ComFin Software & Consulting Services GmbH was founded beginning of 2005 as a subsdiary of PVM Oil Associates GmbH, and is the provider of TheBulldog, a Risk Management and Trading software.
TheBulldog is a system designed for companies involved in the purchase, sale, and trade of Paper and Physical deals. Derivatives are Financial instruments whose values depend on the value of other underlying financial instruments It covers a range of markets including crude, refined products, petrochemicals, soft commodities, freight and finance. Petrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of Petroleum or other Hydrocarbon origin A soft commodity is a Commodity such as Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, Corn, Wheat, Soybean and Fruit. Cargo (or freight) refers to goods or produce transported generally for Commercial gain by ship, aircraft, train, The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated The system is designed to be highly versatile and can be rapidly deployed to meet a wide range of requirements. The program not only facilitates deal entry but also the monitoring of positions, portfolio evaluation, VaR and offers back-office facilities. In Finance, a position may be A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities The amount of securities or commodities held Value at Risk (VaR is a maximum tolerable loss that could occur with a given probability within a given period of time
The software products ComFin provides are called TheBulldog, TheBulldog Marine, and TheBulldog Finance. ComFin is responsible for the development, maintenance, customisation as well as consulting services related to the software.
The ComFin development team is located in Vienna; the support team is located in Vienna and Singapore.
PVM Oil Associates GmbH is part of the PVM Group, and is specialised in all areas of Strategic Energy Consulting, Research, Data Management and Academy Courses. PVM Group is the world's largest OTC broker of oil instruments as well as the largest trader at the IPE/ICE. Over-the-counter ( OTC) trading is to Trade Financial instruments such as Stocks bonds, commodities or derivatives The International Petroleum Exchange, based in London, is one of the world's largest energy futures and options exchanges. IntercontinentalExchange ( is an American financial company that operates Internet-based marketplaces which trade futures and over-the-counter The Group has offices in London, Houston, Singapore and New York employing about 180 people worldwide. The group's Broking activities cover forwards, physical crude oil and refined products as well as oil swaps, futures and options, amounting to 60-80 million bpd of brokered volume. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specified point of time in the future Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit For the Thoroughbred horse racing champion see Swaps (horse. In finance a swap is a derivative in which two counterparties In Finance, a futures contract is a standardized Contract, traded on a Futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain Underlying instrument Options are financial instruments that convey the right but not the obligation to engage in a future transaction on some Underlying security, or in a Futures
ComFin also works closely with another PVM Oil Associates GmbH subsidiary, PVM Data Services, which is a Data Management company, providing clients with the latest Market Data. ComFin cooperates closely with them to offer a service to TheBulldog clients to make sure that they have the most up-to-date market data.
External links
- ComFin web site: http://www.comfin.net
- PVM Vienna web site: http://www.pvm.at
- PVM Group web site: http://www.pvmenergy.com
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