In this episode of CTRMRadio we look at SaaS deployed ETRM / CTEM and Commodity Management solutions - the pros and cons. We talk with Dmtry Mykhalchuk, CEO of SaaS CTRM, GrainTrack, Saurabh Goyal, CEO of SaaS Commodity Management Phlo Systems and Bjarne Johansen, of SaaS ETRM provider - Aurora Systems to get answers.Please do like and share this p…

In this episode, Irina Reitgruber of Commodity Technology Advisory interviews Christophe Malzer of Navitasoft about the recently released VPP report. Navitasoft was a sponsor of the study along with Beacon and Energy One. We thank the sponsors for making the research possible.The report was issued recently and is available as a Free download from E…

In this episode, Irina Reitgruber of Commodity Technology Advisory interviews Sunny Tiwana of Energy One about the recently released VPP report. Energy One was a sponsor of the study along with Beacon and Navitasoft. We thank the sponsors for making the research possible.The report was issued recently and is available as a Free download from ETTCen…

In this episode we look at how firms are looking at supplementing legacy CTRM solutions with SaaS cloud apps in order to keep up with market shifts or business changes. We explore supplementation as a strategy and the use cases for it as well as looking at how it impacts overall architecture.We talk with Richard Williamson of Gen10, Andre Jaeger of…

Steve Hughes, CEO of Quor, provides an update on its acquisition of Eka as well as sharing what may be next. Thanks for Steve for his participation.www.ctrmcenter.com for all things CTRMDe către CTRM Radio

At the end of 2024, the EUDR regulation will come into force for large and medium firms dealing with certain commodities and it will require traceablility - the tracking of the commodity from source to end use. Why will this regulation enforce traceability when others haven't? What does it mean and what is needed in a CTRM/CM solution?We asked Saur…

In this episode of CTRMRadio we look at data management in energy & commodities by talking with four vendors - two existing vendors and two SaaS newcomers in the form of FIS, HAKOM, Ventriks and OpenDataDSL. What is driving data management? What impact is AI having? What solutions are emerging and why?Our thanks to our guests - Harshad Kolpyakwar o…

Today's news was that STG had acquired Eka to merge it with Quor. I spoke to Quor CEO, Steve Hughes, about the acquisition - why Eka? How will it work? and what's next in terms of M&A?Our thanks to Steve Hughes for participating in this podcast bulletin.www.CTRMCenter.com for all things CTRM.De către CTRM Radio

In this episode, we discuss the energy transition and the technologies underpinning it with Ben Hillary, CEO of Commodities People, and announce the new Energy Transition Technologies practice at ComTech Advisory with Irina Reitgruber, Affiliate Analyst at ComTech. In addition to the new practice area, we have also launched www.ettcenter.net as a r…

New technologies are available from cloud to AI that are set to change CTRM and related software. It is hoped that these technologies will make for a more cost effective and user friendly CTRM environment but will it result in a revolution or evolution? We talked with three senior software figures to see how they are using new technologies includin…

At the beginning of 2024, we asked a number of industry players their views on commodity and technology trends likely to impact CTRM and related software in 2024. We spoke to and thank Steve Hughes (CEO of Quor) Jan van den Brom (CEO of Agiboo) and Asbjorn Hansen (Previse Systems). I then spoke with ComTech affiliate analyst - Irina Reitgruber - to…

As many veterans leave the commodity trading and risk management industry as they reach retirement age, they take their knowledge and expertise with them. Newcomers are desperate to learn the business and the software and to fill the gap left behind. But how? Well, there are a number of books out in recent months including our own - CTRM Software: …

We cover the topic of operational outsourcing in Energy & Commodities looking at both outsourcing of ETRM, CTRM and other application support services as well as the emergence of operational outsourcing - What's driving it and where is happening? Patrick talks with Russ Meyer Partner at CapCo Energy Partners and I talk with Vincent Dumontoy, GM, Be…

In CTRMRadio 38, we talk to Quor, the new entity formed by the spin off of what was called Brady Commodities acquired by STG. Patrick Reames talks with Quor CEO, Tasja Botha, about the new vendor, its strategy and future. Gary Vasey talks to Chief Business Architect, Harry Knott and with Global Head of Alliances, Connor Hoban about such topics as d…

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 two or three potential solutions, we now appear to have a growing and varied list of potential solutions. What's driving that explosion of m…

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 part 2, to be released in a couple of days, we talk to Jan van den Brom of Agiboo and Dr. Jens Bartenschlager of Fidectus. In the final part, Patrick Re…

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 part 1, we talked with Sulhi Akmehmet of Beacon Platform, Ito van Lanschot of Tradesparent, Simon Wheeler of Energy One Europe, Tasja Botha of Brady Com…

As we face an interesting winter in Europe with volatile power and gas prices, potential power cuts and more, batteries and their role in the grid have come increasingly into focus. But, what role does a battery play and how does that role vary by geography and market? What sorts of software exists to help with optimising and managing batteries?Com…

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. The conversation covered many topics but included the impacts of the Ukraine-Russia war, general market conditions, Ion's …

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 Carr …

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 Ion about the linkage between CTRM and Treasury.De către CTRM Radio

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 our guests for their participation and you for listening. Please do like and share this podcast if you found it useful.…

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 the system. Given those costs, and the risks involved should the project fail in part or whole, i…

The energy transition has really just started and will continue for many years. as we move from traditional generation assets towards smaller, distributed renewables, what might the impacts on ETRM software be? Will there be new requirements? New solutions?We asked four vendors for their insights and opinions including Shaun Ankers, CEO of Energy O…

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 as a way to educate and inform?Commodity Technology Advisory talks to three leaders in…

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 of Product Management at Morningstar and Mark Earthey, Non-Executive Director for Matrica. Patrick Reames and Gary M…

In this episode, we take a look at how volatile power markets like the UK might drive technology innovation and focus in on three vendors - Brady with PowerDesk, Enegen with Atom and CubeLogic with risk management.Kindly sponsored by Enuit we talk with Chris Regan and Dmitri Ishutin of Brady, Ian Sloggett of CubeLogic and Chris Fisher of Enegen. Ou…

Commodity Management software? What is it and how is defined? We talk to Richard Philcox at SAP, David Meyers at Enuit, and George Olney at iRely to get their opinions and find out more about this important class of software. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast from Commodity Technology Advisory LLC. It is sponsored by Enuit and hosted by CTRMCenter.…

ESG is the new buzzword in commodities and will have significant impacts going forward on trade. In this episode we talk to Simon Ring of Pole Star, Adam Hearne of Carbonchain.com and Philip Lilliefelth of Vasanda to learn more about a solution initiative all three companies are engaged in to support ESG issues in supply chains.CTRMRadio is brought…

The energy transition means shifting from large-scale fossil and nuclear generation to small, distributed renewables and batteries. We talk to Enspired Trading founder and CEO, Jurgen Meyerhoffer, about this topic and explore the possible future as well as the challenges to get there. We also discuss these challenges with Brady Technologies' Produc…

CTRMRadio revisits disruptive technologies in Commodities. We talk with Jochen Herrman of Baringa Partners and Ross Attril of EnergyOne about overall trends and around a tool for business process automation specifically as an example. At the same time, ComTech is working on an update report in disruptive tech. due out end Q2 2021 and we seek your i…

ComTech takes a look at the potential impacts of climate and carbon on CTRM and CM software. We talk to Peter C. Fusaro of Global Change Associates, David Kane, Partner with Baringa and Bruce Tozer of Gen10 about the issues and likely outcomes.De către CTRM Radio

We introduce the new ComTech white paper - Three Trends in CTRM/CM for 2021 now available on the CTRMCenter.com and explore these and other trends. We talk to Andre Jaeger of ION Commodities and Doug Gyani of Principia Consulting about what they see impacting CTRM and CM before exploring the trends discussed by the white paper. Many thanks to Andre…

In this edition, I talk with Patrick about some of the issues that have impacted CTRM markets in 2020 and how we see things shaping up going forward. We cover issues like COVID19 lockdowns, Oil prices, Remote implementations and trends in technology. The report - 2020 Market Sizing, Outlook and Trends is for purchase on CTRMCenter at https://www.ct…

CTRMRadio 18 looks at three AI use cases in Commodities. We speak with Philip Lilliefielth of Vasanda about its efforts to optimize commodity transportation, Randy Wilson, CEO at Aquilon about AI use in the back office, and James Matthews of AgFlow about using AI with agricultural data to aid in risk management. Following up on our research into di…

EnergyOne is an Australian ETRM and related software vendor and a public company that probably isn't too well known in Europe. However, it acquired UK-based Contigo a couple of years ago and more recently eZ-nergy. We looked at these acquisitions in this edition of CTRMRadio talking to Mr. Simon Wheeler, CEO of Contigo, Mr. Johann Zamboni, CEO of e…

ComTech looks into digitalization in commodities. What does it mean and what is the impact on CTRM and CM software? Guests include Mr Matt. Barrett CEO of Adaptive (www.weareadaptive.com), Mr. Dale Emmerson, Director of Business Development at Igloo (www.iglootradingsolutions.com), Mr. Doug Gyani, Managing Consultant of Principia Consulting (www.pr…

In this episode of CTRMRadio, we examine a real world use of artificial intelligence (more specifically deep learning) in the energy trading markets. We visit with two experts from Enverus - Don Davidson, Sr. Director of Development & Architecture and Rob Allerman, Sr. Director of Power Analytics – to learn how deep learning tools are improving tha…

CTRMRadio Edition 14 looks at Coronavirus impact on CTRM vendors and their customers. We speak with Manuv Garg, CEO of Eka, Cassie Livesey of Gen10, Simon Piercy of CTRM Cubed and Ganesh Natarajan, MD Enuit Europe about business continuity in a lockdown environment.De către CTRM Radio

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Commodity Technology Advisory LLC talk to Ian Tobin of Brady and Roderick Austin Of CubeLogic about trends in commodity credit risk management. Thanks to our guests for their participation in this edition of CTRMRadio.De către CTRM Radio

CTRMRadio 11 looks at CTRM delivered as a service in the cloud - perhaps even instantly on entry of a credit card. We talked to Simon Piercy, CEO of CTRM Cubed, David Leevan, CEO of cQuant and Matt Barrett, CEO and Co-founder of Adaptive to learn more.De către CTRM Radio

In this CTRMRadio edition, Patrick Reames of ComTech talks to Glen Ragland of CAPCO, Colin Cooper of Eka, and David Mayers of Enuit about the unique CTRM requirements for LNG.De către CTRM Radio

ComTech talks to Jurgen Mayerhofer of Visotech, Roland Peetz of Likron and Johan Zamboni of EZnergy about developments in algo and auto trading in European power and gas.De către CTRM Radio

CTRMRadio Edition 8 - RegulationCommodity Technology Advisory speak with regulatory experts Aviv Handler of ETR advisory and Thomas Lord of Dynamic Commodity ManagementDe către CTRM Radio

CTRMRadio - Episode 1 of 2019 on the Disaggregation of CTRM featuring Bob Stilwell of Capco, Richard Williamson and Bruce Tozer of Gen10 and Simon Piercy of CTRMCubed along with Gary Vasey and Patrick Reames of ComTech.De către CTRM Radio

Episode 6 of CTRMRadio focuses on exploring the findings of ComTech's recent Disruptive Technology report (available from CTRMCenter as a free download). Featuring interviews with Dr. Markus Seiser of FIS and Mr. Colin Hartley of DrillingInfo (Datagenic), ComTech explores how cloud, AI, ML and Blockchain may impact the commodity trading and risk ma…

CTRMRadio podcast 5 visits the topic of the changing nature of procurement in the CTRM and CM software space. The Cloud is helping shape a new way to procure software that uses proof of concept or trials to help shape and confirm a decision. With the help of our guests - David Calmonson of EnergyOne, Tim Rogers of Contigo, Richard Williamson and Br…

The 4th edition of the monthly Podcast series from Commodity Technology Advisory LLC. CTRM as an ecosystem with Neil Palmer of Beacon, Gareth Phillips and Libby Koehn of Brady, and Michael Hinton of Allegro.What is an ecosystem? What has facilitated the move to the concept of an ecosystem? What are the pros and cons of such an approach and more.…

The 3rd edition of the monthly Podcast series from Commodity Technology Advisory LLC reviews some of the M&A activity in the CTRM software space, both recently and historically, and looks forward to how factors such as emerging technologies might shape the future landscape of CTRM vendors. Your host, Patrick Reames, discusses these topics with indu…