Opinion

I’m going to save you from being ripped off for $3500…you’re welcome

Since the founding of Commodity Technology Advisory (and before that at our predecessor organization CommodityPoint) we have had the policy of providing our research reports free of charge, meaning that if you simply sign into our websites (Comtechadvisory.com or CTRMCenter.com), you can download, or view online, any of...
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I’m going to save you from being ripped off for $3500…you’re welcome

Since the founding of Commodity Technology Advisory (and before that at our predecessor organization CommodityPoint) we have had the policy of providing our research reports free of charge, meaning that if you simply sign into our websites (Comtechadvisory.com or CTRMCenter.com), you can download, or view online, any of...
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Eka’s new Commodity Analytics Cloud – a unique offering in the CTRM space

We had the opportunity to get a briefing on Eka‘s “Commodity Analytics Cloud” application in advance of its official announcement earlier this week.  Manav Garg, Eka‘s president and Preeti Ramash, Eka’s product manager, gave us a overview and demo of the new solution; and I will say, it...
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Eka’s new Commodity Analytics Cloud – a unique offering in the CTRM space

We had the opportunity to get a briefing on Eka‘s “Commodity Analytics Cloud” application in advance of its official announcement earlier this week.  Manav Garg, Eka‘s president and Preeti Ramash, Eka’s product manager, gave us a overview and demo of the new solution; and I will say, it...
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SunGard Energy Targets Europe

A couple of weeks ago, I visited SunGard Energy in Vienna. I was keen to find out more about SunGard’s acquisition of Energeya in particular and the company’s European strategy. Dr. Markus Seiser, who is now global head of services and managing director of SunGard Energy, was on...
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SunGard Energy Targets Europe

A couple of weeks ago, I visited SunGard Energy in Vienna. I was keen to find out more about SunGard’s acquisition of Energeya in particular and the company’s European strategy. Dr. Markus Seiser, who is now global head of services and managing director of SunGard Energy, was on...
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The 2015-2020 CTRM Market Outlook report is now available

We’ve just released our latest research report, the 2015 – 2020 CTRM Market Outlook; a comprehensive review of the CTRM markets including market trends and sizing information, from 2014 actuals to a year-by-year forecast from 2015 to 2020. In developing this year’s report, our analysis took into account...
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New MD of the IRM Division of OpenLink discusses optimization and trading with ComTech

A couple of months ago, we met up with Mr. Roland Jones at E-World in Essen. He had recently been appointed MD of the Vienna-based IRM Division of OpenLink. We were keen to find out a bit more about him and also about IRM in general. In particular,...
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Noble and the Anonymous Analyst

I have been following with quite a bit of interest the saga of the anonymous analyst firm and its analysis of finances at Noble. Iceberg Research is supposedly a financial analyst firm. I say supposedly because it is virtually anonymous and so far as I can see it...
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Trayport Contigo Strengthens Sales and Customer Areas

The news coming out of Trayport Contigo remains buoyant. In a conversation yesterday with Trayport Contigo’s head of sales and business development functions, Mr. Tim Rogers, he indicated that the company has won two new customers so far this year in what seems to be an increasingly heated...
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