Our areas of expertise include

• International Due Diligence Reports
• International Hedge Fund Screening

IntegraScreen International Due Diligence Reports

In a competitive global marketplace, most companies are searching for new opportunities in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East, China, the ASEAN countries, Russia and Latin America. These locations hold great potential, but also pose significant risks.

Emerging markets present fresh challenges, corruption, weak rule of law leading to unenforceable contracts, organized crime, political exposure, terrorist financing and money laundering are common threats that have to be assessed and protected against. The best defense is to know the background of your business partners by using a thorough screening program. It’s not just a good business practice: it’s the law. The FCPA, Sarbanes Oxley and the USA PATRIOT Act require you to know who you are doing business with.

IntegraScreen provides legal and discreet due diligence services in all emerging markets. Our Premium reports contain all the information available from the public domain, including government records, foreign language media and internet searches, industry sources and compliance databases. Our reports are comprehensive and current. All the information in our reports is legally obtained.

Use IntegraScreen Due Diligence when:
• conducting pre-merger and acquisition inquiries and pre-IPO due diligence
• entering into a new international joint venture
• engaging a critical business partner
• to follow best practices of regulatory compliance and corporate governance

IntegraScreen International Hedge Fund Screening

Many hedge funds seek to profit by aggressive leveraging and other similarly speculative investment practices. Whilst this may secure impressive returns for the investor, it also may increase the risk of investment loss. This is especially true in emerging and frontier markets, where regulation is lax, inherent risks are often more severe and conducting a background screening is more difficult. Therefore, it is even more vital that investors and investment advisors know who they are investing in.

By using IntegraScreen to conduct background checks on hedge funds and their managers, investors or their advisors will be able to ascertain if:
• a hedge fund is properly registered and incorporated in the territory it is based
• the fund managers have a track record of disciplinary problems
• the fund or its management have a history of criminal behaviour, civil litigation or sharp practice
• the fund or its management subscribe to generally accepted standards of anti-money laundering   and anti-terrorist funding compliance.


For more details of IntegraScreen's International Hedge Fund Screening Solutions please contact Joy Lee at jlee@integrascreen.com