Corgentum Consulting Expands Background Investigation and Operational Due Diligence Offerings for Investors
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Corgentum Consulting, a leading provider of integrated operational due diligence reviews and background investigations, today announced an expansion of the firm's services. Corgentum's expanded suite of background investigation services for investors seeking to evaluate reputational risk at fund managers now includes:
Social Media and expanded Web searches ? analysis and monitoring of social media related to funds and key personnel including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, deep web and dark web searches
Ongoing investigative monitoring ? Stay on top of new background developments with global watchlist notifications including monitoring of traditional media, court filings, regulatory and arrest records
Flash reports ? red flag report findings available in hours, not days. Useful as a first level screen to learn of any critical background issues prior to dedicating further resources to the operational due diligence process
Negative information screens ? Data driven proprietary filters that highlight the biggest background risks, rather than drowning investors in meaningless data
Focused searches ? Investors can now run checks in specific areas as opposed to an entire background report. Examples include a focused regulatory infraction history search, or a bundled criminal and litigation search. Useful for large volumes of reports or limited-scope individual reviews.
Monitoring flexibility ? Increased options for more frequent ongoing report updates including monthly, quarterly and annual investigation options
"Investors are no longer satisfied with stand-alone fund manager background checks that are backwards looking in nature. Corgentum's new investigative offerings provide investors and operational due diligence professionals with more nimble investigative solutions that dive deeper into the evolving nature of reputational risk, particularly on the social media front." said Jason Scharfman, Managing Partner of Corgentum Consulting.
Corgentum's background checks leverage the firm's extensive investigative report library and incorporate artificial intelligence based algorithms to facilitate comprehensive investigations. The firm's background reviews will also continue to cover a comprehensive list of key risks across five core areas including criminal checks, litigation searches, regulatory inquiries, traditional media searches and factual information searches including verification of previous employment and education.
Corgentum's new operational due diligence offerings include:
Cybersecurity due diligence ? Investors are increasingly exposed to cybersecurity risks at fund managers in which they invest. This service compliments Corgentum's existing due diligence offerings by conducting a deeper dive into a fund managers cybersecurity preparedness including an analysis of cybersecurity policies, network and firewall information security architecture and cyber testing programs. Corgentum's cybersecurity reviews also incorporate analysis of a fund's preparedness to deal with trending malware and hacker techniques to steal data and trick fund managers, and their service providers, into initiating fraudulent cash transfers including spoofing, social engineering and spear phishing attacks. These comprehensive reviews also evaluate broader operational risk implications of cybersecurity by evaluating compliance with regulations relating to investor data protecting including the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Enhanced fund analytics ?As a compliment to operational due diligence reviews, Corgentum now offers a wide range of fund analysis including monitoring for unusually consistent returns, benchmark tracking error analysis, peer comparisons and attribution analysis.
"Our new enhanced capabilities will continue to allow our clients to better leverage background investigation data, and conduct more comprehensive ongoing operational due diligence," said Mr. Scharfman.
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About Corgentum Consulting
Corgentum works with institutional investors including fund of funds, pensions, endowments, investment consultants, and family offices to create highly customized, deep-dive operational due diligence reviews and background investigations. The firm's operational due diligence process is specifically tailored to address the operational risks of each investment strategy under review. Corgentum analyzes all fund strategies globally including hedge funds, private equity, real estate funds and traditional funds. Corgentum's focus on operational risk has allowed the firm to develop forensic quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques to enhance the depth of investor's due diligence. For more information visit www.Corgentum.com
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