Yes it appears so and the rumor mill is working full speed this morning. Word on the street is that another large independent CTRM firm has been acquired by software giant ION. If true and confirmed then this would be 3 of the top 5 CTRM vendors (OpenL......
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Occasionally, we try to get responses to short surveys for the purposes of conducting some research. Yes, we know people hate doing surveys but there are not really any viable alternatives these days. So, we need you! Please do help us out by taking a ......
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FIS Kiodex continues to report a robust pipeline for their software particularly in the food & beverage space; where it has been focused in recent times adding physical ags and other functionality to meet the needs of this important industry segmen......
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The latest edition of CTRMRadio, a podcast from Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, focuses on regulatory concerns. With the news full of BREXIT and the utter confusion surrounding when it will be, if it will be and under what form it will be, the key t......
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ComFin has been around quite a while. It started as part of PVM Group before becoming independent in 2005 offering ETRM software solutions in the global oil and gas sector. At the end of 2018, ComFin underwent another change in ownership being bought o......
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The commodities business is risky enough but this year, it has gotten even riskier. BREXIT, Russian sanctions, renewal of Iranian sanctions, trade wars, Syria, Venezuela, and more. All of these ‘events’ have added more uncertainty and risk ......
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A lot of the research we have done over the years continues to suggest that managing trading and risk management activities and data can be a struggle. Many firms utilize more than one CTRM or ETRM finding they need something different for a different ......
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I was talking to a vendor salesperson a few days ago (who shall remain nameless). He told me that quite often, they demonstrate their solution to the IT department (acting as the initial vetting stop for new software systems…effectively the first gate ......
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On the 1st October 2018, I-SEM replaced the wholesale Single Electricity Market (SEM) in all of Ireland. The I-SEM was brought in “following an instruction to the SEM Committee from the Irish and Northern Irish authorities to develop a new set of elect......
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Walking around E-World last month, I was struck at just how many ETRM software products now target European power and gas. In addition to the usual suspects like ION Openlink, Allegro, Brady PLC, FIS, Contigo and Powel, there are others like Pioneer fr......
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