“TRMTracker” -Advanced Enterprise ETRM-CTRM Software Solution Overview

Voted “Preferred ETRM System” by our clients and peers, Pioneer Solutions’ “TRMTracker” is a FARRMS advanced architecture based solution that is changing the marketplace with its all web-based comprehensive energy and all commodity trading & risk management (ETRM-CTRM) software features. Built from the back-office forward by industry professional, TRMTracker features the most comprehensive back-office available in the ETRM space with its advanced (FARRMS) formula-driven settlement and billing engine including the top-rated derivative hedge accounting automation module available.

FARRMS’ flexible and malleable, template and formula-driven architecture requires no coding to configure and maintain thus lowering the total cost of ownership while increasing the longevity of the platforms ability to meet current and future demands. This organically built; work-flow driven architecture supports the straight-through processing of deals, from deal capture to risk management, scheduling, settlement and accounting processing (GL entries). TRMTracker’s risk engine offers robust, all web-based OLAP (slice & dice, drillable) reporting of all ETRM-CTRM at risk models including enterprise risk metrics like CFaR, TPE, PFE, EaR, Credit Risk Management -CVaR and more!

“TRMTracker is truly a flexible system that has allowed us to view and manage our commodity and credit risk management portfolio the way we wanted to see it,” said the Director of a large utility.

TRMTracker?- Superior ETRM-CTRM functionality:

	Voted top for “Operational Risk” and voted “Preferred ETRM-CTRM System” by some of the largest utilities in the world! (see 2011 Energy Risk Survey attached).
	Voted top for its “Ease of Integration” our technology can easily work with existing systems both internal and external Ex. ICE & SAP and much more!
	TRMTracker is an organically built, all web-based, fully integrated comprehensive, front, middle and back office ETRM-CTRM software solution that supports the real-time capture and processing of all commodity types both physical & financial.
	We offer a rapidly deployable, economical alternative to the marketplace with a hosted or server-based, comprehensive ETRM-CTRM software solution.
	Offering a flexible and malleable template and formula-driven architecture (no coding needed) advanced technology architecture will empower business users with the ability to manage change.
	The embedded dynamic work-flow engine will automate ETRM-CTRM processes and control operational risk.
	Our business intelligence reporting engine is superior offering a template-driven report writer (SQL-OLAP-Cube) engine that allows drillable insight into ETRM –CTRM on all reports down to the transaction layer.

Front, Middle and Back office solution diagram

Front Office Support

TRMTracker is a comprehensive trading tool that supports multi-commodity and energy products. Front office staff can capture simple and complex transactions quickly and easily within the system. Often, repeated tasks are streamlined using pre-populated fields. Supported products include natural gas, oil, electricity, metal etc.

TRMTracker supports price curves easily by integrating them with external pricing feeds. Alternatively, users can maintain prices within TRMTracker or import prices from files. Risk managers can perform MTM analysis from different price curve sources. Robust limit management is provided. Multiple trader and credit limits can be defined and monitored. Examples include position, tenor, counterparty, VaR, etc.

Middle Office Support

Risk Managers can analyze Value-at-Risk (VaR) of several portfolios using different VaR techniques. Furthermore, risk managers can perform “what-if” analysis and stress testing on portfolios.

TRMTracker supports price curves with ease by integrating with external pricing feeds. Alternatively, users can maintain prices within TRMTracker or import prices from files. Risk Managers can perform MTM analysis from different price curve sources. Robost limit management is provided. Multiple trader and credit limits can be defined and monitored. Examples include position, tenor, counterparty, VaR and others.

Risk Managers can analyze Value-at-Risk (VaR) of several portfolios using different VaR techniques. Furthermore, Risk Managers can perform what-if analysis and stress testing on portfolios.

TRMTracker provides comprehensive settlement and accounting functionalities. Contract administrators can maintain all agreements with simple or complex charge types. The settlement process uses these agreements and transaction data to calculate estimated and final settlements. Invoices can be created based on templates and tracked within TRMTracker.

TRMTracker supports accrual, inventory and derivative accounting. Back office staff can prepare estimated and final accounting entries. TRMTracker supports several derivative accounting standards (i.e. FAS133, IAS39, AASB139).

Back Office Support

TRMTracker supports Accrual, Inventory and Derivative Accounting. Back Office staff can prepare estimated and final accounting entries. TRMTracker supports several Derivative Accounting standards (i.e. FAS133, IAS39, AASB139).