Reaction to the wave of late trading and market timing scandals came in the form of the SEC's compliance program for investment managers and advisors. This white paper which I helped author for Deloitte was written for compliance officers, c-level executives and board members of fund companies and provided them…
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The valuation of portfolio securities is the cornerstone of the investment management industry. Securities valuations represent a significant day to day responsibility for fund management and directors. However, market timing scandals, increasingly interlinked capital markets and a broadening of securities held in mutual funds have brought to light new thinking…
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Though the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was made law in 2002, years later directors, chief executives and chief financial officers debate its meaning and its impact on the relationship between boards of directors and the management teams they monitor. In this piece, I worked with PriceWaterhouseCoopers summarizing the views of these constituencies…
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Though little known, Goldstein Golub Kessler is a huge accounting and consulting firm with a myriad of practices. One of these practices, Treasury Consulting, focused on helping treasurers and chief financial officers manage their payables and receivables in such a way as to squeeze more cash out of the balance…
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I was retained by the trade group, Regional Investment Bankers Association (RIBA), to produce a series of articles about the basics of investing. The articles were written for retail investors who were beginners, and they were published under the by-line of (RIBA) members in their local news and business publication.…
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