Recently, we had an update and demonstration from Quantifi. Quantifi has a strong FinTech, and capital markets background – being founded in 2002 and currently having over 200 clients across 40 countries for its solutions – including global commodity trading firms. It got its start in credit risk and diversified from there entering the commodities market in 2013, we were told. It is employee-owned and has a strong R&D focus around analytics in areas like credit, market risk and so on. Its’ commodity firm clients include some very big names along with funds, banks and asset managers. Its’ approach is to provide solutions on an integrated platform building its own models and it also provides a toolkit for quants and developers to use. “We offer credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk and XVA solutions, amongst others,” Avadhut Naik told us. “However, some of our clients just use our model library.” He was quite clear that it does not supply ETRM or CTRM solutions but supplies risk-focused add-ons when needed. With increasing geopolitical factors driving volatility, many are seeking to improve their risk analytics and approach over what is provided by a CTRM. It has also seen more commodity-focused market makers adopting… continue reading