Commodity and Energy Trading and Risk Management Articles
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Sustainable Profits, Manageable Risk –
Michael Schwartz, Triple Point’s Chief Marketing Officer, discusses with EnergyPulse why, in today’s environment of global resource constraints and rising price volatility, companies wishing to achieve sustainability require systems like Commodity XL to help make market-based decisions when managing commodity sourcing and supply.
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Freight Rate Volatility Churns Like a Raging Sea: Those caught off guard get a proper burial at sea –
Triple Point discusses with The Baltic why supply chain solutions must be market based to successfully manage sharp commodity price and freight rate volatility. |
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Who Will Survive and Who Will Perish –
Michael Schwartz, Triple Point's Chief Marketing Officer, discusses with Energy Metro Desk how the financial impact of getting risk management wrong can be huge. |
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Where to Next? – Energy Risk discusses how current market conditions are putting new demands on energy trading and risk management software, including the number one requirement to proactively manage price risk, operational risk, credit risk and regulatory risk on an integrated platform. |
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The New Risk Management Imperative –
Triple Point's CMO, Michael Schwartz, discusses with The Energy Industry Times how energy and commodities firms are entering a period where enterprise risk management will determine who survives and the systems required to transform operations. |
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Sailing the Five Cs –
Triple Point's VP, Credit Risk Division, Dan Reid, discusses with Commodities Now why failure to implement a complete solution that covers all 5Cs of credit risk can put organizations on a collision course with a market that has shown little forgiveness for both real and perceived missteps and regulators demanding greater transparency. |
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Managing the Hedging Risk –
Elie Zabal, Triple Point's SVP of Treasury and Regulatory Compliance, discusses with Energy Metro Desk why firms that abandon spreadsheets and deploy hedge accounting tools are better positioned to balance economic benefits, risk management and stable financial statements. |
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Triple Point's European Success Story –
Gary Vasey, CommodityPoint, General Manager, Europe, discusses why Triple Point's unique relationship with SAP, key acquisitions and success in adding new clients has catapulted its status as leader in Europe's trading and risk management (TRM) market. |
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Triple Point Upgrades Its Commodity XL Solution –
Triple Point's CMO, Michael Schwartz, discusses with The Journal of Compliance, Risk & Opportunity the differentiating factors of Triple Point's Commodity XL solution including a multi-market platform, advanced business intelligence tools and the ability to tightly integrate all key areas of enterprise risk on a single platform. |
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Credit Risk Systems: We Got Ourselves a Horserace – The Risk Desk discusses how Triple Point's traditional focus in the energy and commodities markets makes it the industry's only credit risk system favored to win. |
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Technology for a Changing Market –
Triple Point's CMO, Michael Schwartz, discusses with biofuels international how the rapid
expansion of the biofuels industry, coupled with its complex, interrelated and volatile
nature, has accelerated the need for an end-to-end commodity trading and risk management
system to calculate exposure and show aggregated risk on a real-time basis. |
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Will Triple Point Benefit from its Acquisition of ROME? –
In the face of the credit meltdown, Gary Vasey, General Manager, Europe for UtiliPoint International, discusses Triple Point's timely acquisition of ROME Corporation and how credit risk management – along with an enterprise counterparty credit risk software solution – are increasingly viewed as mission critical. |
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What Do Today's Headlines Tell Us About the State of the Markets? –
Triple Point's Director of Credit Solutions, Michael Carter, discusses with The Risk Desk how the financial meltdown has cast a spotlight on the need for commodity trading to be more tightly connected with counterparty credit, collateral and liquidity management. |
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Harnessing The Power of CO2 –
In this cover story by ENERGYexec, Triple Point's CMO, Michael Schwartz, discusses a carbon cap-and-trade solution versus a carbon tax and the potential impact of emissions allowances. |
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Hedging Becomes Food and Drink to the Makers of Consumer Goods –
The Financial Times discusses how long-term volatile markets and increased prices for raw materials have caused consumer goods companies to change traditional hedging strategies in order to protect tight margins. |
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The Credit Risk Management Market Just Skipped a Beat – The Desk discusses how Triple Point's acquisition of ROME Corporation uniquely positions Triple Point to cover the four key areas of corporate financial exposure on a single platform: market risk, governance and regulatory compliance (GRC) risk, operational risk and counterparty credit risk. |
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The Risks of Spreadsheets –
This article from Digital Energy Journal discusses the risks associated with relying on spreadsheets as an enterprise system and the benefits of implementing an integrated, real-time, straight-through processing solution. |
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Triple Point Technology Debuts Hedge Accounting Solution; Acquires INSSINC – The Desk reviews Triple Point's acquisition of INSSINC and subsequent launch of Commodity XL for Hedge Accounting which reduces earnings volatility and eliminates audit risks by automatically designating hedges for treatment under FAS 133 and IAS 39. |
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Change Your Buying Policies or Risk a Failed Business! –
In this article from Buying and Using Utilities, Triple Point Technology's vice president of business development, Dilip Daswani, discusses how rising prices and increased market volatility demand that companies move away from a traditional procurement mindset and toward a commodity management function in order to optimize acquisition and protect earnings. |
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Triple Point gets INSSINC with Hedge Accounting –
This article from Corporate Financial Systems Journal discusses Triple Point's acquisition of INSSINC and subsequent launch of the Triple Point Treasury Management and Regulatory Compliance solution suite. |
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The Lessons of Risk Management –
In this article from Advanced Trading, Triple Point Technology's chief operating officer, Paul D'Amico, examines recent, major trading losses that signal the need for better risk management systems. |
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Swimming With Sharks: The Risk of Relying on Spreadsheets –
In this article from FinanceWeek, Triple Point Technology's chief marketing officer, Michael Schwartz, examines risk and process management
by pointing out the pitfalls of being too reliant on spreadsheets. |
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Commodity Management –
In this article from Industrial Focus, Triple Point Technology's vice president of business development, Dilip Daswani,
discusses how consumer goods and other manufacturing organizations need to change the method they use to procure commodities or
risk large earnings fluctuations. |
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The Future Is Carbon Futures –
In this Securities Industry News article, Michael Schwartz, Triple Point's chief
marketing officer, discusses the emerging carbon market's potential and scenarios for
managing and capitalizing on this commodity. |
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Software Evolves to Handle Shifting Energy Market – The Advocate discusses how Triple Point has expanded their flagship product, Commodity XL, to include the today's hot commodities – ethanol and biodiesel. |
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The Promise of Carbon Markets –
In this article from The Desk, Triple Point Technology's chief marketing officer Michael Schwartz discusses the carbon emissions market and its impact on other commodity markets and supporting trading and risk management technology. |
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The Small, Silent Army – DATAQUEST discusses the rise of enterprise software companies in India and speaks with Triple Point about their partnership with SAP. |
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Triple Point's Triple Push for Market Leadership –
Gary Vasey, Vice President, Europe for UtiliPoint, discusses the powerful benefits of Triple Point's partnership with SAP. |
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UtiliPoint Interviews Triple Point Regarding Key Trends in the European Market –
Gary Vasey, Vice President, Europe for UtiliPoint asks Triple Point executive for his view of the European market. |
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All I Want For Christmas is a Management Dashboard – The Desk carols the praises of Triple Point's Commodity XL Management Dashboard. "If you're an energy executive, we recommend you request a demo." |
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Commodities Now – Maximising Agri-Energy Sector Returns –
Michael Schwartz, chief marketing officer, examines the biofuels market and the technology requirements to support it. |
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Triple Point Has Been Busy This Month – The Risk Desk reviews two new innovative offerings from Triple Point – Commodity XL for Biofuels and Commodity XL Management Dashboard. |
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Straight-through Processing is the Brass Ring in the Risk Management Business – The Risk Desk reviews Commodity XL 6.0 and its market leading functionality and performance. |
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The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down – The Risk Desk discusses how Triple Point’s recently announced Commodity XL 6.0 out performs all competing solutions. |
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Triple Point Featured in The Desk Annual Issue Devoted to Industry Thought Leaders
Michael Schwartz, chief marketing officer, examines future key requirements of an ETRM system.
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Commodities Now - Triple Point's 'Visual Cockpit' Optimizes Natural Gas Scheduling
Premiere solution for physical natural gas seamlessly integrates trading and scheduling for real-time, accurate decision making. |
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Oil & Gas Financial Journal Highlights Triple Point's Flagship Product – Commodity XL
The only real-time, straight-through processing, multi-commodity trading and risk management system.
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The Risk Desk – Reports Key Findings in Triple Point Research Survey
90% of energy marketers and traders current ETRM systems don’t meet needs. |
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The Desk – Transaction Systems Needs and Trends
Triple Point’s Doug Daugherty discusses the latest ETRM trends including the influence of Sarbanes, the importance of real-time systems and the growing focus on gas storage solutions. |
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SAP Ecosystem Shows Strong Global Momentum - Triple Point is one of four key partners discussed in SAP release. |
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The Desk – Triple Point Hooks Up With SAP
Scudder Publishing's The Desk discusses Triple Point's joint-venture with SAP which will bring to market Commodity SL, a solution that improves commodity management while offering a competitive advantage and increased profitability. |
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Trading & Risk Management Systems for Hedge Funds
Traditionally, hedge funds entered the market trading strictly financial instruments, now increasingly, hedge funds may opt to invest in both financial and physical instruments to hedge their exposure. A look at developments in the hedge fund commodities market, and why companies need a flexible system with the capacity to manage across instrument and commodity class. |
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Smart Solutions to Tough Problems
Triple Point CMO, Michael Schwartz, discusses with Energy Risk magazine the demands that volatility, regulation and political instability place on the market, and why energy trading and risk management systems are the way forward. |
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Commodities Now - Why Real Time, Transparent Information is a Must
With increased volatility in the metals and other commodities markets, companies need real-time, integrated trading and risk management systems that cross commodity groups, provide straight-through processing for users around the globe and offer companies the opportunity to capitalize on market fluctuations. |
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Commodities Now features Triple Point's risk management solution
Managing risk is key to creating value in a world of increasing volatility, globalization, and regulation. Triple Point's solution enables organizations to manage all risks and follow best practices in risk management. |
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The Baltic's "Our Word Our Bond 2006" issue features Triple Point's risk management solution for freight
The exponential growth in freight forward agreements makes it clear: if you're not actively managing freight, you're profit margin is at risk. Triple Point's risk management solution helps organizations make the most of freight derivatives for managing risk, turning risk into an asset. |
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Commodities Now highlights Triple Point natural gas scheduling solution
Users report outstanding results, such as 10X growth in capacity, handling 8000+trades/month, 160+ users, 3000+ trading locations, 100+ pipelines, and processing $2B Notational Trade Value/month. |
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Utilipoint interviews Peter Armstrong, CEO of Triple Point, on growth in ETRM demand and Triple Point's solution
Cites 25% of revenues invested in R & D, and pay-off in re-architecting the product, as companies realize they need scalable, state-of-the-art ETRM systems, including business intelligence and real-time processing, in today's complex, volatile global environment. |
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The Stamford Advocate showcases Triple Point’s outstanding growth in clients, products, revenues, and partnerships
Highlights include strategic alliance with Satyam Computer Services, 37% revenue growth in 2005, new Visual Cockpit logistics and scheduling technology, and new clients, including Lehman Brothers. |
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The Desk recaps recent Triple Point developments in financial services sector and technological leadership
Triple Point wins new financial institution clients with physical and financial trading needs; continues to expand capabilities in straight-through-processing and business intelligence; provides ASP solution options. |
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Commodities Now magazine features Triple Point's ability to help commodity organizations utilize business intelligence for better performance and to achieve competitive advantage
Winners in today's complex, volatile markets use the right decision support tools to harness data for better trading and business results. |
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Triple Point president and CEO featured by Scudder Publishing in annual issue of top energy sector thought leaders
Peter F. Armstrong summarizes the need for companies to elevate focus from the transaction to the management layers to operate successfully in 2006 and beyond. |
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Pipeline & Gas Journal shows how companies use visual gas scheduling to improve performance
Triple Point's Gas Scheduling 'Visual Cockpit' is featured.
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Commodities Now LME Supplement addresses physical operations needs for the metals markets
Triple Point's PhysOps 'Visual Cockpit' is featured.
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Energy Risk International - The Impact of Hedge Accounting
Triple Point's Commodity XL enables compliance with hedge accounting requirements including IAS 39 and FAS 133. |
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Commodities Now On Integrated Systems
Triple Point and SAP co-author an article on the advantages of integrated systems over spreadsheets. Read about solutions that satisfy increased compliance requirements and the need for integration across companies and commodities. |
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The Baltic Covers the Need For Freight Derivatives Software
Triple Point Commodity XL for Freight can smooth the way in this growing market. Commodities and energy producers, shipping companies, charterers and financial institutions are incorporating the use of freight derivatives to meet their business needs.
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'Visual Cockpit' For Nat Gas
Scudder Publishing's The Desk reviews the new stand-alone gas scheduling system application from Triple Point. "Easy to operate, easy to implement and just the right number of bells and whistles to satisfy even the most jaded IT group or trade desk." |
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Commodity XL - Integrated Platform for a Global Market - Peter Armstrong
A single real-time platform that integrates the front-, middle- and back-office, and that spans commodities and geographies for both physical and financial trading is now more critical than ever. |
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Triple Point wins "Software House Of The Year"
The editors of Energy Risk reviewed all commodity software companies and chose Triple Point as "Software House of the Year." "Standing out in the competitive space of commodity software vending is no easy feat, but the winner of our software house of the year's achievements marked it out..." |
PortMaster - Online Marine Scheduling and Communications Workbench - Jeff Belanger
Shipping an oil tanker with more than $60 million of cargo on-board through multiple ports on different continents is not only expensive, but risky. |
Energy Systems Become More Sophisticated as Trader Requirements Evolve - Karan Renjen
In today's electricity trading market, traders require more advanced technology to manage the large volume of transactions. Karan Renjen examines the power trading market and offers a glimpse of Triple Point's new power trading system, Power XL. |
New System Helps Meat and Dairy Traders - Jeff Belanger
Agri-food leader R.A. Chisholm has adopted trading and logistics technology to manage its supply and demand. |
Big Things Happen to Those Who Use the Best - Peter Armstrong
We've always known that our clients are special. Now we have independent verification that they are the biggest and best in their industry. |
Growing Pains - Paul D'Amico
Trading companies, after years of suffering from non-integrated, disparate systems, are learning that putting industrial-strength systems in place early on will save them millions of dollars in overhead, opportunity cost, and expensive human error. |
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