VAKT CEO Provides Update and Compelling Reasons for adoption
It’s been 6-months since Tasja Botha was appointed CEO over at VAKT, and in that time, much has happened. So, I talked with Tasja last week to catch up... continue reading
It’s been 6-months since Tasja Botha was appointed CEO over at VAKT, and in that time, much has happened. So, I talked with Tasja last week to catch up... continue reading
Enuit is busy readying Entrade 7 and, as we wrote in a previous article, it is investing its future in a new technology platform while preserving the depth of... continue reading
Talha Khan is Phlo System’s CTO and recently I had an opportunity to talk with him about some of the technology initiatives going on over at Phlo Systems and... continue reading
Grain Track offers a CTRM solution targeting grains known as Commotrack – a SaaS, cloud-based solution that is now used by more than 57 customers in the Ukraine, Moldova,... continue reading
ComTech’s forthcoming market sizing update will show quite a bump in vendor revenues from ags & softs. We have been anticipating this for a few years and we do... continue reading
Having worked as an executive director for a proprietary trading firm for a period, I am only too aware of how good risk management intentions can be nullified by... continue reading
Commverse is a boutique consultancy focused on the CTRM and ETRM space. Founded in 2022 by a group of senior ex-CTRM software and industry executives. It has grown steadily... continue reading
Fred Bendle, the CEO of Inatech, has been involved with the business every step of the way since helping to establish the vendor while still at Glencore. More recently,... continue reading
Phlo systems offers a solution to help manage customs requirements from and to the UK or the Netherlands via TradePhlo, an AI-driven platform for self-declaration or managed declaration. I... continue reading
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
It’s no secret that commodity traders have had back-to-back record years in terms of profits. According to Oliver Wyman, profits likely exceeded $100 billion in 2022, enabling commodity traders... continue reading
Over the last decade or so, regulatory risk has been a growing concern for those trading various types of commodities as a multitude of new regulations came into force... continue reading
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
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
VAKT sees AI within its platform as a potentially powerful tool that can help to further streamline business processes and workflows, particularly in handling barge nomination documents, inspection documents,... continue reading
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
Richard Williamson, CEO of Gen10, sees a very active market for CTRM and related software right now across most commodities and regions. “It’s a good mix of mid-sized and... continue reading
I recently had an opportunity to speak with Sameer Soleja, the Founder and CEO of Molecule, to get an update on Molecule’s key initiatives and his outlook on the... continue reading
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
Quantifi has a 22-year history providing risk, analytics, and trading solutions to capital markets. Around 12-years ago, it extended that offering into commodity markets and has since experienced strong... continue reading
These days, security of data – particularly digital data – is a key concern. As many adopt SaaS solutions in the cloud and applications are often hosted outside of... continue reading