A Comprehensive Profile of Alex Von Furstenburg – the Financial Guru and Corporate Affairs Expert

Posted on May 11, 2012 by GV

Although better known for his philanthropic work, Alex Von Furstenburg is an established hand in corporate affairs in America. He holds a number of posts in a directorship role and manages to juggle his responsibilities and charitable work with admirable men. His reputation in private equity financing is as well legendary. Time and time again, he has proven to be as astute a businessman just as he is an established humanitarian.

With respect to his private equity funding activities, Alex Von Furstenburg has for long doubled up as a Co-Managing Member as well as Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Capital Management, LLC. This is an established name in private investment and global public equity acquisitions. During his eight year tenure in the CIO post, the investment fund annualized a remarkable 22.4%. At present, he is holding the post of Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Investments, Inc. albeit at an acting capacity since 2001. The organization was put up to serve as the private investment wing of the Diller – von Furstenberg family charity that he heads.

Alex began his corporate world career back in 1993 on the Risk Arbitrage Desk of Allen & Company where he served as a trader. This was the same year he graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. His stellar rise up the corporate ladder was prolific and he had established himself as an astute manager and corporate boardroom heavyweight within a decade working in corporate America.

As of the present, Alex Von Furstenburg is the Chief Investment Officer as well as founder of Ranger Global Advisors. This is a family office committed to opportunistic albeit high value investment opportunities. As of present, the firm has a portfolio of well over $1 Billion in investment funds. Keeping to the CIO position in this new venture launched in 2011, Alex was making it clear that his grasp of the mechanics of financial investments was going to be instrumental to the success of the firm. Although just a fledgling company, there is every indication that under the stewardship of an illustrious team handpicked by Alex himself, the company is going places.

Other corporate interests of Alex Von Furstenburg include his involvement with Diane von Furstenberg, LP, and the global lifestyle brand he co-owns with his mother. He is credited with restructuring the company to leap from a paltry $1 million in annual revenues to the present levels well in excess of $200 million. He remains a director as well as partner in the firm to date.

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Microsoft Office Live Small Business Closes Today

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Admin

Microsoft stuck to his plan to shut down the service cloud-based suite of Office Live small business (OLSB) on Monday, although it seems a lot of customers either don’t realize the deadline or are having trouble migrating.

Many customers still OLSB discussion forum, social media sites and blogs, as the clock ticks.

It is not clear how many of the regulars didn’t realize OLSB suite ahead of the shutdown. OLSB used for email communications and website hosting.

Microsoft is still planning to begin dismantling the OLSB after midnight US Pacific time on Tuesday, when it will begin to record the OLSB hosted website, a Microsoft spokesman confirmed.

However, Microsoft will maintain operational email address custom Windows Live Hotmail organized by the Office for six months, he said via email.

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Why retirement Savings beat College tuition

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Admin

Many parents give their children for financial support to attend college. Help them to earn a college degree without taking the debt will surely give your kids a great start in their adult life. But too many parents provide support without considering their own financial circumstances, which could turn out to be a big mistake. While life-saving to pay for a college education is a valuable goal, it

Teach your kids about money. Have your kids pay their own tuition fees will help them learn the value of money more quickly. We all have difficulty learning about the money until we had to pay our own bills. Learn to budget for College bills will force your children to appreciate how hard it is to earn a living. The faster you can teach your children that money needs to be obtained, the better your children will be on the road.

Student loans are one of the best type of debt. With low interest rates and a generous tax deduction, student loans are probably the lowest cost loans do not require collateral. If someone in the family has borrowed money, student loans are a great option for getting the funds. Some loans, such as the Federal Stafford subsidized loans and Federal Perkins Loans, fixed interest free until a few months after your children graduate. Where else can you find an interest free loan?

You cannot defer the Bill on retirement. Your children may have the option to defer making payments on their student loans. You’ll surely win

Avoid depending on your children’s pensions. Parents who have no retirement asset could potentially be much larger burden on their children than College loans that need to be paid off. Have debt right out of college stress is predic monthly bill, but pales in comparison with the support of elderly parents. It

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Chesapeake Energy: the Auditor must dive deeper into pay

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Admin

Of course, as we now know, there is a pattern of poor corporate governance in Chesapeake. In giving the Chesapeake Energy

Chesapeake think that finding your way around the disclosure law. First, the company says SEC

But wild angry shareholders that, allegedly, Board of directors know the transaction but does not review or approve them. Obviously didn audit committee

From just a decade, we know history transaction related parties and failure to report they can bring financial failure threshold, companies in a variety of ways. Two brief examples: in 2007, as was charged to help hide the debts owed to Refco from companies controlled by Refco

The SEC, or shareholders, as well as the Board of Directors have proved good enough in policing the kind of Executive

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Risk management seminar for insurance

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Admin

Risk and insurance management Society of Nigeria (RIMSON), in cooperation with Conrad Clark (CCN Ltd) will organize courses risk management two-day intensive advanced enterprise for Directors, executives, senior managers and key decision makers to give them practical tools to assist in the process of embedding a culture of effective measurable ERM. RIMSON said the course will be led by Joachim Adebayo Adenusi, inspirational company risk professionals in house, Alausa, Lagos, NECA, Lagos between May 31 and June 1. upon completion of the course, delegates will be able to use risk management skills to run their business with effective decision making; practice each step ISO 31000 risk management standard; using both qualitative and quantitative risk management techniques; identify, describe, assess and evaluate the risks; the design and verify the size of the treatment or control risks effectively and help them Directors in designing risk appetite statements.

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