Products August 4, 2009

Pension and Law Enforcement Experts Team up to Provide Due Diligence

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benchmark Financial Services and Forensic Investigative Associates (FIA), the global investigations and risk management division of T&M Protection Resources (T&M), have announced a strategic alliance to deliver third party due diligence and investigative services for the investment community.
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The companies contend that by combining former senior law enforcement, regulatory and intelligence officials, financial professionals, and an experienced money management investigator, the FIA-Benchmark affiliation will bring a multidisciplinary approach to the due diligence process – “an approach that goes well beyond checklists to develop actionable risk management information.”

According to a press release, key members of the FIA-Benchmark team include:

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  • Edward Siedle, president of Benchmark Financial Services, and a former SEC Attorney and director of compliance at Putnam Investments;
  • Robert Silbering, the former New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor, whom the firms claim pioneered AML investigative techniques;
  • Thomas Sheer, a former assistant director in charge of the Inspection Division of the FBI,who was also assistant director in charge of the New York office;
  • Ted Price, a former deputy director for operations at the CIA, who was subsequently head of global security at Lehman Brothers and later chairman of Lehman India;
  • Joseph Russo, a former senior U.S. Secret Service officer who led presidential protection details and ran the credit card fraud squad in New York City;
  • Thomas Rossetter, a former special assistant U.S. Attorney who served as assistant general counsel of Prudential Financial, managing investment and insurance litigation; and
  • Mark Foley, a former CEO of a multinational emerging markets bank who has established asset management and brokerage businesses along with a team of senior financial executives coming from leading financial institutions.

For more information, contact Edward Siedle at 561-202-0919 or esiedle@benchmarkalert.com .

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