Locating Yachts
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BNP Paribas, The Success of Due Diligence And The Failure Of Management I have just returned from a trip through Europe, the Middle East and Asia. As I traveled, the saga and ultimate fine with BNP...
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Crowd Funding The rise of private equity investing and how it’s been facilitated by the growing number of crowd funding platform websites present a series of complications. The complications present...
View ArticleRisks In Recovery Actions
Risks In Recovery Actions This item could also be called – when due diligence meets asset recovery. In every case, large or small, there are certain foundational events, constraints, and inputs that...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Risk
The Ultimate Risk I have been traveling a great deal and advising some companies on due diligence processes to better ferret out unknown risks. In particular, I have been thinking about how to...
View ArticleDue Diligence Failures
Due Diligence Failures The most dramatic example of a failure to date has been the BNP Paribas debacle. The due diligence was good but management overloads what they were told. So how does due...
View ArticleBanks Required To Rely Less on Ratings Agencies
Banks Required To Rely Less on Ratings Agencies Since 2010, the ECB has been trying to break banks reliance upon credit rating agencies. In 2011 Jean-Claude Trichet ranted and raved against the...
View ArticleCarbon Credit Due Diligence
Carbon Credit Due Diligence Carbon credits were created as a tool intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. All parties to the Kyoto Protocol receive these carbon credits, which are redirected to...
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Color of Information We just finished working on a case, which astounded not only our experts but the experts on the other side. The matter here in not specifically important, but it is generally...
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Business Environment We run a scenario for the DDP class that is as follows: You are buying a Fixed Base Operation in Puerto Rico. What are all of the factors you need to take into consideration when...
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