How to protect yourself as an investor?

by an investor from University of Maryland at College Park

4 years ago

Apologies for a beginner question or if there is already a thread.

How do minority investors protect themselves against legal issues and risk of fraud or theft? I see a couple of deals that I would be interested in but don't yet feel comfortable with the risk involved and how to protect my investment.

Any guidance or links would be greatly appreciated.

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investor from University of Maryland at College Park

Thanks Steve. Will message you privately.

3 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

investor from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Ishwar - I'm an active investor in both self-funded & traditional search funds. In general, there's more standardized template and structures in traditional search with protection for investors especially since investors are the majority.. Self-funded has more diversity in approaches and in general less protection as the searcher is usually the majority owner - there are some basic governance protections that are best practices but quite important to do your diligence and understand the risks in the model. Looks like you are in DC - so am I. Happy to chat - --@----.com

3 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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