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

Solution Platform

Overview: One Platform For Multi-Commodity Market Data, Analytics, Trading, Risk & Operations Management

Aspect Enterprise Solution is the leading global provider of Web-based commodity trading, risk management and data management applications with more than 500 customers and thousands of users in 90 countries. It’s the only integrated, all-in-one platform delivered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in the Clouds, which enables rapid deployment, controlled costs and immediate ROI.

Aspect solutions are accessible via the same online password providing seamless, user-friendly collaboration for global teams from one platform.

Aspect Solution Map

Answering A Common Challenge

A common theme exists for companies throughout commodities trading sectors and end user communities: a real need to consolidate. This consolidation includes the desktop; CTRM environment of systems and spreadsheets, and varying risks including market, operational, and credit risk. Through years of volatile market volatility, regulatory changes, mergers, acquisitions, and growth – systems and processes have become fragmented.

Aspect’s one-platform footprint consolidates everything in the quest to achieve one single system or suite to measure and manage trading and risk. It also easily integrates with best-of-breed and internally developed solutions such as financial and operational systems and external market intelligence providers. This provides extensive benefits including a cost reduction for maintaining multiple systems and a high performing straight-through processing (STP) environment from trade entry to invoicing and settlement. STP automates processes and significantly reduces errors normally associated with multiple entries and touch points of data throughout the supply chain.

Our Solutions

Our powerful commodity trading and risk management solution, AspectCTRM, is used by a wide range of companies from small trading, supply and end user organizations to the world’s largest global enterprises. AspectCTRM is flexible and scales to the functional and budget needs of its users. It begins with the out-of-the-box, front-office Lite Edition (LE) designed for small firms, and expands to its Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition (EE) with front, middle and back office functions with integration to other systems such as SAP and Oracle Financials. As companies grow and requirements become more complex, AspectCTRM easily expands to meet those demands without the costs and hassles associated with software installations and replacements.

AspectDSC is our decision support center for traders offering oil, metals and agricultural market news, prices, futures and analytical tools on desktops and mobile devices including, smartphones, iPhone®, iPad® and BlackBerry®.

AspectPM is our Price Manager solution that provides consolidation and support for the global oil price forecasting process and forward curve management.