With it coming up to the holidays, I can’t help myself and suggest that if you are looking for a stocking stuffer for a work colleague the you couldn’t... continue reading
I will be visiting Singapore in February to take part in Commodities People’s Commodity Trading Week APAC. I will be presenting on the Wednesday,19th February on the topic –... continue reading
Flexibility in Renewable Energy Systems: A Crucial Challenge for the Energy Transition Flexibility in power systems based on renewable energy has become a critical issue in the energy transition.... continue reading
Its quite an honor to be on this prestigious list and pretty much a first for me to be mentioned in this way. I’m pretty much a head down... continue reading
The next generation of Enuit’s EnTrade is shaping up well, according to Ganesh Natarjan, Enuit’s COO, who told me recently that it has been showing it to customers and... continue reading
DycoTrade is a name that we had long been familiar with and had some interactions with over the years, most notably speaking at one of its user groups in... continue reading
Finally, we have released the 2024 Vendor Perceptions Report. Based on 290 validated and usable responses, this report does a deep dive into which vendors are perceived as leaders... continue reading
It is thanksgiving in the USA today so Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American colleagues. But that got me thinking. The holidays are coming up and people may... continue reading
I have always been intrigued by hedge funds – especially those operating in commodities trading and twenty years ago even wrote a book on the topic for John Wiley... continue reading
AI is a key focus in today’s business landscape, with many companies exploring its applications across various domains. In the ETRM space, AI offers transformative potential. For instance, large... continue reading
It’s not that often that existing vendors build new solutions so when Amphora announced a new metals CTRM called Alchemy, I was all ears and obtained a briefing and... continue reading
Now that VAKT has established its products through broader adoption, it has been able to establish some ROI’s and made these the focus of its new web presence. As... continue reading
The demand for external risk systems, alongside the risk management capabilities of CTRMs, is growing steadily. There are several reasons for this trend. First, real-time capabilities have become increasingly... continue reading
New E/CTRM vendors continue to emerge. Often this is because people from the industry with experience believe that there is a better way, and they want to utilize new... continue reading
When considering AI applications in the energy sector, use cases that come to mind normally include predictive analytics, reporting, and the automation of back-office processes and operations. Modern forecasting... continue reading
Compiling this report is a massive and time consuming task and its one that we are not compensated for – ie we do it as basic research every two... continue reading
It’s not very often I get visited in my hometown of Brno, Czechia by a client. In fact, I can count this rare occurrence on one hand and must... continue reading
Last week, I attended the annual FIS European Energy User Group meeting, held in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, near the FIS office. The two-day event was well-attended by... continue reading
ComTech has long stated that C/ETRM is, in fact, a misnomer. It stands for Commodity Trading and Risk Management but over the years risk management has become increasingly complex... continue reading
Hitachi Energy occupy an interesting position as a vendor from our perspective as analysts. In earlier versions of our published book on CTRM software, we highlighted the asset heavy... continue reading
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
