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20 September 2024

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 […]

08 August 2024

Uncovering value and risk in LNG Deals

Watch as our resident LNG expert Martin Ogden demonstrates how to uncover value and risk drivers in LNG deals and portfolios using business intelligence dashboards to interrogate data for deeper insights. In this video, you’ll learn how to: 👉 Identify and understand intrinsic and extrinsic value 📈 Assess value and risk in individual LNG deals […]

21 June 2024

June 2024 Newsletter – Preparing for the rise of PPAs

Record renewable generation has left some energy market participants rushing to come to grips with how to price Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and manage risk for this rapidly growing asset class. In this month’s issue: Getting the basics right – demystifying buying, selling, and managing the risks of PPAs Record growth has left some energy […]

20 June 2024

Getting the basics right – demystifying PPAs

Record renewable generation has left some energy market participants rushing to come to grips with how to price Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and manage risk in this rapidly growing asset class. According to a recent report by Reuters, a record 60% of Europe’s electricity was powered by clean energy sources during Jan-Feb 2024, driven by […]

17 May 2024

LNG Deal & Portfolio Analysis – Power BI Dashboard Outputs

  These LNG Deal and Portfolio Analysis dashboards were created using data from the Lacima Analytics solution. They are based on an example LNG portfolio and highlight the power of being able to visualise and interact with output data in this way.

02 April 2024

Lacima makes it an even dozen, ranking #1 for the twelfth year in a row

  Lacima continues its winning streak as a leader in energy and commodities analytics. The Lacima team takes out the top spot in four categories in Energy Risk Software Rankings’ 2024 and secures top five placings in a further 27 categories. “I know I speak for the whole team in saying we couldn’t have achieved […]

06 February 2024

Webinar – PPAs for renewables

Pricing and risk management of Power Purchase Agreements for renewables The below webinar has already been held – for upcoming webinars please see our events page. As the importance of wind and solar assets continues to grow, new contracts have emerged to monetise and risk-manage these assets, most notably Power Purchase Agreements (‘PPAs’).  With PPAs […]

28 November 2023

Navigating aftershocks of war and extreme volatility: the critical need for deep value-at-risk insights

Today’s markets face unparalleled uncertainty from factors such as war, inflation, supply chain disruptions, Covid’s after-effects, climate change, bank defaults, and protectionist policies. These conditions heighten volatility and the potential for black-swan events. Trading companies must understand their portfolio’s value, driving forces, and risk-reward profile, assessing their resilience to shocks. These factors often dictate the […]

27 November 2023

Rolling intrinsic now available in Lacima Analytics>LNG

Lacima has recently enhanced its LNG offering by incorporating ‘rolling intrinsic hedging’ functionality Rolling intrinsic is an advanced strategy which involves regular hedging of an LNG deal intrinsic value, typically on a daily or monthly basis. This approach captures the extrinsic value during shifts in an option’s status within the LNG contract—from being ‘out of […]

30 September 2023

September 2023 Newsletter

The Lacima Group newsletter for September 2023 is now available! Are you taking advantage of the rapid transformation of the LNG markets? In this newsletter we focus on LNG. We also showcase the latest release of Lacima Analytics. Unveiling the value: Why cargo options surpass ADP options – In our latest hot topic analysis, Lacima shares […]