General Introduction to Fund Governance

Although corporate governance is at the centre of most topical debates, members of Boards of Directors of companies and collective investment schemes still tend to underestimate the extent of their legal, regulatory and financial responsibilities.

• What are the impacts of the new directives and circulars?
• What are the best governance practices for UCIs?
• What are the roles of the service providers of the UCIs?
• How to choose the members of a board of directors?
• How to cover liability of directors?
• How to deal with conflicts of interest?
• How to apply AML regulations and guidelines

The purpose of this seminar will be to comment on these key issues and to consider possible lines of actions.

During this seminar, participants will learn more about the following central issues:

• How to identify and manage conflicts of interests?
• What are the best governance practices for UCI?
• What are the roles of the service providers of the UCI?
• How to choose the members of a board of directors?
• How to cover liability of directors?

A group of 20 to 25 persons representing:

• Fund and investment management companies’ directors (UCI, UCITS, SIF and SICAR), independent or employed
• Managers responsible for funds and investment management companies
• Executives and managers of UC