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Brochure
Snapshot
y Broadest asset and commodity
coverage in the market
y Flexible and customizable
y Strong LNG and natural gas trade and
scheduling support
y Full range of trading, real-time risk
analytics, and operational requirements
for physical commodities, financial
products, and derivatives
y Process optimization from front- to
back-office, minimizing risk and
improving compliance

In today’s competitive commodity and energy markets, businesses need

to effectively uncover new trading opportunities and reduce risk across
the enterprise, with risk scenario analysis, complex transaction, and asset
modeling and predictive analytics in a unified platform. ION Openlink
helps traders trade smarter, risk managers minimize risk, and operations
professionals streamline their IT and business processes.

Openlink is the most comprehensive and advanced ETRM and CTRM solution for globally integrated enterprises that
need to streamline and simplify high-volume complex transactions across commodities, derivatives, and extensive
asset classes, and require a consolidated physical-to-financial view of positions, risks, and P&L.

Openlink helps energy and commodity-intensive businesses manage the increased complexity of their international
risk portfolio. It covers a comprehensive list of instruments from the basic to the most complex, including natural gas,
power, crude oil and refined products, base and precious metals, coal, weather derivatives, emissions, and foreign
exchange. For companies managing physical assets, it also supports natural gas and power logistics, and provides
decision-making tools to help optimize generation assets.

Delivery
Private cloud On-premises
Functionality
Openlink is highly scalable, extensible, and customizable. It is a multi-commodity, multi-currency solution built on
proven technology and a robust architecture.

Trading/analytics Logistics/scheduling

Direct exchange integration lets users
enter trades, retrieve and view existing
trades, run and view reports, and run
ad hoc or on-the-fly simulations and
stress-testing scenarios.
Use and share one unique database for
all modes of transportation (truck, rail,
pipeline, vessel, and more).

Confirmation and Credit and risk

document management management

Manage all back-office and logistics Real-time monitoring of market risk

document generation and tracking exposures (MTM, greeks, VaR, P&L,
in a single flexible solution. etc.) against limits using standard
and user-defined calculations.

“As the market for renewables in Europe increases, so does the need
to automate the lifecycle management of value-added structured
products. The consolidation of complex products on the Openlink
platform provides new opportunities and helps us deliver more
efficiencies to our customers.”
Head of IT, Centrica Energy Trading
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Innovation Community Expertise

Our passion for commodities
runs deep. We dedicate over 40%
of our employee base to product
innovation. We exist for one
simple purpose: to deliver on our
clients’ diverse and changing
technology needs.
Our global community of Our collective years of know-how
users is over 25,000 strong. stretches over decades. Shared
Dedicated to our customers’ knowledge translates to best
success, we work closely with our practices delivered to our clients.
clients to continuously evolve
their energy and commodities
management functions.

About ION Commodities

Automation positively transforms the lives of people and business. ION is reinventing the way business is done
through innovations in automation technology. Our software improves decision-making, increases efficiency,
simplifies complex processes, and empowers people. We’re transforming the world of commodities through
innovation. Wherever you are, and whatever industry you’re in, ION Commodities solutions put you in complete
control – from procurement and trading all the way through risk management and delivery. That’s why many of the
world’s biggest and best-known companies are partnering with ION to sharpen their decision-making and boost their
productivity. No one understands commodities management like we do, and no one can meet your needs like we can.
Discover what we can do for your commodities business today.

Want to know more? Contact us at:

commodities@iongroup.com
commodities.iongroup.com

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