Who is Franklin Square Capital Partners? Designed to give the public access to institutional quality alternative investments, Franklin Square Capital Partners (Franklin Square) “pioneered the use of” non-traded business development companies (BDCs), which allow the public to invest in the debt and equity of private companies. This year has been an eventful one for the […]
Franklin Square in the FT
Shadow banks step into the lending void Warren Kanders can stop a bullet. He finds it harder to get a bank loan. The chief executive of Safariland, a Florida-based manufacturer of body armour and riot helmets, says trying to get bank financing has become painful. “There’s a lot of people out there that could use […]
PreciseType Ads in AABB News
Joe Grano leads PIMO
root9B Enlists Key Advisors to Help Build its Growing Cybersecurity Business Former Director of the CIA and FBI, Judge William Webster, National Security Council alum Michele Malvesti and former Director of the Secret Service Lewis Merletti named to root9B panel with CEO Joe Grano root9B, a Premier Alliance Group Company (OTCQB: PIMO), announced recently the […]
MetTel Appoints Mark Marshall Executive Director of Customer Care
NEW YORK, NY (June 11, 2014) – MetTel, a leading provider of IP-enabled communications solutions, today named Mark Timothy Marshall executive director of customer care. Marshall will oversee MetTel’s customer care team of dedicated account managers who handle customers’ day-to-day service requests for best-in-class voice, data, telecom expense management (TEM), and cloud solutions. Click here […]
DMS In Law360
DMS Sues Ex-Hedge Fund Exec To Head Off RICO Claims Law360, New York — Hedge fund advisory firm DMS Management on Thursday sued a director of a failed U.K. hedge fund in an attempt to bring to an end what it calls an “eight-month barrage of extortionate threats” to bring racketeering claims against it, according […]
An award for DMS
DMS Offshore Investment Services Wins 2014 Hedgeweek U.S. Award NEW YORK, June 3, 2014 — For the second time this year, DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS), the world’s largest fund governance firm, has been recognized for the quality of its regulatory advisory services by the readers of Hedgeweek, the influential international hedge funds magazine. Read […]
root9B Stumps National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) with Advanced Cybersecurity Capabilities
SAN ANTONIO, June 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — root9B, a leading provider of Cybersecurity services and training, recently assisted the 2014 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) by providing advanced Cybersecurity capabilities for integration into the competition. The Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio (CIAS) started the competition […]
MetTel looks to agents
MetTel’s New Marketing Head Calls Agents ‘Most Important Channel for Growth’ MetTel, a provider of IP communications services, has hired a new head of marketing who calls agents “by far MetTel’s most important channel for growth.” Read more here.
root9B Announces Advisory Committee
NEW YORK, June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — root9B, a Premier Alliance Group Company (OTCQB: PIMO), announced today the creation of an advisory panel of some of the most important figures in national security to assist in developing and marketing state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions and training programs. Joe Grano, Premier Alliance Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will chair […]
PS&S expands to Wall
For a small group of engineers from PS&S, the days after Hurricane Sandy were spent walking the streets of Lavallette. Their task: inspect the storm-damaged homes to determine if they could be salvaged. It was just the beginning for the Warren-based firm after it joined a state task force aimed at rebuilding from the October […]
JVC TV by AmTRAN a National Sponsor for NFL Alumni Charity Golf Tournaments
AmTRAN Video Corp. (AVC), a leader in HD and Ultra HD TV design and manufacturing, announced Thursday that it is now a national sponsor of the NFL Alumni’s chapter charity golf tournaments. According to the announcement, JVC TV by AmTRAN will be the HDTV of choice for the NFLA’s Pro Football Legends. Read more here.
Ketchum and Zito Partners partner to form Ketchum Zito Financial
Ketchum, part of Diversified Agency Services, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC), has signed into a strategic partnership with Zito Partners to form Ketchum Zito Financial, a new offering focused on financial communications for transactions, earnings, restructurings, turnarounds, proxy solicitation, investor relations and crisis situations. Read more here.
Ketchum Partners with Zito to Launch Financial Communications Service
New Jersey’s Zito Partners has partnered with Ketchum to create a “strategic alliance” offering specifically targeted at financial institutions and other organizations looking for help on related communications fronts. Read more here.
DMS on FATCA: “Be careful…very, very careful”
FATCA Responsible Officers: Be Careful, Very Careful You’ve just been named by your financial firm as a responsible officer under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA for short. Read more here.
Ketchum Zito Financial coverage
Ketchum Boosts Financial Offer With Zito Partners Alliance NEW YORK — Ketchum has struck a strategic alliance with Zito Partners that aims to bolster the PR firm’s financial communications and financial services counsel. See more at: http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/14985/Ketchum-Boosts-Financial-Offer-With-Zito-Partners-Alliance.aspx#sthash.YJ9MpKjG.dpuf
Zito, Ketchum to announce Ketchum Zito Financial
Warren-based Zito Partners, a full-service communications firm, will announce Thursday morning it has entered into a strategic alliance with New York City public relations agency Ketchum to form Ketchum Zito Financial. Read more here.
Partnering with Ketchum
Ketchum today announced the formation of Ketchum Zito Financial, a new offering from Ketchum that combines the expertise of both our firms to benefit existing clients and provide what we believe will be an attractive resource for potential clients. Our clients at Zito Partners will now have the additional support of the Ketchum team, when […]
Franklin Square visits Fox
Franklin Square CEO Michael Forman gives insight into the business development companies market.
MetTel Names Donald Keane Vice President of Marketing
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 05/21/14 — MetTel, a leading provider of IP-enabled communications services, today announced the appointment of Donald Keane as vice president of marketing. Keane will oversee marketing communications, creative services, customer acquisition and product marketing for MetTel’s advanced communications solutions, including voice, data, telecom expense management (TEM) and cloud services. […]
Premier Alliance Group Chairman Joseph Grano Named Company CEO
Premier Alliance Group Chairman Joseph Grano Named Company CEO Cyber Security to be key focus for company; “Know your attackers,” says Grano NEW YORK, May 20, 2014 — Joseph Grano, one of the financial service industry’s leading executives for more than 30 years, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Premier Alliance Group, Inc. (OTCQB: […]
DMS weighs in on FATCA
IRS Tasked With Determining Good-Faith FATCA Compliance, Treasury Official Says Determining whether taxpayers have made a good-faith effort to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act under new guidance rests largely with the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury Department official said. Read more here.
Col. Jacobs on the problems at the VA.
Want to Fix VA Health Care? Get Rid of It By Col. Jack Jacobs, U.S. Army (ret.) On Thursday VA Secretary Eric Shinseki was grilled by members of Congress about significant and perhaps deadly delays in health care for America’s veterans. Some on Capitol Hill, and some leaders of veterans organizations, have demanded his resignation. […]
DMS Discusses FATCA Reporting Methods
Featured Article: Model 1 vs. Model 2 FATCA Reporting For Alternative Funds: A Distinction Without A Difference by Kathleen Celoria, Executive Director, DMS Off shore Investment Services
DMS in Opalesque
DMS advises U.S. fund managers to get European substance In July of this year, it will be illegal for fund managers to market in Europe unless they are compliant with the AIFMD. What makes this regulation so weighty is that 25% of U.S. capital comes from Europe and most U.S. managers are unaware that their […]
MetTel adds AT&T service
MetTel Adds AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk to Growing Portfolio of Wireless Services Turns Smartphones and Tablets into Push-to-Talk Devices for Instant, Reliable, Cost Effective Mobile Workforce Management NEW YORK, NY — 05/07/14 — MetTel (www.mettel.net), a leading provider of IP-enabled communications services, today announced the addition of AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk (www.att.com/EPTT) (Enhanced PTT) to its growing […]
Franklin Square visits Reuters
Michael Foreman, CEO of business development company Franklin Square, says that the senior secured loans he invests do better in a rising rate environment and expects returns
DMS survey featured
Fund Managers and FATCA: Behind the Curve Or Just Being Prudent? The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which aims to help the US Internal Revenue Service catch potential tax evaders outside its radar, has always been viewed as a difficult regulation for financial firms to follow and with key deadlines close at hand some […]
Education Plan to Benefit Former NFL Players
For-profit educator DeVry University has caught on to what traditional universities have long known: Sports can be a great way to market an education. The Downer’s Grove (Ill.) school has become the “official education provider” to Pro Football Legends, a group for players, coaches, and other professionals who worked for NFL teams. Under the terms […]
Premier Alliance Announces Agreement with Power Generation Services
Companies Team Up To Help Clients Participate In Demand Response Programs Premier Alliance Group Inc., a cybersecurity, energy and business advisory solutions company, has signed an agreement with Power Generation Services Inc. (PoGens) to offer fully integrated solutions to clients who want to monetize backup power generation assets by participating in independent system operator-sponsored demand […]