James Loewen is a Partner and the National Sector Lead for Asset Management. He specializes in Financial Statement Auditing, US GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Securities Offerings. James has been with KPMG for over 20 years, all of which have been spent within the financial services practice and specifically focused on asset management. His clients include a number of asset managers and all type of investment funds, including private equity and hedge funds both domestic and off-shore. James is the former Chair of the IFIC Accounting Advisory Working Group and is a member of a CICA task force examining financial reporting by Canadian investment funds.