We’d like to extend our thanks to all those who joined us for our recent iNED Council Meeting and made it such an open, informative and enjoyable discussion session.
We are very grateful to Martyn Gilbey, Franklin Templeton Senior Director and UK Country Head, for hosting and kindly opening our meeting. His remarks included the recital of an ode to Fund Governance in the style of Shakespeare, courtesy of ChatGPT. For those who weren’t with us on the day, we thought you might enjoy a flavour:
Oh, Fund Board Governance, how doth thy rule
The realm of finance with a firm hand so cool!
They members, they doth serve with utmost care,
To oversee investments with a constant stare.
Oh, governance, how doth thy rule define
The duties of thy members, so divine!
To act with prudence and with loyalty true,
And serve the fund with their knowledge anew.
The chairman, he doth lead with a steady hand,
To guide the board and oversee the land.
And members, they doth act with honour and might,
To ensure the fund doth remain in the light.
Transparency and ethics, the watchwords they stand,
To ensure the fund’s reputation remains grand.
And with each decision, they doth consider,
The interests of investors, and what’s fairer.
So let us praise Fund Board Governance,
And all its members, with reverence.
For they doth guide our investments with care,
And make sure our money’s in good hands there.
