General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 21, 2009

The New World Of Garp Investing – Andrew Corn – Beacon Trust Company

Andrew Corn is the Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President at Beacon Trust Company. Prior to joining Beacon Trust, he was the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Clear Asset Management. He developed the vision and premise of the firm's investment process, multifactor models, and trading strategy. Until May 2004, he was SVP of TheStreet.com and its institutional broker-dealer subsidiary, Independent Research Group Inc. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Citigate, Inc. From 1989 until 2000, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Admaster Communications, a specialty financial communications firm, and MasterApproach, an investment industry focused software developer. Both were sold in 2001 to Citigate. As CEO of Admaster, Mr. Corn consulted on product development and marketing for institutional money managers, mutual funds, investment banks, pension consultants, and brokerages. Mr. Corn developed IPO road shows and analyst presentations in every industry supporting investment banks, public or soon to be public companies, and their advisors. He also co-founded and sold a magazine publishing firm as well as a custom applications and web solutions firm. Mr. Corn is a former board member of Junior Achievement of NY and Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities and guest analyst in the financial media. His investment, markets, and political blog is syndicated on over 800 web sites. Profile
TWST: Would you start with an overview of Beacon Trust and the investment philosophy of the firm?

Mr. Corn: The firm itself is chartered as a trust bank in the State of New Jersey and licensed in New