| | JULY 201819AspectCTRM is most often chosen by trading firms for the proven strength of its risk management functionality and speed and performance of the underlying architecturesales and development cycles, and simpler approach to solving challenges for commodities trading companies. Moreover, with AspectCTRM, price uploads are instant from the company's Market Data solution, eliminating the need to enter them manually. Price corrections by sources in the market are also automated, so trades are always accurate and in real time. The ability to continuously update profits and losses (P&L) after each deal is captured, and as markets change is precisely what makes AspectCTRM stand out from other commodity trade risk management software that don't run in real time. It also assists traders in making smart and informed deals. "Cloud is our differentiator. Our features are the same as our competitors, but our technology is more modern, and our costs are lower," says Brigette Gebhard, Aspect's VP of Product Management and Marketing. Aspect's cloud solutions are always up to date. Customers get updates with new features and enhancements in every release, eradicating the need for a rebuild or "end of life" product and the burden to keep software current.With a solution like Aspect, teams of professionals maintain a clear view of cash, profits, and product, which are critical to the trade process. The system powers through large volumes of data within AspectCTRM's suite of components: trade, risk, operations, finance­and across integrated disparate systems. In achieving this, Aspect's performance relies on an in-memory database, wherein the system holds data in the computer's memory instead of a disk. This enables the calculation of all positions and profits and losses (P&L) both in real time during the day and when closing books at the end of the trading day. In a nutshell, memory is three orders of magnitude (1,000 times) faster than disk. It takes just seconds in contrast to the multiple hours required by other older solutions. The high-speed feature of an in-memory database also allows overcoming challenges in security, operational risk, regulatory requirements, and market and credit risk. That's not all. Aspect also devises a faster route to customization. The company's innovative scripting tools allow continuous configuration, rather than costly, time-consuming code customization, which further allows for rapid response to user feedback, without altering the underlying instance of the software. Midsize and regional energy and commodity companies were often the first adopters of the industry's first, fully integrated true cloud risk management solution. Today some of the largest companies in the world rely on Aspect. The company's development team is driven by a roadmap geared to enhance the functional and technical experience of all clients, not multiple instances of software geared to individual needs. And this is where Aspect's unique scripting language comes in. According to Brigette, "Our roadmap is focused on innovation and speed. We've always been out front beginning with the decision to develop a CTRM solution that was web-based when there was no such thing in the market. And performance is critical in trading, every millisecond counts when the buy or sell decisions made are worth millions of dollars."
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