ComTech Advisory Tell us a bit about Value Creed in terms of what motivated its founding and how you got started? Rathin Gupta: Value Creed was founded with a focus... continue reading

ComTech Advisory Who is Dycotrade and how did it get started as a business? Cees Poortman: DycoTrade, headquartered in the Netherlands, is a Microsoft partner delivering an end-to-end commodity trading... continue reading

If, like us, you keep an eye on what is going on in the world of CTRM then you will have seen the constant reminders that technology is one of... continue reading

This last quarter, we asked our Thought Leadership panel the following questions. ComTech: “In our recently released 2016 CTRM Vendor Perceptions Report, when our respondents were asked to name vendors... continue reading

Commodity Technology Advisory Question – We’re hearing that OPEX is under considerable pressure at a majority of energy and commodity trading shops, with some facing cuts as high as 30%... continue reading

Question: In conversations with several global scale commodities traders over the last few months, ComTech has noted an increasing interest in pursuing internal builds of CTRM systems. The question is... continue reading

It had been a rough day in the carbon markets for Arnulf Kohler. But that was typical for Arnulf (known by Arn to his very few friends) who led an... continue reading

One of the key topics in the recently released CTRM for Ags & Softs study report was the definition of Commodity Management and Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM). We... continue reading

With around 90 or more software vendors offering a variety of commercially available solutions in the area of ETRM and CTRM software and a history of commercial solution development going... continue reading

The Importance of Price Curve Management In A More Regulated Commodity Trading Environment In an era of significantly tighter regulation and oversight of commodity markets, forward price curves have taken... continue reading