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Energy Risk Management: Mastering Volatile and Complex Markets - London
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People coming to energy risk management for the first time are taken aback by the extreme market conditions that are commonplace in the complex markets of oil, coal, and above all, gas and electricity. Levels of volatility and basis risk are unprecedented: and there are additional risks that are unique to energy. This course shows delegates how to deploy traditional risk management tools in the challenging context of volatile energy markets, and to extend these techniques to master the unique risk characteristics of gas and electricity.

  • Course Instructor: Nick Perry



Course dates

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16-19 Jul 2012 London, UK £3,850.00 Add dates Download Register now

Featuring:

  • How and why energy is fundamentally different
  • What this means for energy risk management
  • The significance of Enron’s innovations
  • How to deconstruct and analyse complex deals
  • Analysing real options in energy portfolios
  • Creating virtual energy assets
  • Extending traditional techniques to meet energy risks
  • Case studies and exercises for practical application

 

Course Overview

A comprehensive and systematic introduction to risk management for complex energy markets. The course will detail why and how risks in energy – particularly gas and electricity - are more acute than in other traded market sectors, and how classic risk management techniques must be adapted and extended to meet these demanding conditions. Case studies will illustrate how companies have resolved these issues – including Enron, the pioneer of best practice in energy risk management as well as the author of its own dramatic downfall. Practical exercises will confirm the principles being explained.

 

Benefits of Attending

  • Learn how energy markets differ significantly from other traded commodities – and how this creates greater risks
  • Discover how risk management techniques can be extended to meet the challenge of volatile energy markets
  • Obtain a comprehensive overview of how all the techniques of risk management can be integrated to provide a Best Practices discipline for complex energy portfolios

 

Who Should Attend

  • Staff and managers at all levels in energy companies – including nonexec Board members - coming to risk management for the first time, in trading, risk management, compliance, regulatory, finance and treasury
  • Finance sector staff encountering energy for the first time
  • Investment houses, SWFs and VCs acquiring energy assets
  • Staff in regulatory and government agencies needing to understand the unique characteristics and challenges of the traded energy markets

Course dates

Dates Location Price Add dates to my diary Brochure Register
16-19 Jul 2012 London, UK £3,850.00 Add dates Download Register now


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