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Presentations by Catalina Partners

Due Diligence – Getting it Right, panel discussion moderated by Mason Snyder, Seattle Alternative Investment Association, May 20, 2010

Alternative Investments and Nuclear Weapons: What do they have in common?, Patricia Watters for Investment Management Consultants Association, Orlando, May 18, 2010

Best Practices in Due Diligence - An Industry Perspective,
Advent Tamale and Catalina Partners webcast, February 24, 2010
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Risk Transparency in the New Era of Alternative Investing, RiskMetrics Group and Catalina Partners, San Francisco, November 12, 2009

Operational Risk and Due Diligence Concerns in a Challenging Environment,
panel discussion with Mason Snyder, BNP Paribas Client Conference, New York, October 2009

Separately Managed Accounts: The Operational Implications and Best Practices in
Making this Offering Profitable for Your Fund,
Patricia Watters for The Hedge Fund Business Operations Association and Financial Research Associates, New York, September 25, 2009

Operational Risk Measurement: Identifying and capturing meaningful business risk measures, Hedge Fund Business Operations Association (HFBOA), San Francisco, June 11, 2009

Business Risk Management podcast. Patricia Watters and Frances Denmark for Institutional Investor, June 5, 2009. Link

Managing Counterparty Risk,
webcast presentation by Mason Snyder, NICSA Alternative Investments Seminar, June 2009

Investor-Driven Trends in Operational Due Diligence,
panel discussion with Mason Snyder, Advent Conference, Los Angeles, May 2009

Doing More With Less: How to adapt and scale your business model to meet the demands of investors and regulators, Patricia Watters for GAIM Ops Cayman, Grand Cayman, April 27, 2009

SEC Compliance Exams: What the SEC is Looking For, Paul Hastings Law Firm, Los Angeles, April 15, 2009

The Changing Landscape (focusing on Counterparty Risk, Regulatory Risk, and Valuations),
Patricia Watters for the Northwest Hedge Fund Society (renamed Seattle Alternative Investment Association), Seattle, November 20, 2008

Geneva Implementation Lessons Learned,
presentation by Mason Snyder, Advent Software Conference, Las Vegas, September 2008

Leveraging Technology to Grow a Wealth Management Business, by Mason Snyder, Advent Software Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2008

 

Articles

Combine Prime Brokerage With Custody — Voilà: 'Prime Custody', by Janice Fioravante, Institutional Investor, April 2010 Link

Demand Rises for Operational Experts,
By Frances Denmark, Absolute Return, July/August 2009
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Mitigating New Risks: Q&A With Catalina Partners’ Patty Watters By Melanie Rodier, Wall Street & Technology, May 14, 2009.
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Catalina Partners Launches As Independent Risk Advisory Firm: Addresses hedge fund due diligence, screening for fraud and broad array of risk management needs. By Ivy Schmerken, Advanced Trading, March 23, 2009.
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Ex-PAAMCO, Deloitte Pros Launch Consultancy,
by Harriet Agnew, Absolute Return + Alpha, March 23, 2009
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Advisory Fee Breakpoints: Guidance for the Post-Spitzer Era,
by Mason Snyder, Art Zwickel and Will Slota, Journal of Investing, Winter 2006 Link