“We needed a fully functional and integrated trading and risk management solution to optimize and automate where possible our manual, spreadsheet-based business processes and to improve real-time controls and reporting. Our objective was to deliver a solution that would maximize operational efficiency across the Trading business, while at the same time provide an infrastructure that would minimize and control levels of operational risk. The flexibility and extensibility of the Allegro product allows Bord Gáis Éireann to effectively and efficiently manage our various cross commodity business processes, including those more unique aspects of our operations.”

Bord Gáis Éireann

Price Feed Management Connectivity Solution PDF Print E-mail

Complete and automated visibility into current, futures, and forward price data, fully integrated with the Allegro 8 platform

connectivity Forward curve data has always been difficult to acquire and complicated to manage, often requiring spreadsheet handling prior to being inserted into the transaction system. The result is that data can be mismanaged, keyed incorrectly, and rapidly become outdated. With changes in today’s markets and daily alterations in exchange platforms and specifications, trading horizons need to extend further forward than ever. Customers need current, accurate and complete pricing to manage risk and ensure the most accurate representation of their business.

Price Connect 8.1

Price Connect 8.1 presets the handling of complex forward data into forward curves. Now prices supplied by vendors for multiple tenors on the forward curve can be mapped to a single Allegro forward price index, with the flexibility to handle quotes for any delivery period.  In combination with Allegro 8’s grid computing platform, the entire process is automated, ensuring customer confidence with immediate access to accurate current, futures and forward price data.

By providing a standardized interface to automatically connect to multiple market data providers, Price Connect 8.1 simplifies the price data management process, taking a once difficult task and making it easy to generate forward curves, evaluate positions and manage your business with complete confidence and accuracy across all business areas.  Supporting price feeds from Platts, LIM, GlobalView, Bloomberg, Argus and PDS Energy, Price Connect 8.1 provides a simple, configurable interface to customize all of your data needs.

Key Feature Key Benefit

Automatic forward curve generation


  • Instantaneous visibility of positions to best manage company profitability

Direct interface into the Allegro 8 transaction system
  • Audit capability to provide accuracy and compliance of source data used to measure derivative valuations
  • Reduces likelihood of data entry errors through manual processes or use of spreadsheets

Plug and Play component providing direct data feed of current, futures and forward prices from a multitude of data sources
  • Consistent price data across all business areas ensuring accuracy and compliance confidence

Configurable GUI to maintain data interface
  • A simplified, customizable way to manage price data

Consolidates data from multiple vendors and data sources


  • Eliminates or substantially reduces separate data, terminal, software and communication fees from multiple vendors
  • Create a zero latency enterprise information-sharing environment