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VIEW FROM THE TOPQ4 2006
From Spreadsheets to Real-time Risk Management
by Leigh Parkinson, Louis Caron and Peter Sofarelli
Purchasing volatile commodities, generating electricity and then
distributing it to millions of customers ... on an always-ready basis
... is no small feat. Read the complete article in the latest
issue of
Electric Light and Power magazine that discusses how today's risk
savvy utility companies are moving away from spreadsheets in a quest for
a complete snapshot of their corporate risk portfolio.
RiskAdvisory Welcomes Ag Energy Co-operative
Canada's largest farm energy co-op sees BookRunner® as the best fit to meet its Risk Management needs. » More info
NEWS AND FEATURE ARTICLES
$5.0 Billion? $6.0 Billion? ... How Amaranth lost more money in a month than the energy merchant sector blow-ups did in aggregate in over 10 years of trading activity. What lessons can you take away?
Read Cal Payne, Sr. Director of Utilipoint's Energy Risk Management practice, article "Amaranth - How to Lose $5.0 Billion Without Even Trying"
Read Scudder Publishing's interview with Peter Sofarelli, Energy Risk Manager at RiskAdvisory, "The Big Bang: Amaranth's Lesson for Utilities"
BookRunner® v11 Ready for Prime Time
Read Scudder Publishing's interview, with Brian Nicholson of RiskAdvisory, hilighting the latest incarnation of BookRunner®. » More info
RiskAdvisory Sponsors First Solar Park in Canada
RiskAdvisory is proud to have
the opportunity to contribute to this very worthwhile endeavor.
» Read more about the Sunpark
Challenge
PRMIA Calgary Update
Many thanks to the members who attended the Oct 4 meeting on "Credit PFE (Potential Future Exposure) For Energy Entities". Reza Simchi, Sr. Quantitative Specialist with Nexen, provided an introduction to PFE, its important components and several practical examples. » More info
TIPS AND TRICKS
BookRunner® User Tips Number 13 and 14
Here are the latest tips and
tricks to make your BookRunner® experience more productive.
» More info
EVENTS OF NOTE
RiskAdvisory has Moved!
RiskAdvisory is now located at 970, 401 - 9th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3C5
Risk User Group Meeting Set for October 24th
Primarily geared to existing
RiskAdvisory and SAS risk solution users.
Contact Kathy.Walsh@sas.com
for more information.
Energy Trading & Risk Management: Why You Don't Want a Black Box
Join us December 6th for this free webinar featuring speakers from Utilipoint, Ascend Analytics and RiskAdvisory. » More info
New BookRunner® Demo Now Available
View examples and learn about BookRunner® capabilities. » Demo Request
SAS Global Forum International
RiskAdvisory is sponsoring the Energy & Utility track at the 2007 gathering of SAS Users taking place in Orlando, April 16 - 19. » More info