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Sparta launches Ascend to Clarity. 18 March 2026 Time to read: 3 minutes From data to structure to intelligence: a new way to see the market. Geneva, Switzerland - March 2026 - Sparta today launched Ascend to Clarity, a major product release that strengthens how trading desks move from market data foundations to structured intelligence, all inside a single, connected workflow. Ascend to Clarity builds on Sparta's core philosophy: clarity is built layer by layer, from clean data foundations, to structured market views, to intelligence that surfaces meaningful change as it happens. In markets moving at the speed of today's geopolitical environment, that foundation is the only way to act with conviction. This release introduces major upgrades across arbitrage workflows, freight intelligence, curves, and the Data Marketplace, bringing faster awareness, tighter alignment, and clearer decision-making to physical and paper trading desks. "Ascend to Clarity is about shortening the distance between change and action," said Tom Gorenbar Peled, Chief Product Officer at Sparta. "We've focused on the moments where traders lose time: rebuilding logic, waiting for context, or noticing moves too late. This release is about surfacing what matters, exactly when it matters." What's new in Sparta. Signals: market change, surfaced in real time. Ascend to Clarity introduces Sparta Arb Signals, a new alerting layer that detects meaningful structural change and pushes it directly to traders, with context, history, and impact. Arb Signals convert complex arbitrage dynamics into real-time market signals, surfacing changes in arb states and blend margins as they occur. A unified arbitrage experience. Arbitrage workflows are now consolidated into a new unified arbs dashboard, bringing exploration, methodology transparency, and historical context into one modular view. Diesel Custom Arbs allow desks to reflect their own assumptions directly in live arbs. Expanded arb coverage strengthens diesel, jet, and naphtha visibility across regions. A rebuilt dashboard removes fragmented tables and playgrounds, replacing them with one scalable foundation for analysis and future sandboxing. Freight DPP Dashboard. When freight and cargo markets are moving in lockstep with geopolitical disruption, the cost of misalignment is immediate. This release introduces a Freight DPP Dashboard that connects crude market context and freight dynamics in a single screen. Freight traders can now see demand signals, route pressure, and vessel availability alongside the same market drivers cargo desks follow, reducing lag, misalignment, and missed opportunities. Curves upgrades: structure you can trust. Volatile markets expose the cost of structural gaps. This release deepens Sparta's curves layer to ensure the foundation holds when conditions move hardest. Rolling Front Month arbs deliver continuous, tradable views without contract expiry distortion. Time spreads bring forward structure analysis across portfolios. C&C Charts and Notifications extend customisation, collaboration, and visibility directly into charts and shared workflows. The Sparta Data Marketplace is the only deep-market data foundation connecting physical trade and financial markets. Unique proprietary and third-party data covering physical arbitrage, blending components and cash diffs, CPP and DPP routes. Already cleaned, validated, and ontology-mapped. Built to work together. Each layer of this release builds on the one below it. Clean data foundations, structured curves and workflows, intelligence and arbitrage context. The result is a platform where desks move faster. Not by watching more screens, but by seeing the right change at the right time. About Sparta. Sparta is the operating system for global oil trading desks. Sparta Commodities SA. give teams clarity, control, and speed, from transparent pricing and arbitrage insight to freight intelligence and collaboration. Built for how desks actually work, Sparta helps traders move faster, align better, and act with conviction.

Sparta and Tideform expand partnership to enhance access to maritime fuel market data. Sparta Geneva, Switzerland - October 2025 - Sparta, the real-time intelligence platform built for modern oil trading desks, today announced an expanded collaboration and redistribution agreement with Tideform, the definitive source of real-time maritime fuel pricing and operational insights. Building on its existing partnership launched in early 2024, Sparta users can now access Tideform's continuously updated bunker spot and forward price (FPP) data, not only within the Sparta platform, but also directly via their own APIs through the Sparta Data Marketplace. Deepening an established collaboration. Since January 2024, Tideform's factual bunker price assessments have been integrated into Sparta's trader-focused platform, providing live access to global marine fuel pricing across more than 500 ports. The redistribution agreement broadens this integration, enabling users to connect Tideform's continuously updated datasets directly to their internal systems, models, and workflows via API access, offering even greater flexibility and data transparency. "Our collaboration with Tideform continues to evolve in step with how trading desks consume data," said Stephanie Beige-Trabia, Chief Strategy Officer at Sparta. "With this redistribution agreement, we're enabling clients to access Tideform's trusted bunker pricing not only inside Sparta's platform but also seamlessly through their own infrastructure via the Sparta Data Marketplace." Delivering greater flexibility for traders and shipping professionals. Under this expanded partnership, Sparta users can now subscribe to five Tideform data packages through the Sparta Data Marketplace, ensuring that desks can access continuously updated bunker spot and forward prices however they work best. * Europe, Middle East & Africa * Asia-Pacific (APAC) * North & South America * Global (All Regions) * Custom access to over 500 ports worldwide This enhancement supports seamless data integration and more informed decision-making across both physical and paper marine fuel markets. Shared vision for transparency and accessibility. "Our partnership with Sparta extends Tideform's reach directly into the tools we use every day," said Martin Leø, Global Head of Sales at Tideform. "Together, we're making reliable, real-time marine fuel data more accessible and actionable, helping the industry navigate volatility with greater transparency and control." Through their ongoing collaboration, Sparta and Tideform share a commitment to empowering energy and shipping professionals with the clarity they need to make better decisions, faster. About sparta commodities. Sparta is a leading provider of real-time market intelligence and analytics for global commodity traders. The company delivers actionable insights, price transparency, and data-driven decision-making tools, empowering traders to stay ahead in fast-moving markets. Sparta serves a diverse client base, from independent traders to multinational corporations. Learn more at www.spartacommodities.com or explore the Sparta Data Marketplace at sparta-data-marketplace. About Tideform. Tideform is the definitive source of real-time maritime fuel pricing and operational intelligence. With the industry's largest database of factual bunker deliveries, covering over 23 million tonnes of marine fuel annually across 500 + ports, Tideform delivers accurate, transparent, and continuously updated data that powers smarter decisions across shipping, energy, and finance. Through its Dashboard and enterprise-grade API, Tideform provides live bunker prices, forward curves, and operational indicators used by leading traders, operators, and technology platforms worldwide. Independent, data-driven, and built for integration, Tideform enables customers to act faster, manage risk, and gain a competitive edge in an increasingly complex market.