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31 March 2025

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 […]

21 November 2024

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 […]

20 November 2024

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 […]

18 November 2024

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 […]

17 November 2024

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 […]

06 November 2024

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 […]

18 October 2024

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 […]

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 […]