Diary of an iNED

In his last round for Fund Boards Council, JB finally takes off the kitten gloves and delivers a Technical Knock Out on iNEDs and the Assessment of Value.

In this second instalment, JB again draws on the role of corporate structures and how they can lead to conflicts or support for iNEDs. Do single or multiple fund boards engender better governance?

For his autumnal double diary entry, ahead of this week’s FBC panel on ‘Measuring Value in Pensions & Mutual Funds’, JB reflects on whether corporate structures support good governance or create impediments overriding the aims of the iNED. In the first of two parts JB asks if individuals matter more than structures or are they both essential?

The question of (fund board) independence. For this month’s pilgrimage JB gets all Taoist and bare-footed. His Diary journeys over the effects of independence on fund boards and asks: In seeking to improve culture should the Financial Conduct Authority insist on full independence?

Does the IGC blueprint matter for a greener value? For this summer, not-so-locked-down diary instalment, JB draws inspiration from satirist, writer and now climate campaigner Richard Curtis: first, to understand…

Is our darkest hour a new beginning for asset management? In this latest iNED diary entry, JB threatens his own popular capital by exposing his beliefs and by tackling the…