Weather Risk Placement

Speedwell Weather Derivatives (SWD) are experts in analysing, structuring and placing weather risk.

In our capacity as a regulated independent consultancy we are able to assist companies in quantifying their weather exposure and then to structure and ultimately place such risk with the weather derivative risk-taking community. Since its establishment in 1999, SWD has cultivated extensive relationships in the weather risk-taking community amongst all types of participants. These include insurance companies, banks, energy companies and investment funds. We do not act as principals ourselves and nor are we exclusively aligned to a single principal. We are therefore able to find the best price available for your weather protection using an understanding of the appetite that each organisation has for different types of weather risk, and how they themselves place that risk, while respecting any guidelines issued by the client, for example, in terms of counterparty credit quality.

The method of risk placement also needs to be carefully designed and will depend on the size and complexity of the hedge.

SWD has completed a number of assignments involving analysing, structuring and placing weather risk in a range of sectors including energy, renewables, construction, agriculture, retail, tourism and hospitality. SWD is regulated by the financial regulator in the United Kingdom, the Financial Services Authority.

More Information

• Speedwell Weather Consultancy Services
• A Rough guide to Weather Derivatives
• Glossary

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