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ION Integrates CTRM Solutions with ION LookOut, Boosting Compliance Capabilities in the Energy Sector

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ION Commodities has integrated its Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) solutions with its regulatory reporting and trade surveillance platform, ION LookOut, to enhance compliance capabilities for energy sector firms navigating increasingly complex global regulatory requirements.

With the energy industry facing mounting challenges in navigating evolving regulations – including EMIR, SFTR, REMIT, and the Dodd-Frank Act – alongside additional sanctions and oversight, the integration of ION LookOut provides ION’s CTRM clients with a comprehensive tool to meet these demands, reducing the risks of non-compliance, penalties, and reputational damage.

“Our goal was to integrate ION LookOut, specifically the trade reporting module, with ION’s CTRM solutions,” Enrico Melchioni, Product Management Director at LIST, tells TradingTech Insight. “While ION LookOut also includes market abuse detection and monitoring capabilities, this integration primarily focuses on trade reporting. This marks a significant step in aligning our LIST product lines with the broader ION group portfolio, creating a clear win-win situation. This module is already widely used by clients globally, and now we are working to integrate it not only with ION CTRM systems but also with other ION group products, such as Fidessa.”

ION LookOut serves as a centralised platform for regulatory reporting, consolidating data from multiple sources to deliver accurate, timely reporting across diverse frameworks. The seamless integration with ION CTRM solutions aims to enhance cross-market visibility and simplify compliance processes, with flexible reporting to accommodate varying jurisdictional requirements, thus helping organisations remain ahead of regulatory developments.

“Currently, there isn’t a comprehensive solution within the ION group that combines trade reporting with CTRM systems,” says Melchioni. “By bringing these systems together, we’re addressing this gap and delivering a more seamless solution to our clients.”

Key features of ION LookOut include real-time monitoring of trading activity, automated error resolution, and a web-based case manager that provides clear audit trails. By reducing operational complexity and consolidating compliance workflows, ION LookOut is designed to enable firms in the energy sector to proactively identify and address compliance risks while maintaining continuity across operations.

In combination with ION CTRM solutions, ION LookOut also streamlines trade lifecycle management, enabling organisations to process high volumes of transactions efficiently. Workflow automation reduces manual intervention, freeing teams to focus on strategic priorities.

“We are performing the integration both on the back-end side, focusing on the reporting process, and at the UI level, providing users with a comprehensive view of the status of the report. That’s important because we are not simply transmitting the trade to the reporting authority, but managing the entire reporting process. This includes performing quality checks before sending the trade, managing the full life cycle of the report, and ensuring compliance with regulations that require the report to be retained and updated with any changes to the trades in a timely manner. All of this is handled within our product, making it a truly comprehensive solution.”

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