International Commerce

• Do you know how much money you spend on market data per year?
• Are your data subscriptions current and fully accounted for?
• What would happen if your data vendor “pulled the plug” on your data subscriptions?
• Do you have the systems capability and capacity to value all of the instruments to the extent required by
  law?

Purchasing Data

Many companies manage market data subscriptions as an afterthought. Some firms don’t manage them at all. Both scenarios lead to wasteful over-consumption of a very expensive and vital asset – the information by which most firms value and settle their commodity contracts. It ‘s no secret that data companies benefit when their customers buy too much data, but you can manage your exposure to market data contracts while creating positive control over the data you use to value your contracts. Some of the benefits of establishing such control include:

• Control over the firm’s data expenses
• Confidence in the information being used to settle contracts
• Accuracy in managing market price risk
• Reasonable and meaningful mark-to-market valuations of your commodity positions

International Commerce helps clients organize their data contracts to ensure they are getting what they pay for. Data architectures built on the latest technology deliver accurate data to your applications when they need it, all in an entirely auditable and transparent fashion.

Managing the company’s price repository

The design and construction of technical systems that manage prices and price curves for risk management, research and settlement purposes is an important consideration within a firm’s IT operations. Prices and price curves are critical business assets that have direct impact on the firm’s ability to report its current position, evaluate the impact of business strategy and performance and plan for the future. International commerce has helped its clients:

• Design system frameworks that provide positive control over prices and price curves. These systems eliminate
  redundant handling of data and provide a tamper resistant reference for settlement and valuation.
• Implement strategies to get the most out of the market intelligence you already have – your traders and operations
  personnel. Systems that help the entire organization contribute to price discovery and management help drive
  transparency and are more effective than insular “pockets of data” managed by specialist analysts.
• Simplify the information systems maintenance and operations. This lowers cost of ownership and helps firms become
  more agile in changing markets.

These services offer significant value if you are:

• Commodity/Equity Trading
• Commercial/Industrial Consumer of Energy
• Utility
• Local Distribution Company

For more information contact International Commerce today;  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or call 713-960-1463.