Introducing the Australian Power Indices
Mon 7 Jul 2008
Australian Electricity as an Alternative Investment
Energy and commodities are growing in popularity as a separate investment asset class in their own right. Volatile investment returns from mainstream asset classes such as domestic and international equity markets, fixed interest and property markets have emphasised the diversification benefits of energy-price linked investments.
The Australian electricity market is uniquely non-correlated to international oil and gas prices, or other factors that commonly affect fixed interest, equity and property markets. Wholesale investment professionals seeking portfolio diversification opportunities have a myriad of potential investment strategies to chose from, benchmarked to Australian electricity prices.
d-cypha SFE Electricity Futures are cash settled without physical electricity delivery, providing professional funds managers with the ability to create electricity price-linked investments directly via their SFE Participant, avoiding many of the costs and risks associated with investing in physical power assets.
d-cyphaTrade has launched 2 indices based on variations of a calendar year index comprising d-cypha SFE Australian Electricity contracts for a 1 year duration across either the Australian National (NSW, VIC, QLD and SA) or the Australian Eastern Seaboard (QLD, NSW, VIC) regions.
Please visit The Australian Power Indices on our website for full details.