Peter Novello founded the Far Hills Group in 1990.  He has over 20 years of experience in placing assets from institutions, both domestic and international, into a variety of alternative investment vehicles.  Prior to the formation of the Far Hills Group, Mr. Novello was the Vice President and Director of Marketing for Brookehill Equities in New York.  Mr. Novello joined Brookehill to restructure the alternative product offerings for the US institutional marketplace, and then to place assets into those funds.  From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Novello was the Vice President in charge of Marketing for Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, a $5 billion investment advisory firm.  He directed a marketing team that focused primarily on large US institutional investors.  Mr. Novello played a key role in increasing assets at the firm by over $2 billion during his tenure.  From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Novello was in charge of large bank relationships in the US and Canada for SEI Corporation, which at the time was the largest pension consulting firm in the US  Mr. Novello’s earlier career included consulting and sales positions at Martin Marietta Corporation and Sperry Univac (now UNISYS).  Mr. Novello is a member of the Board of Trustees at Monmouth University, Monmouth Medical Center, and the Rumson Country Day School.  Mr. Novello has previously served on the boards of The New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, The Foodbank, The Monmouth Conservation Foundation and Monmouth Healthcare Foundation. Mr. Novello holds a BA degree from Rutgers University.

If you would like to contact Peter directly, please email pnovello@farhills.com.

David Tarifi joined Far Hills Group in 2003 to augment the firm's sales efforts to institutional investors in North America. Prior to joining Far Hills Group, Mr. Tarifi was an Institutional Salesman for the Center for Financial Research & Analysis (CFRA) where he was responsible for selling forensic accounting and quality of earnings research to hedge and mutual funds. Prior to joining CFRA, Mr. Tarifi was employed by Alliance Capital where he spent five years as an equity research analyst acting as a generalist, as well as managing five investment strategies for high net worth individuals. Mr. Tarifi began his career as a pension fund consultant at Barra RogersCasey. In that role, he was responsible for researching and analyzing money managers across asset classes and strategies. Mr. Tarifi received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Omar Allam joined Far Hills Group in 2004 to enhance the firm's marketing efforts to international institutions and family offices. Previously, Mr. Allam was a Project Director at The Euro-China Group, an internationally recognized global strategic consulting boutique responsible for over $8 Billion of foreign direct investment into China. In addition to his duties as Project Director, Mr. Allam focused on the firm's direct investments in infrastructure projects in China and Russia. Prior to joining Euro-China, Mr. Allam was a Senior Associate at Spencer Trask Ventures, where he was responsible for evaluating the firm's direct investments, as well as managing the firm's private placement offerings in the Telecom and Biotechnology sectors.  Mr. Allam began his career as an investment banker with Robert W. Baird, where he executed a wide variety of corporate finance, merger and acquisition, and financial advisory/underwriting transactions. Mr. Allam received his MBA from IMD ("International Institute for Management Development") and his BA in Economics from The University of Chicago. In addition, Mr. Allam holds a General Course degree in Economics from The London School of Economics. Mr. Allam is a member of The Arab Bankers Association of North America as well as The Arab Bankers Association of Europe.

Paulo Pereira joined Far Hills Group in 2009 to grow the firm’s sales and marketing efforts to institutional investors and family offices in Latin America, Western Europe, and Australasia.  Prior to joining Far Hills Group, Mr. Pereira was Vice President of Australia Equity Sales at Citigroup in New York, where he brokered Australian equities to U.S. hedge funds, mutual funds, and pension funds, with a focus on commodity-related companies in the mining and energy sectors.  Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Pereira was an analyst for Fiduciary Trust Co. International, a New York-based subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, where his team was responsible for managing $2 billion in assets across various International Small-Mid Cap Equity strategies.  Mr. Pereira’s duties included modeling and trading Australian equities as well as global energy, mining, and basic materials stocks.  Mr. Pereira began his career in various consulting and analyst roles at Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York in 2001.  Mr. Pereira received his BA from Yale University and holds Series 7 and 63 licenses.  Mr. Pereira is a director of the board at the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York.

Nicole Belmont joined the Far Hills Group in 2001 to expand the firm's product development and research activities. Her responsibilities include analyzing and sourcing new managers and strategies, conducting due diligence, and spearheading the firm's interaction with the consultant community. In her role as the firm’s gatekeeper, Ms. Belmont routinely meets with private equity and hedge fund managers, and analyzes their ability to raise institutional assets. Prior to joining Far Hills Group, Ms. Belmont was employed by ING Furman Selz Asset Management (IFSAM) where she was responsible for research and market analysis that supported their alternative investment platform, ING Alternative Asset Management. In that role, she was responsible for developing and creating marketing materials focused on manager differentiation, quantitative analysis, client reporting, and interacting with both the consultant and hedge fund database communities. Prior to joining IFSAM in February 2000, Ms. Belmont was employed by Mainstay Mutual Funds as a Marketing Associate where she was responsible for developing programs to enhance sales productivity within the broker/dealer distribution channel. Ms. Belmont received her MBA in Marketing from Pace University and her BS from Manhattan College.

Richard Onesto joined Far Hills Group in 2006 as our new Chief Financial Officer. From 2001 to 2006 Mr. Onesto was the CFO and Financial and Operations Principal for Enskilda Securities Inc. In that role, he was responsible for managing the finance and regulatory functions of the firm. He acted as a liaison between the U.S. broker dealer and the home office in Stockholm, Sweden on accounting, regulatory and compliance issues. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Onesto worked for Prime Charter where he was responsible for preparing and analyzing the financial statements, as well as preparing the firms regulatory filings. Mr. Onesto received a BBA in Accounting and Taxation from Pace University. In addition, Mr. Onesto has the Series 7, 24, and 27 licenses.

Jaquilyn Schraeder joined Far Hills Group in 2009 as a Receptionist, as well as to support the organization’s North American practice. Prior to Far Hills Group, Ms. Schraeder was Manager of Reception at Open Text Corporation in New York City where she assisted the legal division’s team members. In 2006, Ms. Schraeder had been employed at United Jewish Appeal Federation, a non-profit organization, where her responsibilities included organizing fund-raising priorities and collaborating with top staff members. Ms. Schraeder attended Arizona State University with a focus in Psychology and looks forward to continuing her studies in New York.