Due diligence
Operational infrastructure at hedge funds comes under closer scrutiny
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Source: Operational Risk & Regulation
No longer impressed by a hedge fund’s charisma and prestige, investors are looking beyond the showy front and want to see that the nuts and bolts of a fund’s operations are up to scratch
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Source: Operational Risk & Regulation
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned a London-based mortgage broker for incompetence and failing to prevent fraud. The authority said Kevin Byrne, working at Forest Financial, lacked the...
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SwissAnalytics provides operational risk due diligence tips for fund...
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Source: Operational Risk & Regulation
ZURICH – Hedge fund due diligence firm SwissAnalytics has issued a report providing investors with advice for how best to scrutinise investment funds before handing over money. The report, titled Hedge Funds Misrepresent Facts? Of course they do…...
Fund managers under pressure to improve op risk due diligence
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Source: Operational Risk & Regulation
Operational risk is expected to rise as the economy recovers, and fund managers are under increasing pressure from investors to improve due diligence, according to a recent survey from the The Glass Hammer/Stone House Consulting, a strategic, operational...
Iosco: more diligence for funds of funds
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Source: Risk magazine
Funds of hedge funds should be compelled to carry out better liquidity risk assessment and due diligence, said the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) in a recent report. The report, published on September 14, outlined a list...
Madoff fallout
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Source: Risk magazine
A growing number of lawsuits have emerged accusing fund management firms of investing client money with Bernard Madoff without conducting adequate due diligence. Do these accusations have merit? What are fund managers doing to improve their due diligence...
Fund due diligence attacked as Madoff lawsuits mount
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Source: Risk magazine
Investors who lost billions of dollars to Bernard Madoff have filed several class action lawsuits alleging massive due diligence failures by fund management firms that placed money into the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, even though scant detail has...
Outsourcing paper published
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Source: Operational Risk & Regulation
The Joint Forum and the International Organization of Securities Commissions published Outsourcing in Financial Services in early August.
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