Tom James Renowned Energy Trading & Risk Management Author Launches Book in Russian.

Tom James renowned Energy market author today launches in London a Russian Language version publication on Energy derivatives trading and price risk management. Sponsored by the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX.COM)

(PRWEB) February 19, 2005 -- The book Energy Price Risk Markets and Applications in Russian can be found at www.anglorussianpublications.com

Other books he has written as an industry specialist includes Energy Price Risk, and Energy Hedging in Asia which he co-authored with Peter Fusaro, the New York Times best seller author of "What went wrong at Enron".

TOM JAMES prior to embarking on a career in consultancy, advising hedge funds and banks on energy & commodity trading ventures & corporates on risk management in the energy & commodity space (August 2004), was a Director for the Commodity Derivatives Group of the investment banking arm of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Japan.

Prior to Mitsubishi James was Director of Traded Energy Markets at the French bank Crédit Agricole Indosuez.

Tom has worked for over 16 years in the international energy & commodity trading & investment arena, and is a frequent speaker at energy and commodity conferences & forums around the world.

He is a member of the Energy Institute, Securities Institute, the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), Society of Technical Analysts, Institute of Directors and of The Council of Energy Advisors.

About the New York Mercantile Exchange:

The New York Mercantile Exchange is the largest physical commodity exchange in the world, offering futures and options trading in energy and metals contracts and clearing services for off--exchange energy transactions. Through a combination of open outcry floor trading and NYMEX ACCESS® and NYMEX ClearPortsm electronic trading platforms, a wide range of crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas, coal, electricity, gold, silver, copper, aluminum, and platinum group metals markets are available virtually 24 hours each day.

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