The pace of change in the energy and commodities markets has been exceptional in recent years. Factors such as growing demand, increased competition, regulatory change and volatile prices have presented significant challenges—and exciting opportunities—to oil companies, merchant energy firms, pipeline operators, investment banks and other market participants. In order to address price, credit, operational and regulatory risks, these firms are seeking ways to build functionally rich capabilities, while at the same time creating more agile organizations that can maximize the value of the company’s unique portfolio, skills and market position at any given time. Many are realizing that the right mix of advisory and technology expertise and market knowledge needed to take them to the next level can be hard to find.

The Sapient Approach

Sapient Global Markets provides firms trading energy and commodities with the guidance and expertise they need to respond to new opportunities and competitive pressures. We support physical and financial trading activity, pipeline operations and portfolio optimization across crude, refined products, natural gas, power, metals, emissions and other commodities. With an end-to-end solution that includes technology, advisory, program management, analytics and operation services, we help firms establish the infrastructure and business processes required to make informed decisions and swiftly execute them across their front-to-back business and operating models. Our full range of services can help improve operational transparency, data management, integrated risk management capabilities and front-to-back scalability. We uniquely bring all five disciplines together to holistically address the complex issues and challenges facing companies in the commodities trading ecosystem.

Technology— We help implement energy trading and risk management (ETRM) platforms in unique ways that incorporate behavioral and computational modeling for better results. We also provide a wide range of additional support around industry-leading software, such as OpenLink, SolArc, Murex and Allegro. Our services cover package evaluation and selection, implementation, integration and ongoing technology support.

Advisory— Our strategists, front- to back-office business consultants, change managers, and functional and data architects utilize deep financial, analytical, industry and business process skills to help firms improve stakeholder value, build trust and boost performance. We do this through thorough technology and process audits, target operating model definitions, post merger integration and business expansion planning.

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We work with all types of firms within the energy and commodities trading ecosystem.

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Analytics—We use quantitative analysis to help optimize portfolios and assess risk in order to create better risk management strategies. Our pricing and risk management support addresses credit and market risk implementations, pricing data management and risk analytics.

Program Management—Sapient’s Program Management Office (PMO) ensures a consistent approach across a portfolio/program of work and establishes clear accountability for those administrative tasks, providing greater visibility and control.

Operations—We help firms manage and execute mid- and back-office operations, including end-of-day / end-of-month analytics, trade documentation, credit and P&L analytics. And for firms that need to outsource key functions, we offer knowledge process outsourcing (KPO), along with a wide range of post-trade processing services.

The Sapient Advantage

With Sapient Global Markets, you can:• Speed time to value—Using best practices and lessons

learned over years of practical experience, plus unique approaches, such as computational and behavioral modeling, we help speed implementations and ensure optimum effectiveness

• Mitigate risk—We help firms better manage market, credit, operational, documentation and basis risk, along with analyze capital adequacy, and help automate reporting for more accurate and timely regulatory compliance

• Improve business operations—Our services help improve operational transparency, data management, integrated risk management capabilities and front-to-back scalability

• Empower better decision making and execution—By establishing a more agile infrastructure and fine-tuning business processes, we help firms make informed decisions and swiftly execute them across their front-to-back business and operating models

Features At a Glance

A comprehensive approach that spans the energy value chain, addressing origination/sales, trading, analytics, risk, operations and settlement

KPO, which utilizes domain knowledge and information analysis to make lower-level decisions, thus enabling firms to make more complex decisions

Proven methodologies, approaches and tools that help Sapient experts accelerate project implementation and ensure desired results

In-house knowledge and expertise of all major commodities categories, including oil, power, gas, coal, freight, emissions, metals and softs

Sapient Global Markets, a division of Sapient® (NASDAQ: SAPE), is a leading provider of services to today’s evolving financial and commodity markets. We provide a full range of capabilities to help our clients grow and enhance their businesses, create robust and transparent infrastructure, manage operating costs, and foster innovation throughout their organizations. We offer services across Advisory, Analytics, Technology, and Process, as well as unique methodologies in program management, technology development, and process outsourcing. Sapient Global Markets operates in key financial and commodity centers worldwide, including Boston, Chicago, Houston, New York, Calgary, Toronto, London, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Munich, Zurich, and Singapore, as well as in large technology development and operations outsourcing centers in Bangalore, Delhi, and Noida, India. For more information, visit www.sapientglobalmarkets.com.

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