IndustrySofts

The Softs industry market has witnessed extreme volatilities in both physical and terminal prices. Participants in this market need tight credit control. Traders need to take steps to minimise this price through careful management of positions. Hedging strategy is required to reduce price exposure.

ContraXcentral™ provides Producers, Processors, Consumers, Traders and Marketers of softs like Grains, Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar, Cotton and others, an integrated trading and risk management solution to manage contracts, streamline fulfilment, automate settlement and pro actively manage risks. Contract templates can be defined based on industry standard terms, facilitating easy trade capture, reducing manual errors.

Trade approval workflow can be defined and also limits can be monitored for enforcing better controls. Requirements like circles, string, bypass and washout identification, execution and settlement are easily handled. Fulfilment events, quantities, quality, fees and commissions can be effectively managed and tracked. Inventory activities like tolling, blending, processing and reprocessing are supported. Physical and financial trades are settled and invoiced automatically. ContraXcentral™ facilitates hedging physical positions with futures or options and provides traceability of the hedge positions throughout the lifecycle. Market, operational, material and credit risks are measured and reported.