SERVICES FOR FIRMS TRADING ENERGY AND COMMODITIES
The pace of change in the energy and commodities markets has been exceptional in recent years. Factors such as
growing demand, increased competition, regulatory change and volatile prices have presented significant challenges—and
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exciting opportunities—to oil companies, merchant energy firms, pipeline operators, investment banks and other market
participants. In order to address price, credit, operational and regulatory risks, these firms are seeking ways to build
functionally rich capabilities, while at the same time creating more agile organizations that can maximize the value of the
company’s unique portfolio, skills and market position at any given time. Many are realizing that the right mix of advisory and
technology expertise and market knowledge needed to take them to the next level can be hard to find.
The Sapient Approach
Sapient Global Markets provides firms trading energy and commodities with the guidance and expertise they need to respond
to new opportunities and competitive pressures. We support physical and financial trading activity, pipeline operations and
portfolio optimization across crude, refined products, natural gas, power, metals, emissions and other commodities. With
an end-to-end solution that includes technology, advisory, program management, analytics and operation services, we
help firms establish the infrastructure and business processes required to make informed decisions and swiftly execute
them across their front-to-back business and operating models. Our full range of services can help improve operational
transparency, data management, integrated risk management capabilities and front-to-back scalability. We uniquely bring
all five disciplines together to holistically address the complex issues and challenges facing companies in the commodities
trading ecosystem.
Technology— We help implement energy
trading and risk management (ETRM)
platforms in unique ways that incorporate
behavioral and computational modeling for
better results. We also provide a wide range
of additional support around industry-leading
software, such as OpenLink, SolArc, Murex
and Allegro. Our services cover package
evaluation and selection, implementation,
integration and ongoing technology support.
Advisory— Our strategists, front- to
back-office business consultants, change
managers, and functional and data architects
utilize deep financial, analytical, industry and
business process skills to help firms improve
stakeholder value, build trust and boost
performance. We do this through thorough
technology and process audits, target
operating model definitions, post merger
integration and business expansion planning.
Energy and Commodities Practice
Oil / Gas Majors
Utilities
ISOs
Merchant
Energy
Regulators
Pipeline
Investment
Banks
We work with all types of firms within the energy and commodities
trading ecosystem.
Features At a Glance
nalytics—We use quantitative
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analysis1 to help optimize
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portfolios and assess risk in order to create better risk
management strategies. Our pricing and risk management
support addresses credit and market risk implementations,
pricing data management and risk analytics.
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Program Management—Sapient’s Program Management
Office (PMO) ensures a consistent approach across a portfolio/
program of work and establishes clear accountability for those
administrative tasks, providing greater visibility and control.
Operations—We help firms manage and execute mid- and
back-office operations, including end-of-day / end-of-month
analytics, trade documentation, credit and P&L analytics.
And for firms that need to outsource key functions, we offer
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knowledge process outsourcing (KPO), along with a wide range
of post-trade processing services.
A comprehensive approach that spans the energy
value chain, addressing origination/sales, trading,
analytics, risk, operations and settlement
PO, which utilizes domain knowledge and
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information analysis to make lower-level decisions,
thus enabling firms to make more complex decisions
Proven methodologies, approaches and tools
that help Sapient experts accelerate project
implementation and ensure desired results
In-house knowledge and expertise of all major
commodities categories, including oil, power, gas,
coal, freight, emissions, metals and softs
The Sapient Advantage
With Sapient Global Markets, you can:
• Speed time to value—Using best practices and lessons
learned over years of practical experience, plus unique
approaches, such as computational and behavioral modeling,
we help speed implementations and ensure optimum
effectiveness
• Mitigate risk—We help firms better manage market, credit,
operational, documentation and basis risk, along with analyze
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capital adequacy, and help automate reporting for more
accurate and timely regulatory compliance
• Improve business operations—Our services help improve
operational transparency, data management, integrated risk
management capabilities and front-to-back scalability
• Empower better decision making and execution—By
establishing a more agile infrastructure and fine-tuning
business processes, we help firms make informed decisions
and swiftly execute them across their front-to-back business
and operating models
Sapient Global Markets, a division of Sapient® (NASDAQ:
SAPE), is a leading provider of services to today’s evolving
financial and commodity markets. We provide a full range
of capabilities to help our clients grow and enhance their
businesses, create robust and transparent infrastructure,
manage operating costs, and foster innovation throughout
their organizations. We offer services across Advisory,
Analytics, Technology, and Process, as well as unique
methodologies in program management, technology
development, and process outsourcing. Sapient Global
Markets operates in key financial and commodity centers
worldwide, including Boston, Chicago, Houston, New
York, Calgary, Toronto, London, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf,
Geneva, Munich, Zurich, and Singapore, as well as in
large technology development and operations outsourcing
centers in Bangalore, Delhi, and Noida, India. For more
information, visit www.sapientglobalmarkets.com.
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