BlackRock’s David Geffen goes it alone
02 May 2013 San Francisco
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After departing BlackRock in 2011, David Geffen officially announced the creation of his new consultancy firm for hedge funds.
Geffen Advisors is focussed
 exclusively on the hedge fund industry, offering advice on 
treasury management, counterparty risk management, and fund launch. The firm will also 
provide outsourced COO solutions and specialised training services.
“The firm’s treasury management and
 counterparty risk management offerings provide advice to hedge funds in managing their prime brokerage 
and related activities more effectively, while mitigating the counterparty risk inherent in those relationships,” said a statement.
“The alternative investment industry is poised for significant growth and many fund managers will benefit
from advice on how to successfully prepare their businesses to meet the best practice standards which
investors now expect,” said Geffen.
“The firm’s goal is to provide guidance to hedge funds so they can be
more rigorous in their decision-making and how they do business with their strategic business partners. The
firm will work with its clients to enhance their success.”
Clients of Geffen Advisors will include established and new hedge funds. Many established funds desire to 
be more thoughtful about how they manage their prime brokerage and other counterparty relationships and
 address the inherent credit and operational risks stemming from those relationships.
New hedge funds want
 objective advice on how to select the best strategic business partners and onboard those relationships.
Previously, Geffen was a managing director at BlackRock and Barclays Global
Investors (BGI), prior to BGI’s acquisition by BlackRock, where he created and led the securities finance
 group that managed BGI and Blackrock’s prime brokerage, financing, futures clearing and counterparty
credit relationships.
Before joining BGI, Geffen was managing director of finance and chief credit officer at
 Amaranth Group, a hedge fund firm based in Connecticut.
His Wall Street experience includes positions 
at Goldman Sachs, where he managed all hedge fund counterparty risk globally as part of the firm’s 
credit risk management and advisory group, and at Citibank N.A., where he served hedge funds and 
investment banks as a corporate banker in the firm’s global relationship banking business.
Geffen Advisors is focussed
 exclusively on the hedge fund industry, offering advice on 
treasury management, counterparty risk management, and fund launch. The firm will also 
provide outsourced COO solutions and specialised training services.
“The firm’s treasury management and
 counterparty risk management offerings provide advice to hedge funds in managing their prime brokerage 
and related activities more effectively, while mitigating the counterparty risk inherent in those relationships,” said a statement.
“The alternative investment industry is poised for significant growth and many fund managers will benefit
from advice on how to successfully prepare their businesses to meet the best practice standards which
investors now expect,” said Geffen.
“The firm’s goal is to provide guidance to hedge funds so they can be
more rigorous in their decision-making and how they do business with their strategic business partners. The
firm will work with its clients to enhance their success.”
Clients of Geffen Advisors will include established and new hedge funds. Many established funds desire to 
be more thoughtful about how they manage their prime brokerage and other counterparty relationships and
 address the inherent credit and operational risks stemming from those relationships.
New hedge funds want
 objective advice on how to select the best strategic business partners and onboard those relationships.
Previously, Geffen was a managing director at BlackRock and Barclays Global
Investors (BGI), prior to BGI’s acquisition by BlackRock, where he created and led the securities finance
 group that managed BGI and Blackrock’s prime brokerage, financing, futures clearing and counterparty
credit relationships.
Before joining BGI, Geffen was managing director of finance and chief credit officer at
 Amaranth Group, a hedge fund firm based in Connecticut.
His Wall Street experience includes positions 
at Goldman Sachs, where he managed all hedge fund counterparty risk globally as part of the firm’s 
credit risk management and advisory group, and at Citibank N.A., where he served hedge funds and 
investment banks as a corporate banker in the firm’s global relationship banking business.
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