The State of the Union… Now what?

Last night the President gave his annual State of the Union address laying out his plans for the economic future of the United States of America.  The main idea was more jobs. However you personally felt about the speech, we thought you would enjoy hearing what both sides of the aisle thought about Mr. Obama’s State of the Union. Below are links to some commentary on the speech for you to enjoy.

Chicago Tribune: State of the Union: Obama to GOP: Can we just move on?

The Washington Post: President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union by the numbers

USA Today:  Readers describe state of the union in a word: 'Screwed'

Forbes: 2013 State of the Union Recap


The IIR Alternatives Team is currently gearing up for GAIM Ops Cayman and our Investor Ops program held in April and June respectively. While the markets continue to experience significant volatility and uncertainty, one thing is certain, due diligence and strong operations have never been more important. Both events focus on these topics and we invite you to check out the programs by clicking here for GAIM Ops Cayman and here for Investor Ops. 

In addition to these exciting events our June calendar also includes our Private Placement Life Insurance event and our Direct and Alternative Investing Forum for Family Offices. If you need additional information or have any questions please get in touch with us.

-    The IIR Alternatives Team

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Smile, It’s Not All That Bad

It’s not the end of the world as we know it and we do feel fine. There has been a lot of interesting news this week about hedge funds and those who manage them and frankly a lot of it has not been positive.

 (Photo: jvdalton)

But fear not, dear reader, our research shows that the industry is poised for great things in the second half of 2012 and beyond. Investors are looking to allocate to enhance beta, create alpha and most importantly protect their portfolios.

However, before they write the check or send the wire, they are spending a lot of time on due diligence. They are kicking tires, and looking under the hood to make sure the engines they fuel run properly. Our Investor Ops Series kicked off today, this is a first event of its kind allowing investors to get together and discuss: the who, what, where, why and how to complete operational due diligence on alternative investments.

The investor-only summit is a deep dive into the ops side of investing.  Our next program in the series will be later this fall so be on the look-out for because if you are an institutional investor you are not going to want to miss it. Click here to see a bit more about the program.

The InAlternatives blog will not publish next week. We are going to take an extra day off for July 4th. We will be back on the 11th.

Happy 4th!

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