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Corgentum’s Top Five Tweets of the Week of June 11, 2012

These are Corgentum’s top five tweets of the week of June 11, 2012. Follow Corgentum Consulting on Twitter @Corgentum. 1)      Japan calls for tougher insider trading rules ow.ly/buJvM 2)      Bankruptcy Judges Can’t Hear #Madoff Suits, Defendants Say ow.ly/bwBsZ 3)      Ex … Continue reading

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Operational Due Diligence Research: Benefits and Benchmarks

After an operational due diligence review of a fund is completed, investors are left with a series of operational risk data points. This operational risk data is certainly useful for the purposes of making a determination of the operational riskiness … Continue reading

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Otto Spork’s Glacial Red Flags

Hedge fund manager Otto Spork who ran Sextant Capital Management Inc. has been fined $1 milllion by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) for falsely inflating investor returns, The Globe and Mail reported. According to The Globe and Mail, “He  committed … Continue reading

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