According to Reuters, the CFTC pursued 82 enforcement actions in fiscal 2021, with fraud cases representing the largest number of actions and imposed over $2.5 billion in fines and... continue reading
I spoke recently with Adrian Carr of NASDAQ Risk Platform who was keen to tell me about its initial margin (IM) capabilities. A fully-fledged cross-asset trade and risk system,... continue reading
Orchestrade has been around since 2009 and today has more than 40 customers and around 100 staff. In 2017, it began a collaboration with Engie after a successful Proof... continue reading
Irina Reitgruber was on her way to Houston last week she told me, and indeed, it is in the USA that FIS seems to be doing well at the... continue reading
China. It is a commodities powerhouse and certainly a major commodities consumer. Yet, when it comes to CTRM software, it is still in its early stages and experiencing a... continue reading
Simon Wheeler, CEO of EnergyOne Europe, enjoyed Commodities People’s ETW recently, he told me saying “It was really good with a lot of Europeans travelling to the UK to... continue reading
Fendahl is gearing up for a record year, says Henry Thornalley, head of Marketing. “We are set to exceed our previous record year in 2020 in terms of revenues... continue reading
A couple of years or so ago, we started what may well have been the first podcast in the CTRM space – CTRMRadio. There are now some 32 back... continue reading
Cubelogic has had a very busy summer, said Sales Director Ian Sloggett. “There was no lull in July and August this year,” he told me. Trade surveillance interest has... continue reading
Our new mini report on trends in risk management technologies has been released and can now be downloaded here. This research was kindly sponsored by Amphora, Commodities People and... continue reading
I recently chatted with ION’s Yagnesh Savania (Yags) to see what he and ION Commodities had observed in the Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) markets for its software... continue reading
As a new week begins, the pace of commodities-focused news appears to have slowed considerably with all eyes now on a midweek announcement from the Fed. A large rise... continue reading
It is busy times at ComTech as we have just issued the 2022 CTRM Sourcebook update and will shortly issue the 2022 research report – Trends in Risk Management... continue reading
We are pleased to announce that ComTech has just released the 2022 Sourcebook of CTRM Software Suppliers and Products. This year’s edition contains 42 detailed product listing from all... continue reading
Things move quickly here in Europe. So, a quick summary of events. The ECB increased interest rates by 75 bp and the Euro responded by gaining 1%. Deutsche Bank... continue reading
The markets await the ECB’s decision on interest rates today expecting a potential record rate hike and also watching later in the day a speech by a member of... continue reading
There is nothing like a political crisis to force politicians hands is there? Reuters today reporting some really interesting turnarounds by political leaders in Europe from Liz Truss, new... continue reading
As an CTRM market analyst, I must stay on top of the news every day, reviewing and analyzing developments that impact the commodity trading sector and the buyers of... continue reading
Recently, I talked with Simon Wheeler, CEO of Energy one Europe. He was pretty upbeat in his analysis reporting that, since June, it had completed four new ETRM deals... continue reading
We have had a good response to the 2022 Vendor Perception Survey so far but we will keep it open until September 15th after which it will be closed... continue reading
Looking back over the last 5 to 10 years of activity in the ETRM / CTRM markets in North America, there’s been a clear pattern – natural gas and... continue reading