POSTED BY capSpire ON June 10, 2020 IN Blog
In recent months, it has been difficult to avoid exceptional events hitting the headlines, with conjecture rife around the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the subsequent increase in volatility wreaking havoc within the commodity markets, the next headline-grabbing twist always seems just around the corner. Within the crude oil world, phrases such as “price war”, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 9, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
In my more than 20 years of providing CTRM operations support, I’ve found trust to be the number-one factor that makes or breaks a client partnership. In many cases, trust simply isn’t there because a relationship ceases to exist, period. Often, a support person is merely a distant voice on the phone. A company’s team …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 4, 2020 IN Blog, Featured
When the sophistication of a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) system is beyond an IT department’s expertise, companies typically hire an operations support partner. But often, these consultancies push their clients into following their processes and adhering to their formula of support. They may approach problems that alleviate the short-term pain but fail to …
POSTED BY capSpire ON May 25, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
Many companies working with a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) operations support partner find themselves wondering: How can I trust this support team to deliver what they say they’re going to do? How are they arriving at their recommendations, and how do I know whether these are the right solutions for my needs? How …
POSTED BY capSpire ON May 18, 2020 IN Blog, Featured
Implementing a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) system is just the beginning. With any system, issues will arise that need to be resolved quickly. Over time, business needs change and companies must be able to easily adapt their CTRM systems. Doing this can help to maximize an investment in a CTRM system and prolong …
POSTED BY capSpire ON May 4, 2020 IN Analytics, Blog
To say that COVID-19 has changed the world is an understatement. Sometimes the systems that we rely upon and use everyday will experience such a shock that the underlying structures and interactions are changed forever. Right now we are making our way through a COVID-19 world, but we will move past COVID-19 and we cannot …
POSTED BY capSpire ON April 30, 2020 IN Blog
Energy Markets With the complexity of today’s Energy Markets, it’s clear to me that Genetic Algorithms, GA, are incredibly powerful yet simple tools. Their beauty is in their ease of understanding and the ability to implement. That made me think why can’t other techniques be so intuitive and easy to understand? Well, in the main, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON February 25, 2020 IN Blog
This year marks capSpire’s 11th anniversary. We’re extremely proud of the growth our team has achieved — from a small start-up to a global powerhouse, from a team of just a few people to now more than 100 strong, and from a handful of projects to a decade of serving well over 150 clients. However, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON September 4, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, News, Press Release
capSpire, a global consulting and solutions company serving the commodity industry, has elevated Larry Loocke and Rusty Robeson to the role of Partner. In this prominent leadership role, Larry and Rusty will oversee commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) at capSpire, which involves defining strategic initiatives within this space and managing teams of specialists. Both …
POSTED BY capSpire ON August 29, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM, Events, Featured Resource, News
It’s one of the only events in the commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) space in which users are given the opportunity to steer product development—and capSpire will be right there in the action. Held annually, the Allegro User Group (AUG) Meeting gathers Allegro customers representing some of the world’s most prestigious companies together in …
