Tag: markets

April 25, 2018

Sometimes a tweet is just a tweet. But with the current president of the United States, you never know. That’s why oil markets shouldn’t ignore President Trump’s recent anti-OPEC missive on Twitter. “Looks like OPEC is at it again. With […]

July 20, 2016

Traders in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market face a “career-ruining” glut that has led to millions of dollars in losses as Chinese buyers, far from coming to the rescue, are in a stand-off with oil companies to cancel deals. […]

July 6, 2016

Green bonds first appeared in the market in 2007, with initial issuance from development banks including the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank. Issuance really began to ramp up from 2012. Some US$2.6 billion was issued in that […]

June 22, 2016

Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Wednesday, with U.S. crude joining Brent above $50 a barrel after data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed a larger than expected draw on stocks. U.S. crude futures’ August contract, the […]

June 10, 2016

Almost without exception, European markets slipped while less mature markets across Latin America, Africa and Asia continued their ascent, revealed the latest edition of the EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) report. Emerging markets now represent half of the […]

April 27, 2016

Unlocking $1 trillion in clean energy investment requires a new financial architecture capable of investing in, and scaling, an increasingly distributed world. One piece of that architecture took a significant step forward last week. Beyond the grid solar financier SunFunder […]

April 6, 2016

Crude futures jumped on Wednesday as hopes for an agreement among exporters to freeze output underpinned the market, although a persistent global oversupply and Iran’s plans to boost production pressured physical oil prices. Oil futures recovered from one-month lows to […]

March 9, 2016

The liquefied natural gas market (LNG) has a big problem: supply of the commodity is expected to outstrip demand for rest of the decade, said an analyst Wednesday. The mismatch—bumper facilities coming on stream just as large buyers such as […]