I often get asked the question – How do we get on the blog? Actually, I like that question a lot because the answer is easy – give us a briefing! As analysts, we try to keep up with the industry and a part of that activity is...
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I’m sure everyone reading this blog is well aware of the current energy market conditions – persistent low prices across almost all energy commodities, regulatory changes that have impacted all markets and continue to change in others, the influx of renewable energy sources and any number of regional...
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I had a fascinating call with TRADESPARENT last Friday. TRADESPARENT provides a platform-independent Risk Management Solution for commodity traders & processors that supports the analysis of commodity-related risk, margins and performance primarily in the ags and softs space. Norbert Verhagen (Managing Director) told me that it too is...
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The 2016 CTRM Conference will take place on October 27th at the Amba Marble Arch Hotel in London. While most conferences will cost a delegate in excess of 1000GBP to register for, we like to keep the prices to a level where it makes sense to attend. At...
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The first roundtable discussion at the forthcoming 2016 CTRM Conference should be something rather special as it is focused on “Critical Issues for CTRM Users in a Low Cost Environment.” The broad collapse in most wholesale prices, which began in earnest mid-year 2014, has resulted in a prolonged...
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Consulting company, Factum Ltd., has kindly agreed to sponsor the opening reception of the 2016 CTRM Conference in London on the evening of October 26th (The CTRM Conference takes place on October 27th). Factum Ltd’s mission is to partner with clients and transform their business from within. It...
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“In a vast, seven-story hole in the ground 43 miles west of Pittsburgh, massive sections of steel plate are being welded together to form gigantic cylinders. Heavy pipes for carrying superhot radioactive water are being run between the cylinders. Thousands of cubic yards of concrete are being poured...
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The CTRM Conference is a unique 1-day event that is focused on the $1.6billion CTRM software category and will take place on the 27th October in London. It brings together end users, service practitioners and software vendors to spend a day focused on some of the key issues...
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A common criticism over the years of many commercially available ETRM solutions in the past has been that, while they may be strong on the transaction management side, they have often fallen a bit short on the risk management side and lack comprehensive and analytical tools. Contigo recently...
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Last week, a French hosting company experienced the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever recorded. The attack was conducted by a botnet composed of at least 150,000 Internet of Things devices and it reached over 1Tbps. In fact, the company was hit by multiple attacks of...
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