To rise to a challenge, you just need a platform to step on…
| Jun 10th, 2010 | Filed under: Performance, Analytics & Metrics, Today's Post | By: AAA Staff |
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A wise man once said: If you want clarity, stand on your tippy-toes and try to see if you can catch a glimpse over everyone else’s heads. And if that fails, go get yourself something to step on.
Obvious advice to be sure – thanks Dad – but also easier said than done, unless one has a platform on which to elevate themselves. In the case of alternative investments, there is a different kind of industry-wide standards platform that managers collectively desire – and potentially required – to rise to.
That is exactly what the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. with the help of some of the better-known names in the clearing and custody industry, is planning to do: create a platform that all alternative investment vehicles can list on, abide by and rise to.
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