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Falling budgets are top IT worry for energy firms
Tech spending by energy trading companies is set to plummet in 2016, survey finds
Staying agile and fit for purpose in commodity financial systems
Commodity houses are searching for more sophisticated ways of enhancing their risk management systems. Instead of tearing down the old order, or duplicating systems across services, Amine Chbani, head of commodities business development at Murex,…
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Building and protecting the IT architecture of the future
Rapid advances in technology have brought about new challenges in the fields of cybersecurity, compliance and regulation. Peter Morrison, Strategy and Architecture, BP (Singapore), explains why large businesses should consider hiring an IT architect, and…
Energy trading technology moves gradually into the cloud
Energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software is gradually starting to make use of cloud computing – a move that could improve the efficiency and capabilities of ETRM systems while also reducing costs, say consultants and market participants
Video: CTRM vendors weigh in on changing demand from energy firms
Vendors cite the impact of lower oil prices, M&A activity and financial regulation
Innovation of the year: Thomson Reuters
Vendor's Brazilian electricity and agricultural weather data shine help shine a light on the commodities market
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2015
Energy Risk conducted a survey in which it asked energy trading firms to nominate their top ETRM vendors, implementation specialists, data vendors and data managers during December 2014 and January 2015. We present the top ranked firms below
Energy traders shun trade surveillance, survey finds
Result comes despite tougher rules on market manipulation and abuse
Energy Risk Software Survey & Rankings open for voting
Your chance to participate in Energy Risk's annual energy trading and risk management software survey and rankings
Energy Risk Asia ETRM Software House of the Year: OpenLink
The software needs of Asian energy trading firms are growing broader and more sophisticated, and vendor OpenLink is eager to respond
ETRM Software House of the Year: Allegro Development
Allegro Development's focus on enterprise-wide efficiency is winning it new clients and bolstering its core ETRM offering
ETRM Software Advisory House of the Year: Structure
Structure’s expanded strategic advisory services are adding new breadth and insight to its thriving ETRM software advisory practice
Off-the-shelf ETRM software taking off, survey reveals
Off-the-shelf energy trading and risk management (ETRM) systems are more popular than ever before, according to Energy Risk’s annual software survey. However, companies say they still require significant customisation and rarely meet all their ETRM needs…
Energy firms' systems not ready for regulation, survey finds
ETRM systems are ill-prepared for financial and energy market regulation, according to Energy Risk survey
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Asia ETRM Software House of the Year: Aspect Enterprise Solutions
Aspect delivers its software in a way that significantly speeds up implementation and processing time
Energy Risk Software Survey and Rankings 2013
Energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software budgets are declining, just as new regulatory requirements are putting more demand on ETRM platforms than in previous years, according to the results of Energy Risk’s 2013 Software Survey and Rankings…
Five myths about the build or buy debate for energy risk and valuation models
Building additional risk and valuation functionality for existing ETRM systems is very often necessary, but decisions to develop it internally are often flawed, argues Chris Strickland
Special series risk management reporting: Where's the 'RM' in ETRM?
Energy trading and risk management (ETRM) systems tend to have far better ‘ET’ than ‘RM’ functionality, a problem that will only be magnified by the move towards increased regulatory oversight, writes Chris Strickland in the third article of this series
Best Newcomer of the Year: Woodlands Solutions
With the rollout of version 5.0 of its innovative and cost-effective Phoenix system in 2011, Woodlands Solutions really stepped up its game in the energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software space, competing with long-standing players and scooping…
Energy Risk's 2012 Software Survey and Rankings
Tighter budgets and looming regulation are key factors impacting decisions around energy trading and risk management software systems this year, according to Energy Risk’s Software Survey. David Wigan and Stella Farrington analyse the results