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Chris Clair
HedgeWorld
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Chris Clair is the Managing Editor of HedgeWorld. He has spent the past eleven years covering the hedge fund industry, first as a reporter for Crain's Pensions & Investments and for the past eight years at HedgeWorld. Mr. Clair has been a journalist for the past 18 years, working at weekly and daily newspapers in his home state of Oregon and in Illinois.
Mr. Clair holds a BA degree in journalism from the University of Portland in Oregon. |
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Jordan Allen
HFR Asset Management
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| Jordan Allen is Partner, Business Development, for the Americas and Asia for HFR Asset Management LLC, where he is responsible for Client Service and Product Development. Mr. Allen joined HFR in 2003, and initially oversaw the administrative
functions of the firm, including risk management, trading operations, fund and corporate
accounting, legal and compliance. Beginning in late 2006, Mr. Allen assumed responsibility for Client Service and Product Development. Prior to joining the firm in January 2003, he was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for American Classic Voyages Co., a NASDAQ-traded company. He worked for 12 years in various capacities within the Equity Group Financial organization, controlled by Sam Zell. Mr. Allen received his BS in accounting from the University of Illinois and his JD from Northwestern University School of Law. He is also a certified public accountant. |
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Howard Altman
Rothstein Kass
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| Howard Altman, CPA. Howard Altman is a co-managing principal and the principal-in-charge of financial services at Rothstein Kass. He has extensive experience in the financial services arena, with particular emphasis on investment partnerships, offshore funds and broker-dealers. Howard’s experience includes advice on initial hedge fund and broker-dealer organizational structure, supervision of audits, ongoing consultation with management regarding many diverse operational and tax matters and involvement in investigative matters, including expert witness testimony. He is frequently called upon to provide input on current issues affecting the financial services community.
Howard has an M.S. in taxation and has lectured before professional, industry and other groups on various accounting and tax related matters. He is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the Securities Industry Association Financial Management Services Division. He also served as a member of the AICPA Investment Company Committee where he chaired the Investment Partnership Subcommittee and was a member of the NYSSCPA Stockbrokerage Accounting Committee.
Howard is the editor of the Wall Street Argus, the financial services publication of Rothstein Kass for which he has written numerous articles pertaining to investment partnerships and broker-dealers. In addition, he is a member of the Firm’s board of directors. |
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Kenneth Springer
Corporate Resolutions Inc.
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Ken Springer, a Certified Fraud Examiner, is President and founder of Corporate Resolutions Inc. Mr. Springer is the co-author of "Digging for Disclosure: Tactics for Protecting Your Firm's Assets from Swindlers, Scammers and Imposters" (released Jan. 2011). A former special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Springer has conducted business-related investigations and intelligence gathering for over 30 years. Prior to founding the firm in 1991, Mr. Springer was President of Bishops Services, Inc., an investigative firm in New York City.
Mr. Springer, a graduate of Siena College, is a frequent speaker and lecturer on due diligence issues, risk management and corporate investigations. He is active with numerous industry organizations that promote security, risk management and due diligence and is an instructor at the New York Institute of Finance on the topic of Detecting Fraud. |
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Marita K. Wein
Alternative Investment Group
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| Marita K. Wein is a partner responsible for risk management at Alternative Investment Group, an independent investment management firm headquartered in Southport, Conn. that she joined in 2003. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President of Operations, Technology and Risk Management at Commonfund, a $35-billion investment management organization serving endowments, foundations and other non-profit institutions. She was with Commonfund for 17 years. Prior to that, she was a senior financial analyst with Van Eck Associates starting in 1987, where she provided financial analysis and portfolio recommendations for a global equity fund. From 1983 to 1985, she was operations manager with Shearson Lehman Brothers. She graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. in economics, summa cum laude. |
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