This important commodityPoint study looks at European CIS/Billing software markets. It includes the results of a survey of software users that reviewed what software was used, what European buyers look for in CIS/Billing software and which vendors are best known and most widely used – among other valuable data.

It also includes a comprehensive review of most European countries (Nordic, Iberian, Central and Eastern Europe) and UtiliPoint’s ranking of each country’s retail markets based on several criteria devised specifically for the study (note: countries with mature retail markets were NOT reviewed including the United Kingdom, Ireland and Netherlands).

This study will be an important starting point for any firm looking at European retail markets and CIS/Billing software requirements.

Over the last 2-3 years, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the natural resources and energy sector have exploded in popularity with investors. ETF’s have actually been available to investors in the US since 1993 and in Europe from 1999. An ETF is simply a pool fund invested with a stated investment objective, for example, a tracker fund for the energy sector or geographical area. Shares owned in this fund by investors are in turn traded on an exchange. ETFs and similar exchange traded instruments allow investors of any type unprecedented access to energy, natural resource and commodity markets.

Against this background, UtiliPoint decided to undertake a snapshot survey to take a pulse check on who utilizes ETFs, why and how in the energy industry. The results of our survey will provide you with an understanding of how ETFs and similar instruments are used and why. The actual polling was performed during late January and early February 2008 and we received a total of 76 responses.

If you or your company is interested in understanding the European Energy Trading and Risk Management Software landscape then this package of proprietary UtiliPoint Europe reports will provide you with much of the information that you require.

The package includes the following reports:

• Benchmarking of European ETRM Software Markets;
• European Markets for ETRM Software – Market Sizing and Analysis;
• European ETRM Integration Survey Results; and,
• ETRM Software implementation projects – Snapshot survey results.

The combination of these UtiliPoint Europe Research reports will enable you to understand the ETRM software landscape in Europe including:

• Who are the leading products and vendors;
• What the total size of the market for ETRM software in Europe is and how it is evolving;
• How European firms procure ETRM software;
• What peripheral applications to ETRM European firms use and how well integrated their solution suites are; and,
• User experiences with ETRM implementation projects