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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.

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 research and news portal targeting at energy transition technologies and a sister site to the popular CTRMCenter. Our thanks to Ben and also to Irina for their expert discussion. Visit the ETTCenter at www.etttcenter.net Thanks for listening and as always please do subscribe to the channel, like and share1 www.comtechadvisory.com

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 including Saeed Patel, CPOI at Quor, Saurabh Goyal, CEO at Phlo Systems and David Meyers, co-owner at Enuit. We thank each for their participation. Please do subscribe to the channel, like and share... Many thanks.

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 get her views and discuss what we had heard. Visit www.ctrmcenter.com for all things CTRM Please do subscribe to this channel for new podcast and other videos. Please like and share. Many thanks,

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: An Analyst View of a Dynamic Software Market - and we discuss this and other training initiatives with the author of another book - Hello ETRM and CTRM - Chirag Ahuja a senior business analyst with Vattenfall Energy Trading. Thanks to Chirag for joining Patrick and I on the podcast. Do please like, share and listen in.... The discussed books can be found on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3RCDIV5 and https://amzn.to/3RkyAo6 - in hardcover, paperback and Kindle formats.

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, Belgium & France, Energy One Europe. Thanks to our guests. Please do like, share and subscribe to CTRMRadio. Do visit CTRMCenter.com for new, views, opinion and research in the area of commodity trading and risk management technologies and do download our new whitepaper on Outsourcing there.

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 defending its legacy of leadership in metals, the products and their functionality, ESG and net zero, partnering and more... CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

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 metals-related solutions and are these solutions really up to the job? We talked to Amphora's David Glasspool to learn a bit about Alchemy and what the opportunity that it sees looks like and then we talked to some of the other vendors in the space including Brain Collins of Commodity Engineering whose Balsamo is a metals solution, Lance Fogtman at ION, which markets a number of solutions capable of handling various aspects of metals but whose Aspect platform appears to be doing remarkably well in the space and finally, Patrick spoke to Edward Porter of Eka, another long-term provider of metals CTRM and CM solutions. For a full and complete list of the diverse world of metals solutions, please visit the CTRMCenter.com directory - https://www.ctrmcenter.com/resources/ where you will find a continually update list of vendors and products searchable by various criteria. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

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 Reames and Gary M. Vasey discuss what we have learned. 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 Commodities and George Bradshaw of Gen10. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

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 Commodities and George Bradshaw of Gen10. 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 Reames and Gary M. Vasey discuss what we have learned. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

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? Commodity Technology Advisory spoke with Ross Attrill of EnergyOne about how its' Enflow process automation software is being used for battery optimisation in Australia. We then spoke to Brady Technology's Chris Regan to learn about UK and Nordic markets and the role of batteries there before talking with Enegen's David Calmonson about batteries and software in the UK. If you enjoy this podcast do like, share and subscribe to it. You can find CTRMCenter at www.ctrmcenter.com. CTRMRadio is sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter – the place for all things CTRM.

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 products, Carbon and emissions, renewables and much more.... Our thanks to Andre Jaeger and Rowena Bataille of Ion Commodities for participating in this episode. Please do subscribe, like and share this podcast. CTRMRadio is sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter – the place for all things CTRM. www.ctrmcenter.com

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 of NASDAQ Risk Platform, David Glasspool of Amphora and Ben Hillary of Commodities People. Patrick and I also discuss the findings. Our thanks to the participants. Please do subscribe, like and share this podcast. CTRMRadio is sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter - the place for all things CTRM.

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.

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, in this episode of CTRMRadio we’re discussing the top critical success factors to consider when selecting and implementing CTRM software. Our panel includes four highly experienced experts, three from consulting firms that specialize in selecting and implementing these systems, including Lance Laubach of Essentia Advisory Partners, Martin Hillers with FORRS, and Glen Ragland with Capco; and one from a leading software vendor, KR with iRely. We thank each for their participation and you for listening. Please do like and share this podcast if you found it useful.

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 One, Chris Regan, Business Lead of Energy STP at Brady Technologies, Luca Pedretti, Co-Founder and COO at Pexapark and Ganesh Natarajan of Enuit. We thank them for participating and you for listening. Please do like and share.

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 the field. First we talk to co-host of the successful Insider's Guide to Energy podcast, Chris Sass. We then talk to MD of Commodities People, Ben Hillary, about the innovations his organisation made to adapt to the new normal of lockdowns and work from home and where he thinks the tradeshow and conference area will go in the future. Finally, we spoke with James Harris with Geneva-based Commodity Trading Network which organises industry networking events and education. We'd like to thank our guests for their participation. CTRMRadio is kindly sponsored by Enuit, an award winning provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter - the place for all things CTRM

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. Vasey of ComTech then discuss what they had learned. To sponsor an episode, contact us....

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. Our thanks to them for participating.