I am still busy doing the analysis and writing up the Vendor Perception Report. We hope to issue it late next month and it will be a beast of a report. We had a record response and so we have been able to dissect it in ways we...
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It is an unusual summer and it is 2020… so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised at the continuing swathe of new deal announcements? While I was away, Amphora made a big announcement regarding the signing of China Zhenhua Oil, one of the largest crude oil importers in China....
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Last week we spoke with Wendi Orlando, VP or Product Management, Enverus Trading & Risk. With over 900 customers, Enverus continues to see good activity and continues to grow their client base, she told us. In common with other vendors we have talked to in recent months, it...
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It is easy to focus on the myriad of issues for commodities presented by COVID-19, lockdowns, supply issues and demand changes and forget that geopolitical issues remain a huge factor exposing commodity firms to risk. While the former is in the news daily, it has also tended to...
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It is about the time that I usually write the purposeful Europe is on vacation post for my US colleagues. Having lived both sides of the pond, I much prefer the European habit of taking almost all of August off and hitting the beach en masse somewhere on...
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One common theme we have heard almost universally in talking with CTRM vendors since March has been that surprisingly, the lockdown seems to have created more activity. Indeed, several deals have been done and signed over the period and some implemented very rapidly and remotely. We have argued...
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Recently Brady announced a major new customer in the form of BASF Catalysts which selected Brady’s Trinity™ solution for metals financial trading and risk management. The solution will be deployed by BASF Catalysts in Japan, China, UK and North America, according to the press announcement. According to Debbi...
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A couple of year’s ago, we decided to give podcasting a try and in the process, created what was probably the first podcast in the CTRM software space……. CTRMRadio. Initially, we targeted about 6 episodes a year but given the increasing audience, we may make more episodes going...
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We recently had the opportunity to visit with Jason Kram, executive vice president of Adapt2, a Houston-based technology provider for North American power market players. The firm was founded in 2008 and is probably best known as a provider of ISO/RTO market interfaces and settlements capabilities via their...
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According to Gen10’s CEO, Richard Williamson, there certainly has been an uptick in interest in CM and CTRM solutions during the lockdown period. However, he also credits Gen10’s messaging which he believes has been helpful in turning interest into action pointing to both its new website and its...
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