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From Benedicte Gravrand: The hedge fund business is a people’s business, but it is also a business very much based on information. What if you need some information that is difficult to obtain? There is one way, amongst others, and that is to hire professional investigators.

They can do your risk management footwork for you. For example, if you hold short positions in a company that is issuing very bullish pronouncements, they’ll be able to tell whether you should keep those positions or not – without obtaining any information that could amount to insider trading. That is what you might call ‘tailored micro’ information. The investigators might also run a check on your potential investors; is their money legitimate, is it theirs, was the money acquired through fraud or corruption? Even emerging market money can be checked. That is people and capital information. The third kind of investigation would go deeper into hard-to-find information.

Opalesque talked to Chris Morgan Jones, Kroll’s regional managing director in London. Kroll is a leading risk consulting company, which has, for more than 30 years, helped companies, government agencies and individuals reduce their exposure to risk and capitalize on business opportunities. Some 5% of the business now focuses on hedge funds, mainly the investing end of hedge funds and FofFs. That part is expected to grow in the next few years, as more hedge funds will require the dis......................

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