Recently, I wrote a critical blog about the sudden plethora of CTRM software awards. Apparently, this hit a chord with many colleagues and we got quite a lot of... continue reading
Last week, I was in London and visited with a good many people that we know there before attending and presenting at FIS Connect at the QE2 Center. It... continue reading
I’m just back from London where I attended ComRisk2019 and moderated a lively session on CTRM. The conference enjoyed a bumper turn out – apparently attendance was 50% up... continue reading
I don’t know about everyone else but we have had a remarkably busy start to 2019. For example, we have been engaged in several market sweeps already where we... continue reading
Just in case you missed it, we released our next CTRMRadio podcast last week. In it, ComTech talked to Jurgen Mayerhofer of Visotech, Roland Peetz of Likron and Johan... continue reading
Occasionally, we try to get responses to short surveys for the purposes of conducting some research. Yes, we know people hate doing surveys but there are not really any... continue reading
The latest edition of CTRMRadio, a podcast from Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, focuses on regulatory concerns. With the news full of BREXIT and the utter confusion surrounding when it... continue reading
The commodities business is risky enough but this year, it has gotten even riskier. BREXIT, Russian sanctions, renewal of Iranian sanctions, trade wars, Syria, Venezuela, and more. All of... continue reading
A lot of the research we have done over the years continues to suggest that managing trading and risk management activities and data can be a struggle. Many firms... continue reading
About 3-years ago, Patrick and I were chatting over breakfast at our E-World hotel. We were talking about CTRM in the cloud and about how the industry seemed to... continue reading
As Gary previously noted, we’ve just released the 2019 CTRM Sourcebook! This latest addition includes 38 detailed product listings from 31 different vendors and covers the vast majority of... continue reading
Yesterday we released the all-new 2019 Sourcebook – the must-have tool for any CTRM software shortlisting exercise. You can find it for FREE download on this site. We also... continue reading
When I rejoined Patrick at ComTech, I was based in Prague having just resigned as Executive Director of a group of power trading firms. Everyone it seems likes to... continue reading
Next week both Patrick and I will be at E-World and Water in Essen, Germany. We hope to meet a lot of colleagues there and we may try to... continue reading
Before the Christmas holidays, we wrote a blog about how to get the best out of the functionality embedded within CTRMCenter. In that blog, I mentioned we were adding... continue reading
Here is to a Happy and prosperous 2019 to all of our readers. Normal services will be resumed very shortly…..... continue reading
Patrick, Andrew and I wish you all a very happy and safe Holiday! ... continue reading
CTRMCenter – this website – is actually quite a powerful and information packed website. It may have a number of features and content that some readers are unaware of... continue reading
Looking at LinkedIn this morning, it seems like everyone recently won some kind of award from one publication or another. Congrats to all. ComTech, being an analyst firm, doesn’t... continue reading
A Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers!... continue reading
In the soon to be released 2018 CTRM Vendor Perception Study by Commodity Technology Advisory, the strength of the combined ION acquisitions has been measured for the first time... continue reading