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Managing Forward Curves in a Complex Market

CURVE VISUALISATION
& ANALYSIS
Working with forward curves can require being interactive. Being able to visualise market dynamics,
can instantly help the business or manager to rapidly
process multiple complex data configurations.

Genic CurveBuilder provides visualisation and
analysis of curves within different curve structure
views and sources and with pre-formed reports and
options.

IN-MEMORY CURVE BUILDING
Performance can mean the difference between success and failure in building forward curves. Genic
CurveBuilder uses ‘in-memory’ processing to speed
up calculations and processing time, thereby reducing data access delays. Curves are built in rapid time
ensuring the end-users and systems have immediate
and correct access to information required for rapid
decision making using real-time curve building.

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FORWARD CURVE REAL-TIME MONITOR
The Genic CurveBuilder provides interactive real-time monitoring and
visualisation with pro-active alerts for monitoring the curve build processes. Users can quickly assess the business impact and take immediate corrective action.

FORWARD CURVE SECURITY
Security should be robust not complex. With Genic CurveBuilder you
get a role based security access control segregated into resource level and workgroup level coupled with a data encryption security layer,
using single ‘sign-on’ authentication (Active Directory). You can be assured on the protection of your data assets.

SUMMARY
Developing and managing forward curves is a challenge in any environment – selecting the appropriate data sources that meet your particular curve use
case or application; developing appropriate curve
adjustments to meet your particular market, location
or asset; and ensuring appropriate controls and constant testing can be a complex exercise. However, in
a market that is constantly hammered by economic
uncertainty, rapidly changing supply and demand
patterns, and intense regulatory scrutiny, managing
the complexities associated with curve development
and maintenance becomes even more difficult, and
even more critical.

In this environment, spreadsheets or simplistic
models are insufficient as they are prone to errors
and lack the necessary sophistication to perform the

complex multi-commodity, multi-dimensional analysis that is required in
a globally integrated marketplace. Without a dedicated curve development and management solution, like the Genic CurveBuilder from DataGenic, gaining accurate insights and ensuring proper financial reporting and risk management of trading and production assets becomes a
tenuous proposition at best; and at worst, may actually increase the risk
of financial loss, shareholder dissatisfaction and regulatory scrutiny of
your operations.

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