This expert has over 30 years of experience in investment management. He holds a BA in economics from Brandeis University and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his career managing portfolios and funds, he has bought and sold options and traded stocks, ETFs and mutual funds. As the former Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Charles Schwab, he managed a $3.5B of mutual fund assets. In this role he was ...
This expert serves as an assistant professor of finance at a respected Chinese university. For seven years prior, he was an assistant professor of finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He received his PhD in finance from Yale University and his BS in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include mutual funds, hedge funds, short selling, and behavioral finance. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, ...
This expert is a senior-level investment manager with extensive experience in long/short equity investing. He is an expert in hedge fund strategies, securities selection, portfolio management and other investment-related issues. He has provided consulting, investment research and expert witness services to investment funds and law firms since 2004. He earned his masters in business administration from Harvard Business School and is currently a Senior Investment ...
This expert has over 20 years of experience in advising asset managers of all sizes and complexities across fund and investment adviser formation, securities, corporate, regulatory, fund marketing, fund operations, investor due diligence, compliance and best practices front to back office infrastructure including legal negotiations and operational set up with various trading counter-parties and service providers such as fund administrators, prime brokers. He received ...
This expert has over 25 years of experience in the securities industry as an accounting and compliance specialist. Industry experience with broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, hedge funds,regulation, compliance, accounting, and information technology. He has been FINRA registered since 1984 and is also a licensed Financial and Operations Principal. He currently serves as Principal for a financial compliance services firm....
This expert currently serves as Owner and Founder of a hedge fund advisory firm that provides various services including due diligence evaluation, accounting, and compliance consulting. He previously worked in various positions as an accountant, a capital markets consultant, CFO, and Managing Director for a hedge fund consulting group. He is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst with a degree in Accounting from Hofstra University....
This expert has almost 15 years of experience in the financial services industry with a focus on direct investment and operational due diligence of alternative investments. She received her B.S. in Finance and Accounting. Her focus involves an in-depth inspection of hedge funds and their operations including hedge fund administrators. At PNC Asset Management, she served on the national due diligence unit and was responsible for the selection and monitoring of hedge, fund ...
This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in finance having worked with asset managers, investment banks, and hedge funds. He holds a BS and MA in economics from Clemson University and a PhD in finance from the University of Tennessee. He is an active member of numerous professional societies including the Financial Management Association and the American Finance Association. In addition, he is a frequently invited lecturer in the finance space and is the ...
One of the trickiest issues in wealth management today is in the area of product education. In most wealth management firms, there are two very distinct but interdependent divisions that are responsible for this education. The capital markets area that…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: McBeth v. Porges Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195094 In this financial dispute case, the defendant hedge fund challenged the qualifications of the plaintiff’s…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York’ Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Loreley Fin. (Jersey) No. 3 Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Sec. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160087 Facts The plaintiff, a financial investment company, invested…
This case involves the head of trading at a large hedge fund who was wrongfully terminated during an SEC probe. He had been implicated for misconduct by his previous employer and the claim required investigation. After the investigation, the head of…
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action against the operator of a large-scale Ponzi scheme. The hedge fund operator pleaded guilty to a multi-count indictment for securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and other charges. The SEC appointed…
In this case, an accounting expert was called in by the plaintiff in order to examine financial records detailing alleged irregularities by the defendant. The plaintiff was the receiver appointed to oversee proceedings to benefit hedge fund investors in Ohio who lost…
This case involves a group of defendants in Ohio who acted as fiduciaries and investment advisors to plaintiffs who assert they were conservative investors who trusted the defendants with most of their assets. The plaintiffs in this case alleged that the…
This case involves a hedge fund manager who managed a hedge fund that had taken highly leveraged positions in collateralized debt obligations based on subprime mortgage-backed securities. The manager worked for a company that was one of the largest brokerages…
This case involves a hedge fund manager who suffered a traumatic brain injury while skiing. While her recovery after the accident was fast and seemingly complete, there were still questions about her ability to function at her previous level. These…
This case involves a hedge fund portfolio manager who was the founder and partner at a capital market investment advisory firm. The portfolio manager authorized a client hedge fund to pay $7.5 million to purchase a basket of illiquid securities…