360° Position Visibility
Knowing which action to take, and when, requires insights. These insights come from accumulating data from subsidiaries in different locations, trade desks, departments and multiple roles throughout an organization. But then what? Being in possession of information is only part of the equation. The challenge becomes to integrate, organize, report and respond. In brief, that's what position visibility is all about.
However, even if that sounds straightforward, having the right solution for business in today's world is anything but simple. This is where Allegro's software for commodity trading risk management comes in. Organizations that are dependent on disparate legacy systems, software developed in-house or spreadsheets for their commodity management are exposing themselves to greater risk than ever. Allegro provides the remedy by empowering the front office, middle office and back office with one unified platform for managing positions.
It does this by serving as the integrated commodity risk management software solution your company needs. With Allegro, you'll get greater insights into all of your positions, across the business. We can make this promise because, for more than 30 years, we've been helping our customers manage commodities and improve their position visibility.
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How to Choose a CTRM System
You're considering a commodity trading risk management system to gain greater business transparency. But which one do you choose? With the white paper "How to Choose a CTRM System," you'll learn the right questions to ask.
Built for Position Visibility
With Allegro, every critical role within a business can see what they need to see and act wisely thanks to the insights provided by our software. The result is better management, controlled exposure and optimized value.
Allegro's CTRM software, based on more than three decades of experience, has the needs of commodity customers in mind. Our award-winning commodity trading risk management platform, which can be deployed on-site or in the cloud, is highly customizable and can be extended easily by in-house teams.
Perhaps the greatest strength of Allegro is that it's a multipurpose tool that will increase efficiency throughout a company. Allegro is made for traders, accounting departments, compliance and risk management teams, as well as logistics departments. That's why when we talk about serving as a single source of truth for commodity position visibility, we mean it.
The Benefits of Allegro
Position Visibility for Trading
Position Visibility for Trading
Delayed or incorrect position reports, incomplete pricing data or unknown exposure due to disparate data streams or changes in logistics hinder effective trading decisions. With Allegro, traders will experience:
- Fewer missed trading opportunities
- A powerful framework for enhanced decision-making
- Reduction in trading roadblocks
Position Visibility for Logistics and Operations
Position Visibility for Logistics and Operations
The linkage between the physical logistics of managing commodities and the profitability of their trade is significant. That’s where position visibility matters. With Allegro, you’ll get:
- Complete transparency from the trade through scheduling and on to settlement
- Support for all the major modes of transportation
- Ability to optimize capacity
- The means to readily incorporate tariff and commodity rate changes
- Potential to improve profitability
Position Visibility for Risk Management
Position Visibility for Risk Management
Managing market price and counterparty risk limits within the complex commodity landscape requires risk managers to be empowered with insightful, holistic information across multiple currencies, commodities and instruments. Benefits of Allegro include:
- Consolidated cross-functional data into an integrated platform
- Unified reporting on credit, market and operational risk
- Advanced “what-if” scenario modeling
- Management of deals from capture, to confirmation, to invoice and general ledger reporting
Position Visibility for Accounting and Compliance
Position Visibility for Accounting and Compliance
The globalization of commodity trading has created a mix of complicated financial reporting and tax requirements. Allegro has the ability to simplify this. Benefits of our software include:
- Support for end-to-end, forecast-to-actual workflows
- Simplified financial management and commodity accounting without double entry
- Actualization and settlement
- Reduction in amount of required manual effort
- Increased assurance in accuracy of calculations
Trusted for Over 30 Years
Having a partner you can trust is paramount. We know, because since 1984 we’ve enabled customers to manage trading risk by providing a purpose-built, integrated commodity management platform. Physical and financial position visibility is a key part of our solution.
Making the move to Allegro's CTRM software is the right decision. However, it may require an astute use case to gain executive support. That's why you should reach out to us today. When you do, you'll learn about how we can help you build that case, a case that will ensure your commodity business, and your position management, is prepared for today and tomorrow.
Industries We Serve
"The flexibility of the solution provided by Allegro and the potential for our IT development team to enhance it to suit evolving demands and supplement other business-critical in-house developments made Allegro the right choice for us. Allegro's proven track record, plus the advanced technology, provides us with an effective transaction management system. Considering our ambitions to expand our European footprint, this solution provides us with a strong systemic foundation to further grow our business."
"Before Allegro, we operated primarily on spreadsheets. Using Allegro has really helped us to highlight and pinpoint certain areas where we can do better, for example, credit exposure. If I could describe Allegro, I would say it's scalable and innovative. It moves with our business."
"We are satisfied with Allegro's highly flexible, integrated and technically efficient solution and recognize its high potential for further development. It has enabled us to optimize existing business processes – and introduce new ones – within the commodity trading and financial risk management area. Allegro’s solution provides us with a strong foundation to grow our expertise in different commodity classes and to deepen our system's functional coverage with the scalability required for future growth."
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