Tony Pagano
Partner – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
CPA, Partner – CohnReznick LLP
Tony Pagano is a partner in the Financial Sponsors & Financial Services Industry practice, providing accounting, auditing, and advisory services to a variety of alternative investment funds since 2005.
Experience and credentials
Certified Public Accountant
Responsible for coordinating, managing, and performing audit and other attestation services to domestic and offshore investment partnerships, master-feeder structures, and commodity pools that employ a variety of investment strategies
Financial instrument exposure includes equities, fixed income, digital currencies, both private equity and debt investments, listed and OTC derivative products, and a heavy focus on structured credit and mortgage products
Helps develop best practice initiatives for valuation, implementation of new accounting and audit literature, and other pertinent industry developments
Leads the firm’s "Pricing Desk" and manages a team that helps value all OTC and exchange-traded securities for audit clients
Has instructed many in-house professional development seminars and is a featured speaker at various external industry seminars on topics such as valuation and recent accounting developments
Previously spent 10 years at a major firm servicing alternative investment funds. Also worked at a Big 4 firm for two years and spent five years trading equities and options working as a professional proprietary trader while holding Series 7, 55, 63, and 24 licenses
Education
B.B.A., Public Accounting Concentration – Lehigh University
Professional affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants
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