by Mitch Schulman | May 1, 2012 | Newsletter
Just like the calm before the storm, it is hard to believe the forecast, that the mother of all reporting exercises has been thrust on the alternatives industry and is set to be on our doorstep this summer. As innocuous as the Form PF (the brainchild of the Dodd-Frank... by Mitch Schulman | Dec 1, 2011 | Newsletter
In the world of investment management, operational risks lurk around every corner. Every so often, highly public reminders such as the Madoff fraud, the Lehman collapse and now MF Global’s bankruptcy capture the spotlight. These are the big names, but there are many... by Mitch Schulman | Jun 1, 2011 | Newsletter
No matter whether you are a hedge fund, private equity firm or institutional money manager, when it comes to Operational Infrastructure, year after year the same questions continue to arise: Why aren’t we more scalable? How can we improve risk controls? How can we... by Mitch Schulman | Apr 1, 2011 | Newsletter
Patterns are very much like habits, good or bad, they tend to recur. We find, no matter how the economic or regulatory climate is leaning, embarking on Operational Infrastructure change initiatives tends to follow a cycle that revolves around the annual calendar.... by Mitch Schulman | Dec 1, 2010 | Newsletter
Many of us have heard the phrase “mission accomplished” well before George W. Bush truly made it famous. Prior to the 43rd President of the US uttering these words after landing on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003 to hastily declare the end of major... 