Opinion

Harnessing the power of finance

Lars Thunell reflects on the adoption of the Equator Principles and spells out the future challenges and opportunities

Project Finance

Five years around the equator

Have the Equator Principles had any effect on how banks manage social and environmental risks? Jess McCabe reports

Project Finance

Capturing carbon

The Carbon Principles aim to help investment banks manage climate risk in the power sector. William Breeze assesses how they will make an impact

Project Finance

The disclosure challenge

Esther Garcia considers how banks should report on the implementation of the Equator Principles

Weather Derivatives

A break in the clouds

Weather risk managers have brushed off problems in the financial markets and attracted new end-users and investors, reports Christopher Cundy

Catastrophe Risk

After Andrew and Katrina

Investors are pouring money into cat risk products and have created the foundations for secondary trading and insurance-linked derivative markets, says Albert Selius

US Policy

Governors on the march

Actions by US states on climate change have much to offer legislators formulating a federal plan, according to Michael Northrop, David Sassoon and Ken Colburn

Talking Heads

Taking the pulse of the carbon market

Five leading participants give their views on prospects for EU and US carbon markets and what the successor to the Kyoto Protocol will look like

Market View

The windfall profits debate

Daniel Chartier and Eric Holdsworth argue that free allocation of allowances in emissions trading schemes doesn’t always mean free money for utilities

Profile

Peter Brewer

It’s one thing to realise that weather can move commodity markets or maul company revenues – it’s another thing to profit from it. Mark Nicholls talks to Peter Brewer, the hedge fund manager who does

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