| 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 Otherwise please contact: |