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- We manage physical trading from the point of production.
- We leverage valuable strategic relationships that add efficiencies to client transactions —through an established presence in logistics and marketing.
- Our roots stem from the successes of Sempra Energy Trading— and the equity support of Stone Point Capital.
- We are agile. Committed. We have “boots on the ground.”
- We provide creative, scalable financing solutions for our clients.
- We are Freepoint Commodities.
- And we believe market ingenuity and experience always wins the day.
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Our expertise is in being able to use our intellectual capital toward structured, scalable financing and debt solutions that leverage our global presence in physical markets. We pride ourselves on the agility to make fast decisions — but build long-term relationships.
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Freepoint adds ex-J.P. Morgan oil derivatives trader
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Freepoint adds ex-J.P. Morgan oil derivatives trader
Freepoint Commodities has hired Jeff Waldron, the former head of the oil derivatives desk at J.P. Morgan.
Waldron recently joined Freepoint in Stamford, Conn., as a senior v.p.
Prior to J.P. Morgan, he worked at RBS Sempra Commodities and UBS, an industry source told SparkSpread.
Separately, Freepoint has also reportedly hired Farzad Askari, lead gasoline trader at Glencore.
He will join Freepoint’s Houston office as part of an effort to expand the firm’s refined products trading book, according to Reuters.