Expertise

  • Expertise: Advisory Assistance to Investors and Asset Managers Regarding:
    • Governance
      • Investor  Organization and Investment Management Firm Organization and Strategic Planning
      • Investment Processes
      • Fund/Account/Investor Relations
      • Firm/Investor/Third Party Service Providers
    • Investment Organization Design/Reorganization/Integration
    • Create/Revise/Enhance Firm Business Strategy Planning Process
    • Spin-offs/Acquired/Integrated Portfolios
    • Re-build/Enhance Investment Support Functions and Processes
      • Legal, Compliance, Technology (investment and business support applications), Finance,  Marketing and Client Service, Middle and Back Office, Human Resources, Communications, Third-Party Service Providers
    • International/Global Expansion
      • Investment Teams
      • Marketing and Client Service Functions
      • Third Party Service Providers
      • Regulatory Planning & Implementation: US, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia
    • Robust Due Diligence: Initial Manager Selection and Ongoing Monitoring & Evaluation:
      • Investment Strategy & Performance
      • Operational Due Diligence (“Ops DD”)
      • Firm and Fund/Separate Account Due Diligence
      • Investment Process and Investment Business Process Due Diligence
    • Alignment/Integration Assessments & Implementation Projects
      • Investment Strategy(ies)
      • Investment Business Strategy
      • Firm and Fund Governance Policies and Practices
      • Compensation, Benefits and Performance Management Programs
          • Investment Teams
          • Investment Business Support Teams
      • Succession Planning, Development and Training Programs
        • Investment Teams
        • Investment Business Support Teams
    • Regulator Related Initiatives:
      • “Mock Audits” and Real Audits
      • Registration and Re-registration Following Major Global Reorganizations
    • Best Practices Initiatives
      • Research and Implement Asset Management “Best Practices”
        • For Investors:
          • Institutional Investors
          • Family Offices
          • Foundations
          • Etc.
        • For Investment Managers
          • “Long-Only” Equity and Fixed Income Managers
          • “Alternatives Managers”
            • Hedge Funds
            • Hedge Funds of Funds
            • Private Equity
            • Real Estate
            • Commodities

White Paper Published on “Family Offices and Alternative Investments”; major focus on “Best Practices”