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Due diligence is moving up the priority ranks from a box checking exercise to an integral part of the risk management and compliance function.
Our expert panel from perfORM Due Diligence Services and Dasseti explain how firms across the investment sector can take a different approach to due diligence and how that can drastically improve outcomes across the value chain.
Asset owners that are assessing new managers, GPs or funds. Deeper investigations into risks or alerts. Ongoing monitoring of existing portfolio of managers and funds.
Managers or GPs that are the subject of asset owner due diligence or those conducting due diligence on M&A targets or third party service providers.
Consultants offering OCIO or investment services to asset owners, or placement agents providing RFP services to GPs.
Co-founder and Co-Head
perfORM
James Newman is a pioneer in the Operational Due Diligence space, with over 15 years’ experience in creating practices, developing standards and performing ODD. This includes leading an allocator delegation to negotiate fund corporate governance standards with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and pioneering private equity ODD in 2012. James is the former Global Head of ODD at Barclays Wealth, where he was responsible for developing and leading operational risk assessments across the bank’s retail and non-retail investment product offerings. Prior to Barclays, he was the Head of ODD for Liberty Ermitage Group, where he vetoed an investment in Madoff in 2008 preventing significant losses and reputational damage to the firm and its clients.
Senior Operational Due Diligence Consultant
Prior to joining perfORM in January 2022, Nik worked for the JP Morgan Wealth Management ODD team, covering the global investment platform for the private bank, JPM Securities and Chase Wealth Management. Prior to JPM he worked for the Bank of England carrying out due diligence on banks and securities portfolios, and Fitch Ratings, where he issued ratings on asset managers and securitisations. Nik has over 10 years ODD experience.
CEO & Founder, Dasseti
Wissem founded Dasseti in 2018 after working for almost two decades in the investment software and data space for some of the biggest vendors in the industry; Moody’s Analytics, BlackRock eFront and NASDAQ eVestment. Wissem spotted a gap in the market for a one to one data collection platform that could sit alongside market data providers and allow allocators to collect data directly from managers, GPs and portfolio companies. This data could be used for operational, investment, ESG and diversity due diligence and monitoring as well as supporting risk management practices.
Wissem takes a client centric approach to the business, driving developments that will make clients’ lives easier and addressing pain points that no other industry specialized vendor does within the same platform.
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Co-Head and Co-Founder, perfORM
James Newman is a pioneer in the Operational Due Diligence space, with over 15 years’ experience in creating practices, developing standards and performing ODD. This includes leading an allocator delegation to negotiate fund corporate governance standards with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and pioneering private equity ODD in 2012. James is the former Global Head of ODD at Barclays Wealth, where he was responsible for developing and leading operational risk assessments across the bank’s retail and non-retail investment product offerings. Prior to Barclays, he was the Head of ODD for Liberty Ermitage Group, where he vetoed an investment in Madoff in 2008 preventing significant losses and reputational damage to the firm and its clients.
James Newman is a pioneer in the Operational Due Diligence space, with over 15 years’ experience in creating practices, developing standards and performing ODD. This includes leading an allocator delegation to negotiate fund corporate governance standards with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and pioneering private equity ODD in 2012. James is the former Global Head of ODD at Barclays Wealth, where he was responsible for developing and leading operational risk assessments across the bank’s retail and non-retail investment product offerings. Prior to Barclays, he was the Head of ODD for Liberty Ermitage Group, where he vetoed an investment in Madoff in 2008 preventing significant losses and reputational damage to the firm and its clients.