L.I. Examiner Article – Louis D’Agostino Still Scores Touchdowns at Iron Cove Partners
Louis D’Agostino always was a standout. He was a Nassau County award-winning high school athlete and then an All-American at the University of Rhode Island. He graduated to the New York Jets as a running back, and then he played for the Florida Bobcats of the Arena Football League and the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL. D’Agostino’s star continued to rise when he replaced his cleats with wingtips. For the last 13 years, he has continued to excel during every scrimmage and every big game in the insurance and risk management field. Initially, he was successful at a prominent...
Read MoreSolution to Risk Management Concerns
After speaking with 100′s of COO, CFO’s & CCO’s of Asset Management Firms, their biggest gripe is the amount of time spent on the risk management function. From completing long-form applications to organizing droves of insurance related documentation, dealing with insurance has been painstaking and does have a direct impact to the firm. “I would be better served spending more time on compliance and accounting then I would be trying to organize and compartmentalize all of our insurance documents” said one CFO of a $2billion NYC based Hedge Fund. Given...
Read MoreDodd-Frank Requires the need to hire a Chief Compliance Officer: Is the CCO Adequately Protected??
The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is a federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act offers many sweeping changes to the financial regulatory environment and affects almost every aspect of the nation’s financial services industry. Under the Act, investment managers/advisers to private equity funds and all private investment funds will have to register as investment advisers with the SEC no later than July 21, 2011. There is a provision that exempts managers of private equity funds with less than $150 million in assets under management from...
Read MoreHow The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision Could Affect Your Management Liability Insurance
Article written by Gregory C. Sibilio, Esq. Vice President May 16, 2011, The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision has been in the news recently for two separate reasons. The first is that the first major federal court opinion on the provision was ordered on May 4, 2011. The second is that on May 11, House Republicans introduced new legislation to the Dodd-Frank Act at a House Committee on Financial Services subcommittee hearing. This legislation attempts to limit the Whistleblower Provision’s impact by requiring employees to report fraud to their superiors before going to the SEC. ...
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