According to CoreData Research, investors classify cybersecurity or data breaches to be more significant than a fund manager change and an even more pressing reason to terminate a manager.
Recapping Ready, Set, Scramble: How COVID-19 Is Impacting Regulatory and Institutional Due Diligence
Recently, a panel of experts joined Michael Neuman, Backstop’s VP of Information Security, for a roundtable discussion on how COVID-19 is impacting business.
Posted on May 21, 2020
As one of the most successful family offices in the nation, the senior team at the Hillman Company wanted to leave behind a legacy that would stand the test of time.
Posted on May 21, 2020
The clarity of the security questions an asset allocator includes in a request for information (RFI) to a potential vendor is critical. One of the biggest problems we see in the security questionnaires asset allocators send us is that they ask binary questions. The problem with Yes/No questions is that they often elicit potentially misleading, ambiguous, incomplete, or irrelevant information. The answers to binary questions (“Yes” or “No”) cannot give an asset allocator a complete picture and consequently can lead to a relationship with a vendor that leaves the door open to unacceptable security risks.
Posted on May 21, 2020
How Backstop Helped Texas ERS Live up to Aspirations and Further Institutionalize Their Organization
Did you know that Texas has a GDP larger than Russia’s and its geographical size rivals some European countries?
Posted on April 8, 2020