Hedge Fund Operational Risk and Due Diligence Class at New York University
Corgentum Consutling Managing Partner Jason Scharfman, will be teaching a course at New York University on the subjects of hedge fund operational risk and due diligence. This course, which is applicable towards NYU’s Certificate in Financial Risk Management will run for eight sessions beginning on Wednesday May 26, 2010. The course description is outlined below:
Establish a solid understanding of the essential techniques required to perform legal, regulatory, back office investment, and operational due diligence on hedge funds and other alternative investments. Topics include an overview of fund legal and financial documentation, valuation and custody assessment, asset verification techniques, common red flags, fraud case studies, and fund interview strategies. The course is designed for attorneys, auditors, investment analysts, legal and compliance professionals, and investor relations and marketing professionals interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of alternative investment due diligence techniques and issues.
For more information or to enroll in this course please visit the course details homepage.
Corgentum releases new paper : Education Series – Evaluating Your Hedge Fund’s Administrator
Corgentum Consulting has released a new paper entitled, Education Series – Evaluating Your Hedge Fund’s Administrator.
This paper discusses several key questions investors can utilize to evaluate their hedge fund’s administrator. Other topics addressed in this paper include the importance of understanding the nature of the administration services being provided, the need to monitor the on-going relationship between the hedge fund and the administrator and the diagnostic process concerning the role played by the administrator in the overall valuation process.
This paper can be found in the Research section of the www.corgentum.com website, or via direct link here .
A hedge fund that invests in hedges – Hedgehog Jazz
Perhaps you may have heard of the the Stella Artois Hedge Fund? Guaranteed year over year growth – in fact it never stops growing:
At least they made Claude smile again.
