Bell rings the changes

Arthur Bell, a US Certified Public Accountant and advisory firm dedicated to servicing the alternative investment industry, entrepreneurs, family offices, and high net worth individuals, today announced significant senior management changes.

Arthur F Bell Jr, the company’s namesake, has assumed the newly created role of Chairman. Member Corey A McLaughlin, has now been elevated to the senior leadership role of Managing Member.

Starting as a sole proprietor in 1974, Bell consulted on accounting matters dealing with commodities and worked with some of the earliest commodity trading advisers (CTAs) and commodity pool operators (CPOs), handling their accounting, tax, performance records, and audit needs.

As the alternative investment industry began to evolve, Bell assisted with the formation of the industry’s leading trade organization, the Managed Funds Association (MFA), and he worked with the government in the formation of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and later with the National Futures Association (NFA).

Under his leadership the firm has grown simultaneously with the alternative investment industry, and today serves a global client base that includes CTAs, CPOs, hedge funds, private equity, investment advisers, principals, family offices, and sophisticated investors.