In the past trading houses had only two options: spreadsheets or big-budget custom software development programs. Now SaaS-delivered solutions combined with Cloud Computing offer a real, cost-effective alternative. With the global economy, regulatory environment and credit shrinkage increasingly mandating formalized systems for even small trading companies, SaaS offers fast-start, turnkey solutions without up-front investment or resource demands.
Steve Hughes
President & CEO
Aspect Enterprise Solutions
Cloud-based applications — aka Software as a Service (SaaS) — have seen steady growth over the past few years and will continue to grow.
Gartner, Inc., Cloud Computing: The Next Generation of Outsourcing, Ben Pring, November 1, 2010

According to Technology Research Analyst Firm Gartner…

We are in the midst of a fundamental shift, as more enterprises start to use services enabled by cloud technologies. This will heavily impact IT services providers, who must now consider strategies for coping with profound changes in the marketplace or risk being left behind.
Cloud Computing:
The Next Generation Of Outsourcing
Ben Pring, November 1, 2010
According to Technology Research Analyst Firm Gartner…
Increasingly, hosted or SaaS-based solutions are gaining favor among end users as a means of reducing capital costs, deployment times and support overheads. While traditionally these solutions were preferred options for smaller end users or end users with limited functional requirements, as the functional capabilities of SaaS - or application service provider (ASP)-based deployments grow, the appeal to larger organizations will widen.
Magic Quadrant For Energy Trading And Risk Management Platforms
Keith Harrison and
David Furlonger
March 18, 2011
AspectCTRM was installed and working for us so fast – quickly enabling us to get a real-time understanding of profit and loss, exposures, price movements in the markets and how we can better manage risk.
Peter Malcom King
Business Development & Strategy Manager
Linetrale Oil Supply & Trading Company, Nigeria

Aspect Decision Support Center

AspectDSC Oil AspectDSC Metals AspectDSC Agriculture

Traders are specialists that require different information. There are all types of traders, including physical oil traders, futures traders, bunker traders, spread and arbitrage traders, and others. There are also analysts, risk managers and operations staff who require different data sets to validate and settle contracts. At Aspect Enterprise Solutions we realize that every professional’s needs are different. We offer tailored solutions to support your decision making needs and budget, not a fixed platform that has to fit everyone. It’s an empowering, affordable alternative to other systems, with AspectDSC you never pay for trading tools and content you don’t need.

You have commodity, services and edition choices. Choose the commodity focused edition you need, such as Oil, Metals or Agriculture – or mix the editions for multi-commodity trading data. Also choose the service you need ranging from Desktop, Mobile, Wallboard and Data Services. There are also pre-set templates that are commonly used by groups of traders including Basic, Steel, Oil Professional, Metals Professional and Global Trader.

Users of older market data systems face limitations in how they can organize, view and change displays. Yesterday’s technology is rigid and not designed to deliver content in a personalized, configurable way. You simply can’t change what you can see on the screen.

AspectDSC was the first market data and analytics solution available globally on the Internet more than 11 years ago and also the first to offer mobile access. All Aspect solutions are Web-based delivered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in the Cloud. With our servers using ultra-low latency feeds, you see the market as it happens with no lag. Enjoy speed that is crucial in keeping up with commodity markets and the reliability of our synchronized fall-over disaster recovery solutions based in Chicago and London.

Market Pricing Integrated With Transactional Activity

 

An enterprise information management strategy is critical to the success of a trading organization due to the time sensitive nature and accuracy of changing prices being applied to transactions and portfolios. Subscribe to AspectCTRM, our Trading & Risk Management solution to integrate and leverage your trading activities. Many AspectDSC customers enjoy the ease-of-use and convenience of having one password access, which provides a seamless transfer of market prices used to validate trades and update positions. With the push of a button prices are uploaded from AspectDSC throughout the trading day. Many companies are manually updating this information which causes errors. Also many times corrections are missed when prices are re-released to the market as price corrections. AspectCTRM also integrates with external market intelligence providers, but the advantages of linking AspectDSC to trades as the pricing intelligence of record are unparalleled.

One-Stop Access For Data, Trading Tools & Support

Simplify the way you and your company manage and leverage futures, news, data and applications across the enterprise. Aggregate and analyze all your data sources from one place and upload your company’s proprietary prices for distribution to your users. Easily integrate your commodity information with AspectCTRM, and other energy trading and risk management solutions for seamless data management, trade capture and risk analysis. Our support staff is available 24 hours, 5 days a week with professionals positioned to take your calls from every region in the world.

Bright Idea

  • Get your AspectDSC in English, Russian or Chinese.
  • Our multi-language portal serves our global traders in local languages.
  • Also put your company logo and branding on your portal.

Bright Idea

Try AspectDSC Mobile For Desktop

 AspectDSC Brent Mobile Data

Display a simple screen with live prices that tick on your desktop. This is great for when you’re in remote places with slow Internet access or you just need the minimum data sets. There’s no extra fee, it’s part of your subscription.

We needed a market information system that offered access to Platts real-time news and prices. AspectDSC provides us with a cost-effective and user friendly solution, at a fraction of the cost of other systems.
Group Vice President
Addax & Oryx
The Decision Support Center from AspectDSC is the perfect solution for our steel trading business. It delivers the real-time metals prices and news sources we need, along with powerful charting tools, all via the Internet. So I can access it anywhere, including on my mobile telephone.
Tolga Teskin
Chief Executive Officer
Safir Metal Ltd.
Instanbul, Turkey

Bright Idea

  • Instant online deployment. No installation.
  • Easy-to-use & configure. Designed by energy pros.
  • Highly scalable, supporting thousands of subscribers 24/7, including top energy companies in 90 countries.
  • No maintenance, software or hardware costs.
  • No training costs.
  • Free, no-interruption upgrades while you work.
  • Free support.
  • No firewall hassles.
  • Secure, sophisticated & customizable.
  • Multi-language: English, Russian & Chinese