I quite often discover new vendors and often discover that they have actually been around a while operating in a discrete niche and doing well. At the back end of 2024, I found a vendor that was new to me that was based just up the road in...
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Contigo Software had always enjoyed a strong UK presence and installed base with its enTrader ETRM solution – even being deployed by firms with other ETRMs installed specifically to help them with their short-term UK power trading business. The Contigo business, of course, was acquired a few years...
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It is evident that energy transition technologies continue to advance despite certain challenges. This is particularly true for power grid expansions and the development of flexibility markets, where Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) play a crucial role, see more here Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) as a Key...
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It’s been a year since VAKT appointed Tasja Botha as CEO and so recently, I contacted her to find out how she felt that year had gone and what we might expect from VAKT in the coming year. “Looking back, it was an active and busy year, and...
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I was recently asked to be a guest on a new podcast from LoqSea. I had a lot of fun talking with Lauren McLean about how I got into commodities and so much more…. Here is the description of the episode. In the debut episode of Ahead of...
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Phlo Systems enjoyed a prosperous 2024 making significant progress on several fronts, CEO Saurabh Goyal told me recently. “So far, 2025 has also been good to us,” he said. Indeed, 2024 appears to have been quite a strong year generally for vendors of CTRM and related software. However,...
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Amphora had a good year in 2024 increasing it client base and ending the year with a very full pipeline, David Glasspool told me recently as I checked in on the vendor. Most vendors that I have spoken to recently are reporting strong demand and good activity levels,...
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The team at AEGIS recently provided ComTech with a high-level overview of AEGIS Marketplace, as well as their CTRM solution AEGIS Hedging. AEGIS Marketplace is a Swap Execution Facility which provides online hedging activities. This online marketplace allows customers transparent real time price discovery, along with the ability...
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About the Author Carl Vellenoweth has been a recognised leader in the CTRM talent market since 2005 and founded Commoditas in 2014. With over 20 years of experience, Carl has successfully delivered more than 350 CTRM projects and completed over 250 permanent mandates, helping vendors scale and overcome...
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Talent is the key to a thriving commodities world and especially to the vendors that play within the industry. Periodically, I like to check in with headhunters to get a read of the talent market as a trailing indicator of which vendors are truly succeeding and which are...
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