Nine Thirty Capital — Giuliani Security & Safety

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For Immediate Release
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Contact: Maria Comella
917-509-0793

NINE THIRTY CAPITAL AND GIULIANI SECURITY & SAFETY FORM JOINT VENTURE TO PROTECT INVESTOR CAPITAL FROM RISKS OF FRAUD

New “State of the Art” Approach Will Help Restore Investor Confidence in the Financial System

In the wake of mismanaged funds and fraudulent investment practices, investors have grown increasingly wary of the risks associated with their investments. As ponzi schemes and bubble scam investment frauds continue to threaten investors, Nine Thirty Capital and Mayor Rudy Giuliani have formed an exclusive joint venture designed to protect Nine Thirty Capital clients from potential manager fraud and to protect investor portfolios.

The new partnership unites the investment management expertise and sophisticated platform of Nine Thirty Capital with the investigative and operational due diligence capabilities of Giuliani Security & Safety. Through the use of techniques and tools not previously applied in this way to the ultra-high-net-worth money management industry, and through a jointly designed, proprietary, and robust multi-stage Investigative Due Diligence process, Nine Thirty Capital has teamed with Giuliani Security & Safety to work to ensure investor’s money is safe from fraud and can be prudently invested.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani stated, “Considering the current state of our economy and the numerous financial frauds uncovered in the past year, it’s no wonder that investors are extremely wary about where they should invest their money and are asking ‘who can we trust?’ More than ever before, investors need to be sure that the people and funds they entrust with their assets aren’t just saying all the right things, but are actually doing what has been promised.”

This joint venture will provide clients of Nine Thirty Capital with an unparalleled level of comfort and safety thanks to Nine Thirty Capital’s highly customized and transparent investment platform and Giuliani Security & Safety’s impressive team of former law enforcement officials with extensive experience uncovering and prosecuting fraud, organized and white collar crime and other forms of financial impropriety.

“Given my strong desire to offer our clients the highest level of investor protection possible,” Stuart J. Rabin, the President and CEO of Nine Thirty Capital, stated, “I sought out the best possible group with whom to create a ‘state of the art’ due diligence approach. I found the perfect partners in Mayor Giuliani and the Chairman and CEO of Giuliani Security & Safety, Mr. Pasquale (Pat) J. D’Amuro, a twenty-six year veteran and former number three man at the FBI.”

Nine Thirty Capital is a New York based investment firm that manages assets for a select group of ultra high net worth families and institutions from around the world. The customized and distinct investment portfolios are designed to both (1) preserve wealth and (2) effectively compound capital. The firm’s philosophical foundation is built on the fundamental belief that integrity and an alignment of interests with its partners are absolutely critical to the long-term success of all stakeholders.

“In a way not offered before in the industry,” Pat D’Amuro noted, “Nine Thirty Capital now provides investors a truly open window into the backgrounds of the key people as well as the platforms standing behind their investments, so that they can see for themselves that their reputations are clean, their structures are sound, and their methods and counter-party relationships are in-line with the tightest standards of the industry.”

Joint Venture Designed to Give Investors Peace of Mind, Focuses on Financial and Operational Soundness.

The new joint venture will be primarily focused on the financial and operational soundness and credibility of the underlying hedge fund or other investment partners to whom assets are committed. In order to meet the criteria to participate in Nine Thirty Capital’s customized portfolios, the underlying investment funds and their principles, key managers and employees will be required to undergo a rigorous, multi-phase, Investigative Due Diligence review process. This “state of the art” three-phase approach incorporates:

• Identity, Background and Reputational Due Diligence
A comprehensive due diligence examination designed to review the company’s/individuals complete background history and associations, to include criminal and civil litigation, liens and bankruptcies, licensing status, credit history and personal assets and holdings, among numerous other background and reputational items.

• Operational Due Diligence
A robust operational review to assess, among other things, the controls and procedures of the selected fund as well as counter-party and other relationships, to ensure that all relevant items are well understood and adhere to at least industry best practices. This will include stringent on-site compliance visits, testing, and independent verification.

• On-Going Due Diligence
An ongoing review and assessment whereby the key data, the due diligence and the risk management efforts are periodically evaluated and updated to ensure the expected practices and protocols remain in place and that no recent negative events or other material changes have occurred with respect to the fund or its key managers.

About Giuliani Security & Safety LLC

Giuliani Security & Safety (www.giulianisecurity.com) is a global security, investigative and crisis management consulting firm. It is led by Rudolph W. Giuliani, former Mayor of the City of New York, and Pasquale J. D’Amuro whose 26-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation included service as the Executive Assistant Director for Counter Terrorism and Counter Intelligence (the Bureau’s third highest position) and the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office.

The GSS team includes a broad cadre of domestic and international experts possessing a wide range of experience in law enforcement, internal investigations, forensic analysis and intelligence gathering. GSS works collaboratively with clients to identify needs and tailors individual solutions that are comprehensive, exacting, and cost-effective. Clients include domestic and foreign governments, global corporations, energy industries, law firms, financial institutions, and universities among other organizations.

About Nine Thirty Capital

Nine Thirty Capital (www.930capital.com) is a New York based registered investment advisor that manages assets for a select group of ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions from around the world. The firm’s sponsor entity was originally co-founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Rabin as a family investment platform to manage the capital of two prominent New York based families. In 2004 Nine Thirty Capital was launched to provide the same investment management services to other prominent families as well as to institutional clients. In January 2009 the firm was “spun-out” by Stuart J. Rabin as a fully independent investment management business.

Nine Thirty Capital’s customized and distinct investment portfolios are designed to both
(1) preserve client wealth and (2) effectively compound capital. The firm has extensive investment experience managing large pools of capital on behalf of individuals, trusts and foundations in the areas of public and private equity, real estate and other forms of alternative investments.

While asset allocation and diversification are integral to the investment process, Nine Thirty Capital believes that manager selection is absolutely critical to realizing long-term investment goals. As such, the firm has always utilized a non-traditional approach to creating and monitoring its investment portfolios.

A client’s assets are generally allocated to third-party investment managers that the firm believes are “world class” investors within their respective areas of expertise. These managers are often hedge funds in which Nine Thirty Capital has established a direct and often a long-standing personal relationship with the fund’s principal decision-maker(s).

The Nine Thirty Capital team works closely with each of our family and institutional partners to establish investment objectives and guidelines and then to customize each portfolio for the benefit of the family members or other stakeholders. Each client’s assets are generally managed using separate and discrete legal entities that provide complete transparency to the underlying portfolio of managers.

Nine Thirty Capital’s principals are invested utilizing the same strategy and approach as our clients. The firm’s philosophical foundation is based on a steadfast adherence to core principals and the fundamental belief that an alignment of interests with our partners is absolutely critical to long-term success.

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