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Enuit Upbeat about Asia-Pacific Region

Enuit always has quite a presence in the Asia-Pacific region in our Vendor Perception Studies and so far, this year is no different (the report is in progress). Much... continue reading

Oil Surpluses and Conspiracies

Back in 2005, I wrote a book with Peter C. Fusaro called Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds – The New Investment Paradigm. Within the book, we did a bit... continue reading

Where is the Recruitment Action?

As an analyst, I often find headhunters have some of the best information about what is going on in the market and so last week, I spoke with Robert... continue reading

Three Macro Trends To Watch

Risk, Risk, and Risk Twice in the last few days I have been asked what I see in the market at the macro level. In both instances, I have... continue reading

CTRMRadio – The Podcast

ComTech innovated the Commodity Tech podcast several years ago with CTRMRadio. This year, we turned it into a video podcast as it had been and still is available in... continue reading

The BRICS System Means Less Price Discovery and Market Intelligence

A short while ago, I used this blog to alert people to the BRICS clearing system and how that system would eventually have an impact on the USD. I... continue reading

CTRM Vendor Funding Part 3 – Steve Hughes of Quor Eka Shares His Views on Private and PE firm Ownership.

Steve Hughes, now CEO at Quor Eka, is a something of a veteran when it comes to M&A with 25 M&A projects under his belt. For example, he ran... continue reading

CTRM Vendor Funding Part 2 – Amphora: Private Backing for Stability and Growth

A vendor that has significant longevity and that celebrated its 27th years anniversary this year  – so long in fact that even I competed with it back in my... continue reading

Give Us Your Views On Energy Transition Technologies?

ComTech Advisory LLC is excited to announce the launch of the first survey focused on energy transition technologies. The survey aims to gather opinions and data on the adoption,... continue reading

Vendor Funding – The Ability to Innovate and Survive – Part 1

Over the last quarter century or so, as I have been directly involved in CTRM and related software, outside investment and M&A has been a consistent and ongoing theme.... continue reading

Brady’s CRisk and the CFO – Ensuring Effective Liquidity and Counterparty Credit Policies

When it comes to the various risks that a commodities-focused company must deal with, credit risk is likely an area that staff from several departments are involved with in... continue reading

What Happened to Commodities News?

If you are a frequent visitor to CTRMCenter then you will know that we like to post a daily article of our own in the blog section and a... continue reading

North American Utilities Face Potential Credit Issues

2023/4 saw North American Utilities identified by several credit rating agencies as riskier with both Morningstar and Fitch citing credit metrics weakening on both rising CAPEX and regulatory lag.... continue reading

Brady Veteran Relishes the evolution of ETRM implementation projects over the years.

Having spent almost 30-years in the energy and commodity trading software sector, I have seen many changes and have always emphasized the importance of history when looking at the... continue reading

Is Commodity Management Edging Out CTRM?

Commodity Management is essentially CTRM plus ERP functionalities to support the physical supply chain involved in moving and managing the commodity and we defined these terms a few years... continue reading

Interest Rates up or down and Impact on Commodity Technology markets

I’m certainly not an economist but I can see through the political narrative trying to get interest rates down ahead of a US election. As I have argued here... continue reading

CubeLogic – Emerging as a Force in Energy & Commodities Risk

Energy & Commodities Credit software has an interesting history and has developed as a class of risk software supplementary to E/CTRM and related software. Back in the early and... continue reading

Lots of Investor Interest in CTRM and Related Software

This last few months ComTech’s collective phones have been ringing off the hook with VC and PE firms expressing an interest in commodities and the technologies that support the... continue reading

Are Sales Cycles Lengthening?

In talking to a variety of vendors across the CTRM space and beyond, I am getting feedback that sales cycles appear to be lengthening. Wether it be a traditional... continue reading

Thoughts on the Quor and ClearDox Partnering Announcement

Quor recently announced a partnership with ClearDox “to help organizations close the ‘automation gaps’ across the trading lifecycle.” According to the announcement, “the ClearDox intelligent applications leverage the latest... continue reading

2024 Vendor Perception Survey and Study

Every two years, we test your perceptions of the vendors and products in the CTRM and related software category. Unlike other surveys this one is all about YOUR views... continue reading