SunGard's Protegent Surveillance launched for energy and commodities

SunGard has launched Protegent Surveillance for energy and commodity trading firms active in the natural gas, natural gas liquids, power, petroleum products and general commodities markets. Protegent is designed to help these firms detect trading behaviours that increase the risk of regulatory action. The Protegent suite offers financial institutions and energy companies greater visibility into potential risk factors related to suspicious trading activity, while helping to increase regulatory transparency. Protegent Surveillance also uses a set of rules and algorithms that makes it possible for energy traders to detect behaviours that may be evidence of market manipulation.