established in 2004, Boubyan Bank is the first fully-fledged Islamic bank in the…

As oil majors and investors grapple with the upheaval of the energy transition, some traditional metrics for producers’ long-term growth potential are up for debate. Climate change, the renewable energy boom and electrification are throwing demand scenarios for oil and…

FCA head also highlights shortfall on Mifid trading venue equivalence Source: Risk feed

Improved User Experience (UX) using HTML5 and Angular technology State-of-the-art device independent portal geared towards the modern workplace ETD Reporting under REGIS-TR and BREXIT readiness   Thursday 28th February 2019 – London, Houston, Bangalore and Singapore. CubeLogic, a leader in…

About 3-years ago, Patrick and I were chatting over breakfast at our E-World hotel. We were talking about CTRM in the cloud and about how the industry seemed to be looking for a ‘one-size fits all’ CTRM solution and why…