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Happy 25th Birthday, EEX!

Lacima is part of EEX Group which laid its foundation 25 years ago with the launch of a power spot market at a Leipzig-based exchange (today’s EEX). Since then, this exchange has grown into a global network of companies providing trading and clearing services for international energy and commodity markets. We’re proud to be part […]

OMV select Lacima as their new Market Risk solution

We are delighted to announce that OMV, an international company on a journey to becoming an integrated sustainable chemicals, fuels, and energy company, has selected Lacima as their new market risk solution. Designed to address the challenges of today’s energy markets and the ongoing energy transition, Lacima will equip OMV with cutting-edge risk management functionality, […]

Lacima sets new benchmark in the 2025 Energy Risk Software Rankings

  Lacima continues its winning streak as a leader in energy and commodities analytics with our 13th consecutive year of ranking #1 in the prestigious Energy Risk Software Rankings. 2025 saw another strong performance with Lacima ranking #1 in an impressive eight categories and improving our standing in 13 others, ranking in 23 categories in […]

November 2024 Newsletter – LNG markets are evolving. Don’t get left behind.

LNG market dynamics are driving a move to more flexible contracts. This month’s newsletter is dedicated to making sure you stay ahead of the trend. In this month’s issue: Uncovering value and risk in LNG deals Visualise and interact with the data for better insights. Watch as one of Lacima’s LNG experts, Martin Ogden, demonstrates […]

Lacima v.10.4 now available

Lacima v10.4 has been released and includes a range of new features including enhancements to the LNG functionality, battery storage and FX models and an expanded suite of REST-based APIs. The continued development of the Lacima platform reflect our strong customer-focus and ongoing commitment to providing best-in-class valuation and risk management solutions.   Contact us […]

6 Steps to Assess the Impact of Flex Components in LNG Deals

In more stable markets, focusing solely on intrinsic deal value was enough. However, today’s unpredictable environment has upended the reliability of past approaches, and companies who overlook the importance of extrinsic value are at risk of missed opportunities, or worse. Why Traditional Valuation Approaches No Longer Suffice Consider LNG markets before COVID-19: they were comparatively […]

Your Guide to Understanding LNG Deal Flex Components

Flex components are customisable options within an LNG deal contract that grant the holder the choice, but not the obligation, to exercise them. LNG deal structures can include various types of flex options, such as location flex, price flex, volume flex, and flexibilities around cargo scheduling, including DQT and UQT. Flex options may be explicit […]

Lacima’s brand new customer support Help Centre is now available

We’ve made big improvements to the way we support our customers with the launch of our brand new Help Centre. The new Lacima Help Centre provides a host of great new education and learning resources and functionality to help our clients get the most out of their Lacima solution.     Best-in-class support Our customers […]

How to calculate margin requirements for EEX-traded products

Forecasting margins can be extremely challenging, particularly in volatile times, and existing solutions are inefficient and offer limited insights. Effective margin management requires participants to not only calculate their current margin position, but drill down to understand which positions are driving margin requirements, and the effect of margin offsets. Optimised to work with ECC’s SPAN […]

Enhance your Value-at-Risk management with smart analytics

Watch as Lacima’s trading and risk expert Martin Ogden walks through a real-world example using outputs from Lacima Analytics visualised in Microsoft PowerBI to identify a VaR breach and drill down to uncover the cause. In this video, you’ll learn how to perform: VaR decomposition to identify sources of risk; VaR attribution to determine why […]

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