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As EU Carbon Prices Soar – Has the EU ETS Finally Found its Teeth?

16 October 2018 | | Energy Trading

EU ETS Carbon prices are around 20 Eur as of today, slightly off from their recent high of around 25 Eur in August.... continue reading

London Calling…

15 October 2018 | | CTRMCenter News, Vendor news & updates

We were a bit quite on here last week. That is because we were both in London. The primary purpose of the trip was a presentation to a group of CIO’s on the evolution of E/CTRM that... continue reading

FIS Kiodex Gets Physical

12 October 2018 | | Vendor news & updates

A couple of weeks ago, we had a briefing from Kiodex. Now part of the FIS family of products, Kiodex is a Software as a Service solution for commodity risk and compliance management. Though Kiodex has been... continue reading

Eka Digital CM Platform and the changing CTRM technology paradigm

10 October 2018 | | Opinion, Vendor news & updates

Last week, we had the opportunity to visit with Mr. Manav Garg, CEO & Founder of Eka, to discuss the company’s recent results,... continue reading

Latest News

Barchart Launches cmdtyView® to Revolutionize Physical Grain Trading

17 October 2018 | Ags & Softs, Vendor News

CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Barchart, a leading provider of market data and technology, is pleased to announce the launch of cmdtyView®, a market leading... continue reading

CIC launches blockchain-powered global physical commodities e-trading platform

17 October 2018 | Energy, IT News, News

(FinTech Innovation) – Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) has launched Singapore’s first physical commodity B2B e-trading platform, together with... continue reading

Exclusive: Don’t mention the oil price – U.S. legal threat prompts change at OPEC

17 October 2018 | Energy, News

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – OPEC has urged its members not to mention oil prices when discussing policy in a... continue reading

Global steel body hikes demand forecasts, but says risks remain

16 October 2018 | Metals

TOKYO (Reuters) – The World Steel Association on Tuesday doubled its 2018 and 2019 forecasts for growth in global demand for the material... continue reading

Videos

Mr. Frank Brienzi discusses Allegro’s recent acquisition of Financial Engineering Associates

In this edition of Leaders in CTRM Technology, Mr. Frank Brienzi discusses Allegro’s recent acquisition of Financial Engineering Associates (FEA), the impact of vendor consolidation for consumers of CTRM solutions and offers his views of recent market changes and future of CTRM technologies.

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Blog

As EU Carbon Prices Soar – Has the EU ETS Finally Found its Teeth?

16 October 2018 | | Energy Trading

EU ETS Carbon prices are around 20 Eur as of today, slightly off from their recent high of around 25 Eur in August. After several years in which the EU ETS was flooded with permits and prices were very low, prices are up around 300% over a 12-month period. Driving the rise in prices for carbon is the European Union plan that CO2 certificates which were not sold at auctions, will be transferred into a so called Market Stability Reserve (MSR) starting in January 2019, in order to make the market more resistant to turbulences. The EU aims to take 24 percent of certificates in circulation out of the market between 2019 and 2023, thus... continue reading

London Calling…

15 October 2018 | | CTRMCenter News, Vendor news & updates

We were a bit quite on here last week. That is because we were both in London. The primary purpose of the trip was a presentation to a group of CIO’s on the evolution of E/CTRM that seemed to go very well and was punctuated by a lot of very telling questions. While there, we also strategized a bit about our business and took some time to meet with various people from across the industry including Richard Williamson and the Gen10 team, Libby Koehn of Brady PLC, Matt Barrett of Adaptiv, Aviv Handler of ETR Advisory, Claire Peel of Allegro, and Richard Jefferson of Beacon. The over arching theme of the trip and visits seemed to be the deconstruction of the monolithic CTRM solution and a move towards apps or components in the cloud to perform discrete... continue reading

FIS Kiodex Gets Physical

Published 12 October 2018

A couple of weeks ago, we had a briefing from Kiodex. Now part of the FIS family of products, Kiodex... continue reading

Eka Digital CM Platform and the changing CTRM technology paradigm

Published 10 October 2018

Last week, we had the opportunity to visit with Mr. Manav Garg,... continue reading

Singular Point Launches MARiS

Published 5 October 2018

A couple of weeks ago, Singular Point launched its MARiS software product for commercial shipping and chartering at... continue reading

The VERY Last Chance!

Published 28 September 2018

Every two years, ComTech issues its’ highly anticipated Vendor Perception Study report. We have been putting this out for over... continue reading

What Will the Future Commodity Trader Look Like?

Published 27 September 2018

Automated trading in European intraday power and gas markets is just the tip of the iceberg. According to... continue reading

Metals Industry to Get More Optionality from CTRM: Introducing Gen10

Published 25 September 2018

Metals and metals concentrates are notoriously difficult to handle in a CTRM... continue reading

New Entrants

Published 20 September 2018

Periodically, we learn of new entrants into the E/CTRM fold of providers. In the last couple of weeks, we have... continue reading

Trouble Up North….

Published 19 September 2018

Traders on Nordpool, and who are part of the Nasdaq clearing house, this last week faced a c.$133 million hole... continue reading

News

Barchart Launches cmdtyView® to Revolutionize Physical Grain Trading

17 October 2018 | Ags & Softs, Vendor News

CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Barchart, a leading provider of market data and technology, is pleased to announce the launch of cmdtyView®, a market leading research, analysis and trading platform for agricultural commodity professionals. Sitting within Barchart’s cmdty product line, cmdtyView includes global exchange and reference data; and is the only platform to access streaming news from cmdtyNewswiresSM, best-in-class fundamental and economic data from cmdtyStatsSM, and Barchart’s broad proprietary cash grain commodity data. Barchart’s flagship data platform, cmdtyView provides comprehensive access to the features, functionality, and content that matters to commodity professionals – all delivered from a native HTML5 application that is responsive, powerful, and designed to be a true end-to-end workforce solution for commodity trading. Futures execution, physical... continue reading

CIC launches blockchain-powered global physical commodities e-trading platform

17 October 2018 | Energy, IT News, News

(FinTech Innovation) – Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) has launched Singapore’s first physical commodity B2B e-trading platform, together with its key industry partners ZALL SMARTCOMM (ZALL, a major B2B player in China), GeTS (Global eTrade Services) Asia Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of CrimsonLogic (a provider of eGovernment products and services, based in Singapore), and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX). CIC is a one-stop global trading platform built on blockchain technology that aims to provide commodity traders around the world access to a range of services from transaction matching, one-click customs clearance, to supply chain financing and payment term options, as well as greater pooling of resources for both buyers and sellers. CIC trades in an extensive portfolio... continue reading

Exclusive: Don’t mention the oil price – U.S. legal threat prompts change at OPEC

Published 17 October 2018

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – OPEC has urged its members not to mention oil... continue reading

Global steel body hikes demand forecasts, but says risks remain

Published 16 October 2018

TOKYO (Reuters) – The World Steel Association on Tuesday doubled its 2018 and 2019 forecasts for growth in... continue reading

New Executive Vice President of Smart Energy

Published 12 October 2018

Powel is delighted to announce the appointment of Tom Darell as the new Executive Vice President, Smart Energy... continue reading

The Vessel Group is Proud to Announce a Successful Go-Live of Allegro CTRM Software at Par Pacific

Published 9 October 2018

American Energy Company Implements Allegro’s CTRM Software with The Vessel Group DALLAS... continue reading

Allegro Announces New Metals and Mining Software

Published 8 October 2018

Allegro’s market-leading, analytics-driven CTRM software will provide the industry with the solution for smarter trading, enhanced operational risk... continue reading

Traders bet on oil at $100 as Iran sanctions loom

Published 5 October 2018

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil traders have piled into wagers that U.S. crude oil could surge to $100... continue reading

Record-Breaking Q3 U.S. Oil & Gas M&A Surges 250%

Published 4 October 2018

Updated outlook confirms accuracy of Drillinginfo’s M&A prediction Austin, TX (October 4, 2018) – Drillinginfo, the leading energy... continue reading

High stakes: Risk in Nasdaq’s Nordic power market boomed before default

Published 4 October 2018

OSLO (Reuters) – Risk levels in Nasdaq’s (NDAQ.O) Nordic commodities market had... continue reading

Interview Corner

Regulatory Compliance TRADESPARENT

Published 17 September 2018

An interview with Mr. Alexander Regnault, Director Operations, TRADESPARENT ComTech Advisory: TRADESPARENT now offers a variety of different solutions from risk management to regulatory compliance... continue reading

ETRM and PPAs – The View from Down Under

Published 7 August 2018

An interview with Mr. Shaun Ankers, CEO, Energy One ComTech Advisory: Can you give us an update on Energy One? What key initiatives are you... continue reading

FIS Looks to Leverage Products into Energy & Commodities

Published 26 June 2018

ComTech Advisory: FIS Energy & Commodities is just a part of a larger group of products and business units offering trading and risk products that... continue reading

Brady’s Product Strategy and Direction – Interview with Ms. Libby Koehn, Chief Product Office, Brady PLC

Published 3 April 2018

Ms. Libby Koehn joined Brady PLC recently as Chief Product Officer. We asked her about Brady’s strategy, products and views on market developments. ComTech Advisory:... continue reading

An Interview with Rich Jefferson, Commodities COO at Beacon

Published 27 March 2018

Comtech recently had the opportunity to visit with Mr. Rich Jefferson, Commodities COO at Beacon to get his thoughts about Beacon Growing Rapidly and Finding... continue reading

FIS Gear Up to Launch Multiple Product Strategy into Commodities

Published 20 February 2018

Commodity Technology Advisory asks Dr. Markus Seiser, COO, FIS Energy, about FIS’s strategy and plans for Energy & Commodities ComTech Advisory: FIS now markets its... continue reading

Interview with Metafused

Published 1 February 2018

ComTech Advisory: What is Metafused and what does it offer? Madhuban Kumar: Metafused’s platform provides automated AI predictions for financial services and increases their efficiencies... continue reading

Capco’s Energy Practice post-FIS – A Conversation with the Leadership Team

Published 4 December 2017

FIS announced their intention to spin-off the company’s Capco consulting business in May of this year. With the transaction completed in August, we recently visited... continue reading

CTRM Community

Spectre of Iran’s ‘ghost ships’ haunts oil outlook

Published 18 October 2018

Source: Financial Times, 18th October 2018 Tanker tracking suggests Tehran is still finding plenty of buyers for its crude Read the full article on FT.com... continue reading

Dollar and Treasury yields lifted by Fed minutes

Published 17 October 2018

Source: Financial Times, 17th October 2018 Stocks lose ground after strong rally; oil prices hurt by inventories report Read the full article on FT.com Source:... continue reading

Natural gas-fired power plants are being added and used more in PJM Interconnection

Published 17 October 2018

The average annual capacity factors for natural gas-fired generators in the PJM Interconnection—the largest competitive wholesale electricity market in the United States—have increased in recent... continue reading

Momentum fades after global stock rebound

Published 17 October 2018

Source: Financial Times, 17th October 2018 Technology shares in demand as Netflix beats estimates on subscriber growth Read the full article on FT.com Source: Commodities... continue reading

Industry Voices

Trading Re-imagined – How Digitization is Reshaping the Commodity Trading Industry

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The Commodity Trading industry is on the cusp of transformation – and Digitization is at the heart of the change. By Cyrus Dadachanji, Partner, Midstream... continue reading

Brexit: Passporting aside – regulatory considerations for firms providing investment services

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Sophie Crisp, Manager, Risk and Compliance | 15 Jul 2016 Since the Brexit result, the focus for many has been on firms maintaining passporting rights... continue reading

The latest trends in near shoring / Human Capital

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At a recent gathering of CIO’s from some of the commodities traders it became clear that ‘near shoring’ is again the flavor of the month.... continue reading

REMIT Reporting is nearly done – can we now forget about European regulation?

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There are now only a few days to go until the second, and final, reporting deadline under REMIT, on 7th April. From that date, all... continue reading

The nu-clear Future

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Researched and written by Paul Cassar of MJMEnergy Ltd – http://www.mjmenergy.com “Opponents of nuclear misread the science. It is safe and reliable. The challenge, as... continue reading

Key CTRM Recruitment Findings

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Commoditas Partners has published its key CTRM Recruitment findings based on data collected through interviews with hiring managers of leading trading and investment companies, system... continue reading

CTRM Recruitment update with Carl Vellenoweth of Commoditas Partners

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Spike in LNG CTRM skills Over the last 18 months there’s been an increasing number of multi-national and national oil companies setting up trading hubs,... continue reading

Iron Ore: swapping the physical for the paper trade

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By Ami Katschinski, Trayport’s Head of Global Commodities, offers his views on the future of the global iron ore market The iron ore markets have... continue reading

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