Live cross-asset risk and performance management so every desk, stakeholder, and decision rely on the same source of truth.
THE PROBLEM
Risk teams at complex institutions consistently face similar challenges — data arrives too late to act; fragmented tools create a fragmented view, and adding new instruments delays the innovation speed.
SOLUTION
End-of-day batch runs leave your risk team working from yesterday’s data. By the time reports are ready, the market has already moved.
Quants in Python, traders in spreadsheets, risk in a legacy system — nobody has the full picture and reconciliation burns days.
Adding a new structured product or entering a new market shouldn’t mean months of IT work to extend a rigid system — but for most firms, it does.
These aren’t projections. They’re what Beacon customers/clients report after deployment.
A global insurer that previously needed months to stress-test assets and liabilities can now do it as fast as same-day.
PIMCO increased the speed of their innovation cycle and drove down the cost of exploring data and leveraging the insights it held — freeing quants to focus on alpha.
SMBC uses Beacon risk management platform to enter new markets and streamline operational workflows, leveraging proprietary pricing and analytics — without rebuilding their stack.
TD Asset Management scales faster by integrating Beacon risk management platform with their existing systems from day one, using its comprehensive front-to-back functionality to launch new products.
Dirk Manelski
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, PIMCO
BY FIRM TYPE
Different institutions face different risk complexity. Beacon is purpose-built for each.
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PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
The Beacon risk management platform is complete and modular — adopt what you need now, expand as your business evolves.
Intraday VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis, and P&L attribution across all asset classes — updated continuously, not just at end of day.
An open, Python-native environment where quants and developers build, test, and deploy proprietary models — without IT bottlenecks, compute limitations or vendor dependencies.
Price trade ideas, run risk analyses on any mix of instruments, monitor positions live, and identify exposures before they become problems.
AI agents that support exposure management, what-if analysis, model validation, and instrument pricing — reducing manual work across the risk lifecycle.
Equities, fixed income, FX, credit, rates, commodities, alternatives, and structured products — all modeled in a single consistent framework.
Generate tailored reports for investors, regulators, and internal stakeholders — automatically, from the same live data that drives your risk analytics.
CLIENT STORIES
Beacon by Clearwater transformed energy risk management for renewable power provider, CleanChoice Energy, which experienced rapid growth in the U.S. power market.
Read about PIMCO's success transforming spreadsheets with Beacon's Excel Evaluator and learn how they reduced reliance on spreadsheets.
Centralizing Data & Analytics? Blackstone chose Beacon to build cloud native models fast and with full transparency.
Learn about how Beacon’s customizable suite of applications and modules covers the full trading lifecycle, from pre-trade analytics to portfolio and risk management, providing the tools traders and risk managers need to evaluate potential deals, manage risk across all asset classes, and optimize portfolios.
NOW PART OF Clearwater
Elastic compute that automatically scales up for complex portfolio valuations and down between runs — so you pay for on-demand performance, not idle capacity.
Beacon’s risk engine connects seamlessly to Clearwater’s data management, IBOR, compliance, and reporting for a unified front-to-back view of every investment decision.
Clearwater’s R&D investment is accelerating Beacon’s continued innovation — particularly for alternatives, structured products, and agentic AI capabilities.
Benefit from Clearwater’s world-class client service organization, with dedicated Beacon teams in every major financial center.