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Trips to Germany

This week, I headed back to Germany – Heidelberg and Walldorf specifically – again to speak and participate in SAP’s Commodity Management Forum. I had been to Essen just a couple of weeks previously for E-World. Living in Brno, I find......
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Brady – Business as Usual Again

In the last few weeks, Brady has issued a number of announcements signaling that its back to business as usual for the UK-based E/CTRM supplier. These include new customer wins, successful implementations, partnerships and upgrades. A visit to its webs......
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Gen10 Customer Gets Vocal About its Implementation of CommOS

These days it seems harder than ever for a CTRM vendor to gain approval from any customer to get out an announcement regarding selection or implementation – even if that announcement is a part of the sales contract. The truth is that many firms are sim......
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FIS Cloud Strategy Includes XDM

FIS is also targeting the energy retail and industrials segments, especially in Europe, according to Ms. Irina Reitgruber, FIS’ product manager for market risk and Solution Owner of European Energy, who we spoke to recently about its strategy in energy......
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Another E-World is Over

I was at E-World this week in Essen, Germany where I caught up with many colleagues and clients. With a storm passing through Europe early in the week, I was quite glad that I had decided to attend Wednesday and Thursday, skipping Tuesday meaning my tr......
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Don’t Under Estimate Commodity Trading Complexity

I got off the phone today after introducing a potential investor to the CTRM scene – at least briefly. We do this quite often and often get asked to do due diligence – and even though I say so myself – I think we are the best qualifie......
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Another eWorld is Coming Up.. See You There?

This time of the year has its routines – the first is my birthday and the second is eWorld in Essen – sometimes, like last year – they even occur together. Germany in early February is always such a delight …. but it is a chance......
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Led by Aligne and cloud, FIS is assembling a comprehensive product strategy for energy and commodities

Recently, ComTech spoke with Ms. Irina Reitgruber of FIS to catch up a bit with FIS’ strategy and market activity. Ms. Reitgruber currently serves as product manager for market risk and Solution Owner of European Energy for FIS. As a part of the broade......
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More Than Forward Curves….

Forward price curves are a necessity for firms that trade commodities. While some firms use an aggregation service others still assemble prices themselves from a variety of sources. However, as power and gas trading has increasingly become faster and c......
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UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO – New Whitepaper

Many CTRM vendors have tried to create what we often refer to as the ‘all singing, all dancing’ CTRM solution. Their goal is to create that single CTRM solution that can cater for and meet the requirement of all commodities, both physical and financial......
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