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CTRM for Ags is a Competitive Space

To my utter amazement I was able to come up with twenty-five different CTRM solutions for Ags and I will be honest, its not inconceivable that I missed a few! If you pop over to the CTRMCenter directory you can check out my assertion by looking at all...
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Triple Point Sale – A Poorly Kept Secret?

Its being widely reported, both in the press and through the grapevine, that the buyer for Triple Point is ION Trading. ION is a Dublin-based software vendor whose products have been primarily focused on the financial services space. They have been an active buyer of solutions in the...
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European Regulatory Study Gets Started

ETR Advisory and ComTech Advisory are now busy researching and preparing the initial report for our European Regulatory study. The study looks at EMIR and REMIT primarily, examining the regulations in terms of what has been defined and what has yet to be defined by the regulators and...
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CTRMCenter: A New Web Portal for Everything CTRM Launched

Commodity Technology Advisory launches a new site will cover the nexus of Commodity Trading & Risk Management and Technology. Houston, TX and Prague, CZ. June 5. Commodity Technology Advisory (ComTech Advisory) is pleased to announce that it has launched a new web portal for all things related to...
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Vendor Websites Often Leave a Lot to be Desired.

This last few days I have been visiting a lot of websites. Before anyone should get the wrong idea regarding my browsing habits, I have been reviewing and looking at all of the vendor websites across the CTRM space. Its a good way to catch up and stay...
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Is there a deal in place for Triple Point?

As many know, there was a recent article in the press that said Triple Point’s owners, Welsh Carson, had put the company on the block, seeking to leverage the solid success the company has had over the last few years (20-30% year over year growth) into a very...
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Your Bloomberg Terminal has been watching you

Bloomberg’s terminal business has been caught up in a bit of a scandal this week (it does seem to be a week for doing that type of thing).  Numerous stories indicate the company has been passing around terminal user information to the company’s sales staff and news reporters;...
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Commodity Technology Advisory and ETR Advisory Team to Conduct Commodity Regulation Research

Houston, TX, USA and Prague, Czech Republic, May 16th 2013. Commodity Technology Advisory, the leading analyst firm for energy and commodity trading and risk management (E/CTRM) software, is teaming up with energy trading regulation specialists ETR Advisory, to undertake a new sponsored research project into European regulations in...
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Everything and Nothing

Over the last week or so I have managed to catch up with quite a lot of contacts, colleagues and friends across the industry. Having been away for 18-months or so I am keen to catch up so if anyone would like to brief me on their activities...
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Day One

So today is my first official day back as an analyst (yesterday was a holiday in the Czech republic). It is nice to be back too. It is good to be working with Patrick again and to be reconnecting to a lot of people that I have known...
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