{"id":5166,"date":"2018-03-27T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comtechadvisory.com\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2018-03-27T15:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T09:00:42","slug":"an-interview-with-rich-jefferson-commodities-coo-at-beacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comtechadvisory.com\/publications\/newsletter\/an-interview-with-rich-jefferson-commodities-coo-at-beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with Rich Jefferson Commodities COO at Beacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[download id=&#8221;5165&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comtech recently had the opportunity to visit with Mr. Rich Jefferson, Commodities COO at Beacon to get his thoughts about Beacon Growing Rapidly and Finding Fertile Ground in Commodity Trading<\/p>\n<p>ComTech Advisory: Can you give us a quick update on Beacon\u2019s activities in commodities?<\/p>\n<p>Rich Jefferson: This is an exciting time for Beacon. We have grown our team and added clients from several sectors \u2013 physical energy traders, coal traders, investment banks and hedge funds. We have added back office, downstream and regulatory reporting functionality to our strong analytic framework. We have integrated clients\u2019 own validated and approved pricing models to drive PnL and risk output from Beacon. We love working with clients who subscribe to our \u201cbuy and build on top\u201d mentality (as we wrote about in our recent white paper), enabling analytic developers to own the full stack. 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