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Opalesque Exclusive: Greenwich Roundtable and Quinnipiac University produce first ever annual survey of investors` due diligence practices The Greenwich Roundtable and Quinnipiac University yesterday released the findings of their first bi-annual survey of due diligence practices among private and institutional investors. The survey, jointly developed by the Greenwich Roundtable and Quinnipiac’s School of Business, was designed to collect empirical data on due diligence practices and serve as a baseline for measuring due diligence trends going forward.

The survey’s questions fell into one of five due diligence categories: (1) processes, (2) background checks, (3) investment decisions, (4) fund managers, fund management and (5) transparency. A majority of the respondents represent the leading funds of hedge funds and family offices. Key findings of the survey include:

• Almost half of respondents were more concerned with asset valuation and liquidity now than they were 12 months ago.
• Over 20 percent of respondents typically devote more than six months to due diligence.
• Over 80 percent of respondents have decided not to invest with a manager because of discoveries in background checks.

Steve McMenamin, executive director of the Greenwich Roundtable, talked to Opalesque’s Benedicte Gravrand about this unique study.

Investors can do it themselve......................

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