ENERGY TRADING & RISK MANAGEMENT

ErGO

The Energy Trading & Risk Management – ETRM – tool developed by MAS Consulting supports all business processes of companies operating in the energy field.

The software is composed of several modules, each designed and built specifically to meet a particular industry need. Modules make ErGO a fully modular, flexible ETRM suitable for different business areas (front/middle/back office).

ErGO improves the security of portfolio and forecast processes. It secures and historicizes risk management and communications with energy platforms and providers.

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+100

Files exchanged with energy platforms per day

+10

Exchange and data providers integrated with ErGO daily

100%

Modulable

ENERGY TRADING & RISK MANAGEMENT – BENEFITS

CUSTOMIZATION AND MODULARITY
Thanks to the Energy Trading & Risk Management – ETRM platform, energy operators handle the entire management process, combining the needs for flexibility and analysis of physical and financial markets with the growing need for the security of services. In fact, ErGO consists of several modules for analysis, operations and reporting, which can be fully adapted to the specific needs of the client.
Integration
With the Market Analysis module, ErGO supports the user in configuring and managing index and price calculations. It does so by directly integrating with the most common exchange and data providers and automatically downloading quotes and spot prices. ErGO generates a daily PFC using data coming from providers, which is archived in order to ensure that calculations are fully retraceable.
SINGLE DATA REPOSITORY
ErGO allows users to have all relevant data available in a single repository. Specifically, the software captures real-time data for better responsiveness to price volatility. It historicizes and calculates portfolio forward prices using standard and proprietary algorithms and integrates directly with the most common exchange and data providers.

ENERGY TRADING & RISK MANAGEMENT – FEATURES

Today more than ever, energy traders need suitable tools to better manage the risks of energy markets. Consequently, it is essential to have support for trading processes, based on advanced computational algorithms. This tool enables full and effective integration with the various platforms made available by market and network operators, and with corporate information systems. This, with the aim of better addressing and managing the complexity of the energy market.

ErGO supports the needs of all business areas (front office, middle office, and back office), collecting all the tools to manage business processes in a single platform. ErGO simplifies daily activities in a single software and automates most time consuming operations – thus reducing data reconciliation time between various systems and speeding up decision-making processes.

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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT MODULE

Single view on trades, position and cash settlement
Advanced what-if analysis based on historicized portfolio valuation processes and the respective comparing reports
Simplified hedging thanks to “Deal Splitting” for index-priced contracts and “Dynamic Cascading” for expiring standard products

METERING & FORECASTING MODULE

Structured acquisition of files from the 65/2012/R/eel resolution
Flexible usage of both standard and in-house client-developed algorithms
Possibility of integration with CRM billing software, volume forecast and revenue forecast for each point of delivery
Calculation of key Forecast Accuracy KPIs (MPE, MAPE, MAD, etc.)

SCHEDULING & BIDDING MODULE

Integration with major GME (Italian Electricity Market Operator) platforms
Advanced support to physical programming and bidding strategy
Dynamic configuration of bidding logics
Scheduling of deliveries for night markets

RISK ANALYSIS & RISK MANAGEMENT MODULE

Real-time monitoring of market risk exposition through the calculation of the main risk metrics (including M2M, VAR and PAR)
Trading strategy optimization
Analysis of counterparty risk exposure by calculating credit risk and credit exposure

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE & REMIT MODULE

Automatic management of sending deadlines
Real-time monitoring of the status of each transaction
Native setup for major trade-repositories
Support for portfolio compression processes and automatic management of reconciliation

ADVANCED REPORTING AND BI MODULE

Real-time historical data
Native support for Big Data
Custom reporting through a user-friendly graphical interface

ENERGY TRADING & RISK MANAGEMENT – FAQ

WHAT TYPES OF REPORT ARE AVAILABLE ON ErGO?
ErGO has various possibilities in terms of reporting. It provides the user with tools designed to meet different needs, starting from summary views, up to the highest level of detail. Different reporting possibilities are progressive steps in an in-depth path:
- ErGO Dashboard
- ErGO Native Pivoting: allows interaction with reports in drag&drop, filtering, and pivot mode
- ErGO Qlik Sense: combines the power and flexibility of an advanced Business Intelligence tool with the large amount of available data processed by an ETRM system
- ErGO Book of Reports: exports to Excel and supports navigation on preconfigured reports
HOW ARE PORTFOLIO DEALS ENTERED?
ErGO enables dedicated capturing of different types of tradable products, depending on the commodity (Gas / Power). The user can customize the Deal catalog to his liking and specify different categories of attributes (contract pricing, market pricing, fixed components, documentation…), while maintaining maximum security on the information.

Moreover, the user can rapidly and easily fill in the necessary fields for portfolio management, thanks to capturing wizards.
HOW ARE SUPPLIES FOR INDEX-PRICED CONTRACTS MANAGED?
ErGO Hedging is the section designed to manage hedging of index-priced contracts. The module enables users to analyze exposure to underlyings, for hedging the risk associated with oil & gas commodities market fluctuations.