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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

Enuit Targets Environmental Commodities

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

Phlo System’s opsPhlo – Commodity Management in the Cloud

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 Expands Offering affordable, SaaS CTRM for Grains

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

iRely in Top Four CTRM / CM Vendors on Back of Growth – Sees Metals as Next Target

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

Culture and Attitude Play A Huge Role in Managing Credit and Other Risks

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 Bets on AI to Enable Digital Transformation in the Commodity Industry.

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

Inatech Thrives as a Part of the ValSoft Portfolio

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 Targets HMRC and Dutch Customs Assistance with tradePhlo

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

CTRM Vendor Funding Part 2 – Amphora: Private Backing for Stability and Growth

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

Trader Profits – Driving Increased Expenditures on Technology?

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

CubeLogic’s Trade Surveillance Solution Proves Popular

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

Vendor Funding – The Ability to Innovate and Survive – Part 1

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

Brady’s CRisk and the CFO – Ensuring Effective Liquidity and Counterparty Credit Policies

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 Incorporates AI into its Tech Stack for Further Streamlining

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

North American Utilities Face Potential Credit Issues

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

Gen10 Sees Strong Demand as it Nears 25 Years in the Business

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

Molecule updates from founder and CEO Sameer Soleja

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

Brady Veteran Relishes the evolution of ETRM implementation projects over the years.

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 Adding Energy & Commodity Customers

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

Security Built in from Day One at VAKT

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