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Pioneer Solutions joins the roster of CTRM Conference sponsors

We are please to announce that Pioneer Solutions has joined the growing list of sponsors of our 2015 CTRM Conference in London, produced in cooperation with Commodities Now. Pioneer... continue reading

Quorum is Building Solid Momentum in ETRM

When Quorum acquired Woodlands Solutions about a year and a half ago, we viewed the deal as a solid opportunity for Quorum to leverage Woodlands’ modern technology, and Quorum’s... continue reading

An Update on SAP’s Growing CM Footprint

Last week, I was afforded a catch-up briefing by the SAP team including its VP for Commodity Management and Agribusiness, Ms. Anja Strothkaemper. Ms. Strothkaemper looks after both SAP’s... continue reading

Aspect Targets Metals

I recently had a briefing from Aspect Enterprise about its ambitions to add metals functionality particularly for concentrates. Today, I was given a quick update. Aspect is targeting a... continue reading

Updating the Evolution of the Vendor Landscape

With the SunGard's recent purchase of Energeya, and with Allegro now entering the consolidation fray with their acquisition of Just Commodity, we may be starting to see deals flow... continue reading

STOP PRESS – Allegro Acquires JustCommodity

Allegro announced this morning that it has acquired JustCommodity, the leading Asia-Pacific vendor of CTRM software specifically in the Ags and Softs arena. This is the first acquisition by... continue reading

2015 CTRM Conference Taking Shape

We are very pleased to announce that Chris Seiple, Genscape’s Managing Director of Power who comes with a wealth of experience in the power data field will be one of the key... continue reading

Catching Up With Agiboo

Earlier this week, Agiboo announced that Tereos Commodities had selected its Agiblocks CTRM software. Tereos is the world’s fifth-largest sugar group, and is specialized in processing sugar beet, sugar... continue reading

Remembering Jon Arnold…..

Today, I was looking up an old colleague in order to make a connection to him for a client only to discover with some considerable shock that Mr. Jon... continue reading

DataGenic Set To Launch Cloud-Based Intelligent Decision Support for Energy

While in London recently, I met with Richard Quigley, CEO of DataGenic. Among other news, Mr. Quigley told me more details about their plans to roll out a cloud-delivered... continue reading

Regulatory update – are we nearly done yet?

By Aviv Handler It is over a year since trade reporting under EMIR started, requiring any entity trading derivatives to report them daily to authorised Trade Repositories. This process... continue reading

I’m going to save you from being ripped off for $3500…you’re welcome

Since the founding of Commodity Technology Advisory (and before that at our predecessor organization CommodityPoint) we have had the policy of providing our research reports free of charge, meaning... continue reading

Sourcebook and Directory Reminder!!

I thought I would post another reminder today that listings for the new Sourcebook should be received by Patrick or I no later than May 31st. They have started... continue reading

Eka’s new Commodity Analytics Cloud – a unique offering in the CTRM space

We had the opportunity to get a briefing on Eka‘s “Commodity Analytics Cloud” application in advance of its official announcement earlier this week.  Manav Garg, Eka‘s president and Preeti... continue reading

OpenLink IRM Set to be More Visible

A discussion that came up during a visit to OpenLink’s Vienna office recently was what the definition of optimization was. OpenLink has historically sold its IRM optimization software but... continue reading

Reminder for Vendors – SourceBook Deadline

Just a reminder to all CTRM vendors, the deadline for the return of the 2015 CTRM SourceBook listing materials is May 31…or early in the day on June 1st.... continue reading

Powel AS Becomes Bronze level sponsor of 2015 CTRM Conference

Powel AS has signed up as a Bronze level sponsor of the CTRM Conference and we thank them for their support of this unique and innovative 1-day event that... continue reading

Call For Papers – CTRM Conference 2015

We are actively seeking speakers for the CTRM Conference and would welcome your suggestions by email sent to gvasey at comtechadvisory dot com. We are looking for speakers who... continue reading

SunGard Energy Targets Europe

A couple of weeks ago, I visited SunGard Energy in Vienna. I was keen to find out more about SunGard’s acquisition of Energeya in particular and the company’s European... continue reading

Trayport Contigo Signs up as a Bronze Sponsor of CTRM Conference 2015

Trayport Contigo has signed up as a Bronze level sponsor of the CTRM Conference for the second consecutive year and we thank them for their support of this unique... continue reading

Iron Ore: swapping the physical for the paper trade

By Ami Katschinski, Trayport’s Head of Global Commodities, offers his views on the future of the global iron ore market The iron ore markets have seen significant developments recently... continue reading