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Are CTRM Software Markets Slow?

Here we are in late January and there has been one ‘news’ announcement from the CTRM Software or ETRM software vendor community to my knowledge regarding 2013 Q4 wins.... continue reading

JustCommodity Starts the Year with Significant Wins

I spoke to Joel Lou this morning, CEO of Singapore-based JustCommodity. JustCommodity has been in business around 10-years and has a strong track record for delivering its ContraXcentral CTRM... continue reading

A New Commodity Risk Management Solution

Late last year, I took a briefing from a company called Risk Edge Solutions that was created in 2013 with the aim to change the way Commodity Risk Solutions... continue reading

What Will 2014 Bring?

Happy New Year to everyone on what is likely the first full day back at the office for many of us. We wish you a successful and happy year... continue reading

Happy Holidays….

Here in Prague the weather is pretty cold and the days very short in terms of daylight. January and February are the worst months here weather wise so there... continue reading

Are you ready?

This article was published as a ComtechAlert newsletter on the 4th December. The ComtechAlert newsletter goes out twice a month and you can subscribe to it here. By Gary... continue reading

An Interview with TrayPort and Trayport Contigo

The last of our four videos shot in London a couple of weeks ago was recorded at the offices of Trayport in London to discuss the recent acquisition of... continue reading

CTRM Leaders Video Interview with Mr. Richard Williamson, CEO of Generation 10 Ltd.

While in London, we also had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Richard Williamson, CEO of G10. With a 13-year history in the cotton and other Agricultural sectors, G10... continue reading

Agiboo Release v3.4 of Agiblocks

Agiboo has announced the release of v3.4 of its Agiblocks solution. The new functionality included in the release is largely associated with the finance, delivery and risk functions and... continue reading

A Conversation with Mr. Gavin Lavelle, CEO of Brady PLC

In the second of our new video interviews in the CTRM Leaders series, Patrick Reames talks to Mr. Gavin Lavelle, CEO of Brady PLC. He discusses Brady’s performance to... continue reading

‘CTRM Leaders’ Video Interview with Mr. Steve Hughes of Aspect Enterprise

Here is the first of four videos in the Leaders in CTRM series that we shot in London a couple of weeks ago. Mr Steve Hughes is President and... continue reading

What’s Coming Up?

It has been a busy two-weeks at ComTech Advisory. Last week, Patrick and I were in London were we met with several vendors during a pretty hectic schedule managing... continue reading

ComTech Advisory on the Road

Patrick and I are in London this week and have a full agenda of visits and video interviews culminating in attending the Commodity Now awards dinner on Wednesday night.... continue reading

Updated Version of the Regulatory Report Now available

As of today, an updated version of the European Regulatory Report is available for download, The new version – v3.1 – includes updates specifically around data repositories and data... continue reading

Here We Go….

You had been warned and told. Now you have just three months to be ready even if that means you have to be dragged kicking and screaming to reporting... continue reading

New edition of European Commodity Market Regulations report to be published on 7th April

A new edition of the European Commodity Market Regulations report written in conjunction with ETR Advisory and kindly sponsored by TriOptima will be published on the 13th November, shortly... continue reading

All Change?

Many years ago, we came up with a model of how the E/CTRM software market works. It was based, in part, on a technology adoption curve and employed the... continue reading

Next Up – 2013 CTRM Market Size

Primarily worked by Patrick, the 2013 E/CTRM Market Sizing Study report is almost ready for publication probably on the 8th November. As usual, it will be a free report... continue reading

A European Acquisition – Powel AS Acquires Delta Energy

News today that Powel AS has acquired Swiss vendor Delta Energy. Powel is a 240 strong spin-off from the Norwegian Electric Power Research Institute (EFI), a part of the... continue reading

CTRM in the Cloud Discussion

There is a super discussion thread right now on Linkedin around our topic of CTRM in the Cloud. It’s well worth a visit over there to read and even... continue reading

TriOptima Energy Commodities Portfolio Compression Run has Very Interesting Results

Multilateral compression of OTC derivative contracts is an effective and efficient process not only for reducing notionals and eliminating trades but also for managing counterparty exposures and releasing capital... continue reading