Amphora’s recent announcement of Alchemy – a new concentrates solution – was the latest in a series of new entries into the metal CTRM and CM space. From a situation where most metals companies had a choice of...
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To kick off the year we decided to poll a few people around the industry as to what they saw the opportunities and threats posed by 2023 might be either to the industry, their business, or both. In...
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We had quite a conversation with Andre Jaeger of Ion Commodities recently to learn more about Ion Commodities, its strategy, positioning and plans. Patrick Reames and I then discussed what we had heard as analysts in the space....
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ComTech has issued a new report available for free at ctrmcenter.com on Trends in Commodities Risk Management Technologies (https://www.ctrmcenter.com/publications/reports/trends-in-commodity-risk-management-technologies/). The report was sponsored by NASDAQ Risk Platform, Amphora and Commodities People and we discuss its findings with Adrian...
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High commodity prices and volatility, inflationary pressures and FX volatility are all features of today’s commodity markets. This is driving more emphasis on risk and cash management. We talk to Martin Hiller of FORRS and Lance Fogtman of...
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In this episode we talk with J. Lance Fogtman, VP of Product Strategy, ION Commodities and Hugo Stappers of Hitachi Energy about what they are seeing in terms of market requirements around carbon and net zero. We thanks...
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An ETRM / CTRM software acquisition and implementations can impact the entirety of a wholesale commodity-centric company and are a very significant investment in terms of cost and effort required to realize the benefits first envisioned when purchasing...
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The energy transition has really just started and will continue for many years. as we move from traditional generation assets towards small, distributed renewables, what might the impacts on ETRM software be? Will there be new requirements? New...
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After 2-years of disruption to trade shows, conferences and other networking, informational and educational events in the commodities industries, what have we learned? Is the future face-to-face or online? Are online webinars effective or will podcasting take off...
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We talk to three experts in data management about data management and what is new as it relates to commodity technology. Kindly sponsored by Enuit. We spoke with Richard Quigley, CEO and founder of Ventriks, Chris Hembrecht, Director...
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