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May 19, 2011 — Houston, TX
Austin Morris, managing partner of SunGard Global Services’ energy practice, said, “In the energy and utilities industries, participants must contend with dramatic growth in volumes of information due to the growing number of instruments, exchanges and markets as well as the increasing granularity of data. They must also prepare their infrastructures for changes in stakeholder oversight and regulation at a time of great uncertainty. Energy traders, producers and utilities must be able to mitigate the risk and cost of business today, by focusing on managing information more efficiently, ensuring higher data accuracy and quality, and providing timely assessment of positions and risk.”Ten trends driving trading, risk and data management initiatives in the energy and utilities industry are:
Trading
1. Energy companies need better access to liquidity in order to enhance margins and reduce risk
2. Global demand and major changes in energy markets are causing greater business challenges in terms of growth, investment and recruitment
3. Increasing cost and competition require better transparency, efficiency and information management
4. The need to control costs and optimize capital is driving operational efficiency as a top priority
Risk & regulation
5. Dodd-Frank, CFTC and other regulators globally are greatly impacting industry participants by increasing regulatory oversight and reporting requirements
6. New proposed capital reporting and clearing requirements also will affect a large number of participants by requiring modified trading behaviors
7. Price volatility and aging infrastructures are making risk management more challenging, driving increased reinvestment in technology
Data management
8. Growing complexities in the industry have caused an explosion of systems and data
9. The increased volumes and complexity of data is driving demand for smarter data mining to reduce cost and increase accuracy
10. Producers and utilities are seeking smarter technologies to increase efficiency, from the field to the CEO
Jill Feblowitz, vice president and practice director, IDC Energy Insights, said, “Energy players are faced with unprecedented challenges, including a slow economic recovery, flat energy prices, and mixed messages on regulations. Information management, smart grid technologies and other business intelligence approaches will help participants improve their ability to manage change, reduce cost and risk, and enhance efficiencies in operations, delivery and service.”
SunGard Podcast: Data, Regulation & Risk: Turning Key Challenges into Rewards
SunGard Blogs:
Doug Wendler: Uncovering opportunity from the avalanche of data
John Doran: What is behind the recent rise in energy prices?
Customer Videos:
Krishnan Kasiviswanathan, chief risk officer, NRG Energy
Roy Goodman, director of Information Technology, PPL Energy Plus
Drew Rankin, general manager, Energy Supply, Colorado Springs Utilities
Jody Gallagher, chief information officer, Iberdrola Renewables
Trends in Energy & Commodities: Commodity Hedge Funds – Dealing with Liquidity, Market, Credit and Operational Risk, by Leslie Barbagallo, senior vice president, SunGard’s Kiodex
Is Mean Reversion Dead in the Crude Oil and Natural Gas Market?, by Rick Boesch, Ph.D., senior vice president of financial engineering at SunGard’s Kiodex
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