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UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO – New Whitepaper

Many CTRM vendors have tried to create what we often refer to as the ‘all singing, all dancing’ CTRM solution. Their goal is to create that single CTRM solution that can cater for and meet the requirement of all commodities, both physical and financial......
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Will the Trade Deal Help Commodities?

Part One of the US-China trade deal has been signed. It’s a strange thing but there didn’t seem to be much coverage of this temporary ceasing of US-China trade hostilities? At this point, I can’t resist making an observation that some......
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Igloo Sees Significant Market Opportunities

On the verge of completing a very important implementation, Tim Harrison and Dale Emmerson of Igloo are sounding quite excited these days. Last year, Igloo announced a strategic capital investment by CommodityNet Holding, a European fund backed by comm......
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Why Won’t the RFP Just Won’t go Away?

I was looking through our archives today for an idea to write about and came across an article from 2014 called RIP RFP? The idea behind the blog was that as CTRM moved to the cloud, perhaps the RFP might no longer be needed and instead selection could......
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Reflections on the CTRM Market with Pioneer’s Hugo Stappers

I caught up with Mr. Hugo Stappers of Pioneer this week. Hugo and I go back a couple of decades and both spent many years living in Houston, Texas, but are now both back in Europe, so it’s always a good conversation covering more than just CTRM! Hugo...
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Energy One, Contigo and eZ-nergy – Everything to play for?

Late on December 23rd, Energy One signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of eZ-nergy. Energy One already owns UK-based Contigo, a leading solutions provider in the UK power and gas space, so the addition of eZ-nergy, with their continental E......
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Easing into 2020

The festive period often seems to go on for ever especially as it seems to start earlier and earlier each year. I don’t know about you but over the period as I consume too many sweets and perhaps a bit more alcohol than I otherwise would, my body......
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Happy New Year!

From us at ComTech – Happy New Year to all CTRMCenter visitors!   Continue reading Happy New Year!. This article appeared first on CTRM Center....
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Energy One Group to acquire eZ-nergy – Initial Thoughts

Just before Christmas, I got an announcement in my email. Energy One Group had agreed to buy eZ-nergy was the announcement. We hope to talk with Energy One early in the New Year but I thought in the quiet between Christmas and New Year, I’d write......
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Aquilon and the Energy Settlements Network

I recently had the chance to catch-up with Randy Wilson, CEO of Houston-based Aquilon.  For those that aren’t yet familiar with the company, Aquilon provides an invoice settlement/reconciliation platform – called the Energy Settlements Network &#......
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