Risk Monitoring & Management Trends in Commodities A ComTechAdvisory Whitepaper market leading system providers like Allegro.
The latest systems from several of the largest vendors have been continuously updated to provide a breadth of capabilities to help manage both“ traditional risks” like market / price risks, and emergent risks such as regulatory. That being said, the respondents were not required to note their current systems in use and it is likely that some, or possibly many, are: 1) using older versions of E / CTRM systems that have not been updated to the latest capabilities; 2) using less capable vendor supplied solutions that do not offer in-system capabilities for managing risks such as credit, treasury, or regulatory; 3) simply haven’ t adopted or implemented, for whatever reason, the full breadth of capabilities available in their current E / CTRM systems; or 4) have not adopted a commercially supplied solution and are instead relying on spreadsheets for their required E / CTRM functionality. Regardless of reason, a full featured E / CTRM can, in many cases, be the best solution to forecasting, measuring and ameliorating many of the ever increasing breadth of risks now facing the commodity markets.
ALLEGRO HORIZON- HOLISTIC RISK MANAGEMENT
Oftentimes, commodity professionals know they need sound risk management, but they suffer from poor data quality and latencies brought on by the disparate systems or spreadsheets they’ re accustomed to using. When that’ s the case, their exposures can be obfuscated, and the risks associated with trading, logistics and accounting increase considerably.
Whether your enterprise is using loosely integrated solutions, legacy in-house software or years-old spreadsheets, Allegro Horizon will provide you with an enterprise commercial-off-the-shelf solution for commodity trading and risk management. Allegro Horizon is an integrated commodity trading and risks management platform that allows for comprehensive physical and financial data management, which aids in improving the risk mitigation capabilities throughout
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your organization. With native cloud capabilities, Allegro Horizon improves agility and allows you to do more with less by significantly reducing your capital expenditures and increasing focus on your core business.
Allegro’ s commodity risk management solution empowers risk managers by giving them the visibility they need to address potential problems in their beginning stages before they have a larger impact on operations and the bottom line. Specifically, risk managers can use Allegro Horizon to drill down into their exposure to market, counterparty and credit risk by leveraging third-party pricing and credit data. This translates into real-time insight KPI reporting and decision support, leading to better P & L management.