This afternoon, Openlink issued a press release announcing that they are being acquired by ION Investment Group. Though the announcement wasn’t necessarily unexpected (see our earlier blog post here),... continue reading
One of the trends that ComTech is advising clients around is the structural change in the industry. Today’s Reuter’s story shows that this change continues unabated as commodity volatilities... continue reading
Its a busy time for CTRM mergers, acquisitions and divestitures…. In just the last couple of months, we’ve had 1) ION buying Aspect and a strong rumor that they... continue reading
There was interesting news this morning through financial market sources that Brady has sold it US recycling business to AMCS Group for up to 4.6m GBP. According to these... continue reading
I know we have already gone past Blue Monday* but Happy New Year to all my readers out there (OK – both of you then). I hadn’t heard of... continue reading
Just before Christmas, I had the opportunity to visit with Generation 10. As luck would have it, they also invited me to their Christmas night out! Generation 10’s innovation... continue reading
Recently, I caught up with CTRM Thought Leader Mr. Jan van den Brom of Agiboo. He told me that Agiboo had gained quite a few new clients in softs... continue reading
Rumors have been flying for the last couple of weeks that Dublin-based ION Investments Group is about to acquire one of the largest CTRM vendors. Though a name is... continue reading
Just a reminder, we’re currently working on a research effort looking at the impacts of disruptive new technologies in the CTRM space. If you are a ETRM/CTRM user, provider... continue reading
This afternoon, I was catching up with one of our CTRM Thought Leaders – Jan van den Brom of Agiboo – when we got on to an interesting topic.... continue reading
Climate change, as any non-politically inclined geologist will tell you, is a naturally occurring phenomena of a living planet Earth. The climate has changed and relative sea levels risen... continue reading
Just before the Christmas holidays, I talked with David Edwards, Managing Director, of BlackLight Systems. BlackLight Systems claims to be the first commodity trading and risk system to be... continue reading
I’ll be participating in a webinar on January 31st with Lacima on risk. The title of the webinar is Solutions for valuation challenges for traders. Consistency with risk. Recent... continue reading
People like to read industry research and check the opinions of their peers. Perhaps they do not enjoy so much filling out online surveys! However, unless the latter gets... continue reading
Towards the end of 2017, there were indications that things were beginning to pick up a bit. We expect that to continue with CTRM in the cloud being the... continue reading
In the surest sign that blockchain madness has consumed the markets, Long Island Iced Tea Company announced yesterday that they were changing their name to Long Blockchain Corporation and... continue reading