Pricing Partners seeks valuations expert

One thing the global financial crisis made clear was the importance of having accurately -- and independently -- priced assets. It may be some time before regulators in Asia require financial institutions to obtain independent valuations for derivatives contracts, but such a move seems likely, given that it is taking place in Europe and the US. Against this backdrop, independent-valuations firm Pricing Partners opened an office in Singapore earlier this month -- its first in the regi…