ENERGY AND COMMODITIES TRADING AN INTRODUCTION TO BARINGA
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ENERGY AND COMMODITIES TRADING AN INTRODUCTION TO BARINGA About Baringa: Baringa Partners is a business and IT consultancy with a difference, and is privileged to work across Europe with the leading and most innovative companies in the Commodities and Financial Services Sectors on a variety of projects ranging from strategy and policy development, to major change programmes.
In the highly competitive and volatile Energy and Commodities markets, we aim to be the consulting partner of choice for our clients’ challenges and opportunities across trading strategy, risk policy, IT strategy and delivery and people change. We believe our flexible approach, deep industry knowledge and excellent people help deliver exceptional results. We have a strong track record working with numerous companies in the international Commodities trading markets – our Commodities capabilities and experiences extend across Energy, Metals and Softs; our clients include Metals & Commodity traders, Energy traders, Oil Majors, Investment Banks and Funds.
Founded in the UK in 2000, we have a market turnover of circa ÂŁ50m with over 250 professionals, around half of whom are experienced in Trading and Risk Management. We are a reputation-driven business, with over 90 per cent of the work we do coming from repeat business. We work with all the major software vendors but maintain an independent position to best serve our clients.
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Examples of what we do relevant credentials: Major Pan-European Energy Company
A major European Energy Company that had acquired another utility engaged Baringa to help harmonise systems and processes across the business. Baringa Partners is engaged as the lead integrator delivering new trading systems and has developed a ‘to be’ process and systems blueprint for the merged business.
Major UK Energy Company
A major European Energy Company wanted to enhance its systems across the entire value chain. As a key advisor on the overall project Baringa has delivered a new ETRM and logistics capability for its European power and gas portfolios.
Migration of metals trading capability to new trading platform
A major global Investment Bank decided to consolidate their physical and financial base and precious metals trading function onto their commodities trading platform. Baringa were engaged to project manage and provide business analysis and technical experts to carry out the migration.
Investment Bank
Examples of what we do relevant credentials: Implementation of new commodities trading capability Oil Major Physical Freight/Shipping system implementation Commodities Trader
Physical Metals trading system implementation Commodities Trader
An Oil Major decided to open a commodities trading desk in London and engaged Baringa to run it. Our client selected a new CTRM solution and the Baringa team ensured the brand new trading capability was up and running in 10 months.
A major physical Commodities Trader wanted to replace their freight and shipping systems. Baringa were engaged and ran the project from inception to completion. This included selecting the system, designing interfaces into their existing trading, risk and finance systems, and delivering the system.
A major physical Commodities Trader is in the process of implementing a customer developed metals trading system to support its physical trading operations. Baringa has been engaged to manage delivery, test and roll-out the new system.
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WHY CHOOSE BARINGA REPUTATION BUILT ON RESULTS
Our Commodities Experience
Our Approach
Delivery Track Record
We are proven specialists in delivering complex business and IT change programmes and have become trusted advisors in driving positive organisational, operational and IT transformation. We pride ourselves on the quality and know-how of our people to deliver successful, cross-functional change across the commodities, energy and financial services industries. We build a sustainable client capability in whichever area we work to avoid client dependence on our consultants, working collaboratively with our clients and their selected vendors. Baringa is pragmatic in the way we tackle problems and propose solutions. We do not propose a “one size fits all� methodology, instead choosing the appropriate approach to tackling the specific. client challenge. We have performed over 30 major commodity trading and risk management delivery projects over the last few years for a variety of asset-backed and speculative trading organisations. Our consultants consistently deliver large-scale business and IT change and are able to help clients make key decisions between tactical and strategic implementation.
A selection of our relevant clients:
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