Energy markets are undergoing a massive transition to ever cleaner sources, providing arbitrage and risk management opportunities on a global scale. Evolution Markets offers institutional brokerage services across a broad array of energy products. From globally traded markets, such as oil, coal, biomass, and nuclear fuels to regional markets for natural gas, power, and biofuels, Evolution Markets has comprehensive coverage from teams located in London, New York, and Houston. Our desks work in concert to unlock unique hedging opportunities and ensure the most efficient execution of OTC physical and financial trades, as well as structured transactions.
U.S. and European natural gas trading markets are characterized by change. The U.S. market has seen a pronounced shift in production to on-shore shale gas formations, and a corresponding shift in consumption by the power sector. Increased liquidity at delivery hubs across Europe have resulted in price volatility and new hedging opportunities. Our brokerage teams in New York, Houston, and London work with a wide array of counterparties to offer access to markets. Evolution Markets specializes in risk management and cost-effective trade execution for these natural gas markets, and our services cover derivativetransactions, as well as futures and physical markets. Learn More...
From Texas to the Midwest to NEPOOL and PJM, Evolution Markets offers comprehensive power markets brokerage services from one the industry’s most experienced teams. Power trading in the U.S. occurs in a broad cross section of hubs, as well as in options markets. We help generators, utilities, banks, funds, and other market participants identify market trends, gain price transparency, and ultimately, efficiently transact in the electricity market. U.S. power markets continue to evolve, and Evolution Markets’ coal, natural gas, and environmental markets desks – working in tandem with our power brokers – offer unique insight into market moves and trading opportunities. Learn More...
While volatility in oil markets drive global economic trends and present trading opportunities, they also feature risk. Effective hedging requires price transparency, professional execution assistance, and a full suite of transaction support services. Evolution Markets offers brokerage services for OTC markets throughout the barrel. Our brokers facilitate futures block trades, physical trades of crude and refined products, as well as OTC financial trades and options structures. Oil markets are vast and global, and our footprint and brokerage services reflect this, with experienced brokers in New York, Houston, and London serving clients around the world. Learn More...
Uranium is the power industry’s carbon free fuel. It is a globally traded metal with unique characteristics that transacts in traditional ways. Mining companies and storage facilities are cornerstones of the market. Supply is tightly controlled and in the hands of a limited number of companies. However, the fuel cycle is complex and involves an increasing variety of participants. Market participants face price volatility and volume risk, as in other commodity markets. Evolution Markets offers unmatched experience structuring hedges and facilitating trades throughout the fuel cycle. Learn More...
Evolution Markets specializes in the nexus between energy and environmental markets, which is exactly where global biomass markets reside. Power producers seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and encouraged by national environmental regulations are converting coal-fired plants to burn biomass. The sustainable, renewable, and baseload resource comes in a variety of forms, and carries traditional energy commodity risk profiles. Evolution Markets assists producers to find off-take counterparties and power generators to source stable supply. We also help both sets of market participants hedge price and volume risk, as well as take advantage of unique arbitrage opportunities. Learn More...
More than a niche market, biofuels have become a core component of the U.S. energy complex. Biofuels, including biodiesel and ethanol, experience volatility correlated to crude product markets, as well as agriculture markets. Understanding the interplay of these commodities is essential. Our brokers have this expertise, and our brokerage services seek to leverage it. Our institutional knowledge of environmental markets is also a strength, and we broker trades in the adjacent biofuels credit markets, including those for ethanol and biodiesel renewable identification numbers (RINs) and the low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) in California. Learn More...
Coal has developed into a truly global market, with hedging opportunities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia for coal originating in North America, South America, Asia, and Africa. Brokerage of coal products is in Evolution Markets’ DNA. U.S. Coal was one of the first products we brokered, and our founding partners helped launch the market in the 1990s. Over time, we have added brokerage capabilities in European and Asian markets for physical and financial trades, as well as structured off-take agreements. Now, we feature one of the industry’s only fully integrated global coal brokerage teams, which helps our customers seize opportunities around the clock and around the globe. Learn More...
