Corgentum – Hedge Funds: Examining Operational Risk and Due Diligence
It was recently announced that Corgentum Consulting Managing Partner, Jason Scharfman will be a panelist at an event entitled, Hedge Funds: Examining Operational Risk and Due Diligence hosted by Eze Castle Integration.
The topics covered during the presentation are expected to include:
a) The impact of recent crises on how managers conduct operational due diligence
b) What aspects of a hedge fund’s operations are most important to investors today?
c) Best practices for meeting increased due diligence scrutiny
The event will take place on November 10, 2010 at the Hilton New York.
To register for the event here, please click here.
Corgentum Brings Operational Due Diligence focus to fund of funds panel at Boston Endowment & Foundation Forum
It has been announced that Corgentum Consulting Managing Partner, Jason Scharfman will moderate a fund of hedge funds panel at Endowment & Foundation Forum at the Opal Endowment & Foundation Forum at the Hyatt Regency Boston, Boston, MA on November 2, 2010. Topics anticipated to be discussed in the panel discussion include:
- What makes funds of funds useful?
- The role of operational due diligence, post Madoff?
- The evolving role of funds of funds, post 2008
Rather than focusing on a particular investment style, this endowment and foundation conference will tackle the issues that are most germane to the nation’s endowments and charitable foundations by examining critical investment topics, as well as the need to align fiscal strategy with the goals of a particular organization.
More information about the conference can be found here .
Corgentum – Hedge Fund Audits: Scope, Materiality, Audit Opinions and Operational Risk
A new paper has been released by Corgentum Consulting, the preeminent provider of the industry’s most comprehensive hedge fund operational due diligence reviews for investors, entitled Hedge Fund Audits: Scope, Materiality, Audit Opinions and Operational Risk.
This paper provides an introduction to audit opinions, the concept of audit materiality and audit scope in the context of assessing operational risk in hedge funds. Also discussed in this paper are several commonly held misconceptions regarding the work of hedge fund auditors.
The paper can be found in the Research section of the www.Corgentum.com website, or via direct link here.
