UtiliPoint International is conducting research to examine the impacts of the recent and ongoing market shifts on companies participating in evolving commodity markets, particularly as they apply to the physical players in the market. Additionally, we’re looking at the impacts to the ETRM/CTRM software used to manage transactions in this volatile environment.
Based upon […]

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Patrick ReamesVP - Energy Trading and Risk Management
"Real Time" trading has always been viewed as the ultimate goal for commodity trading organizations.  The appeal is obvious; if you know your true and correct position at any given moment, you can judge the value of any bid or offer against that position allowing you to execute […]

They say that with age comes wisdom.  Maybe wisdom is simply having the luck to live long enough to have seen something before?  That's certainly how the energy trading business feels to me right now; we've been here before.  It feels as though we are back in 1996-7.  There are million dollar signing bonuses being […]

I’m interested in finding as many systems / solutions as possible that act as front ends for trading exchanges such as ICE and NGX.
If any one has any insights please drop me a line at abruce@utilipoint.com or call me at 281-681-8073

By Dr. Gary Vasey

Recently, UtiliPoint announced a three-part set of studies looking closer at ETRM software in North America. The Market Sizing study has now been completed and the report will be issued next week. Using both a proprietary top-down and bottom-up approach UtiliPoint estimates the size of the market for ETRM software licenses in […]

I’m having flashbacks!
Rumors of new energy trading exchanges.  Huge new trading systems implementations.  Excitement and energy, VC money and Massive signing bonuses as quoted in this FT article.  See below.
We’re missing Enron, Dynergy et al, but this is starting to feel eerily familiar.
Scramble to recruit commodity tradersBy Kevin Morrison in LondonPublished: May 11 2006 22:52 […]

UtiliPoint Releases First Expert Series Book
Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software - A Primer

For Immediate Release

Houston, May 15th, 2006 UtiliPoint International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) today announced the publication of "Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software - A Primer," the first in its' Expert Series. The book is available […]

I am compiling a list of vendors that sell transaction management / risk management software to companies that trade crude oil wholesale. The list I have so far is
Allegro, Aspen Tech, C-Square, HoustonStreet, OpenLink, Trade Capture, Triple Point, Solarc and SunGard Energy
Does anyone know of any that I’ve missed?

Lots of news from around the ETRM community as you would expect this week.
** NEWS ROUNDUP **

-> http://www.allegrodevelopment.com/news.aspDescription: Energy Trading Software and Risk Management Software from AllegroMcCloskey’s European Coal Outlook Conference Taps Allegro Expertise (02 May 2006)

-> http://www.dtn.comDescription: DTN TABS delivers real-time credit, product and load authorization for sellers […]

ICE Futures Sets Second Consecutive Daily Volume Record in WTI Crude Futures with Over 120,000 Contracts Traded

ATLANTA, GA (April 13, 2006) –IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that ICE Futures, its futures business segment, achieved a second consecutive daily volume record in its ICE WTI Crude futures contract. On April 12, volume […]