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Value Creed’s European Power Market Integration Service Helps Clients Gain Opportunity

Value Creed’s European Power Market Integration services offering is designed to ensure that those impacted by the introduction of 15-minute products in the Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) market in Europe, avoid the myriads of potential pitfalls and disruptions that these modifications may bring while gaining access to significant...
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ION’s RightAngle Readied for Global Markets

ION’s RightAngle has a long and chequered history in the liquids side of commodities and, these days, continues to experience steady subscription growth and consistent new logo additions, according to Phil Wang, SVP, Product Management, and Rebecca Cecchini, VP, Product Management. I talked to Phil and Rebecca recently...
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UK Energy practice spearheads Capco’s global expansion plans

Capco, the global management and technology consultancy, is continuing its business expansion with a strategic focus on the European energy sector. Building on the success of Capco US’ energy business – today one of the leading consultancies in the North American energy market – and having seen a...
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Value Creed Launch Initiative Around the Introduction of 15-Minute Market Time Units (MTU’s) in the European SDAC Market

The introduction of 15-minute products in the Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) market in Europe is “aimed at improving electricity trading on the European continent, enabling a more seamless integration of renewables into the market while enhancing grid stability,” according to EPEX SPOT. “On the Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC),...
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New Study on How Geopolitical and Technological changes are shaping CTRM requirements.

Geopolitical changes are occurring more quickly than analysts can assess their long‑term impacts. Changes of market prices and logistics-related costs are largely driven by geopolitics, making them challenging to forecast. These uncertainties are the result both short-term events, for example, the potential expansion of current conflicts, and long...
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Commverse Readying AI-powered Commodity Intelligence Platform

Last week, I had a briefing from Commverse along with a demonstration of a software product it has called Cogito ai – an AI-powered commodity intelligence platform that it intends launching in a couple of months time. Cogito ai is an AI-powered commodity intelligence platform designed to help...
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Introducing Emdash – Automating in ETRM IT environments

Occasionally we get an inquiry based around what we have written about on CTRMCenter. Recently, we were contacted by a UK firm – Emdash – about its capabilities since they had read a blog about ION and automated testing. Having not heard of the firm, we readily agreed...
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The Truth About Commodity Markets: Why ETRM Isn’t Just Software—It’s Strategy

I recently chatted with Mark Tredway of Enuit about how ETRM solutions have morphed into strategic enablers for energy businesses in recent years. Technology evolution has aided this transformation and more is yet to come as vendors invest and transition to the latest and greatest technologies – partially...
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CubeLogic Watching Trade Surveillance Regulations Carefully

CubeLogic’s Lorne Chambers recently brought me up to speed with the world of trade surveillance in commodities. He explained that ACER’s PPET (persons professionally executing transactions) obligations began in November 2024 and that they required firms trading both financial instruments and physical energy markets to extend surveillance systems...
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Altamira Eyes Opportunity in Credit/Risk Software in Europe

I recently had a call with Altamira, an Eastern European software development and services firm comprised of over 120 employees with offices in Slovakia, Ukraine and Switzerland. One of Altamira’s focuses has been on building solutions in the commodity area and in particular, in credit and market risk. ...
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