Diary of an iNED

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DIARY OF AN INED

JB Beckett is an experienced independent director, author of “New Fund Order” and a Fund Boards Council Corporate iNED Member.

In his monthly column, Diary of an iNED, JB records his experiences on the boards of two very different organisations as he navigates the highs and lows of a plural career at a time when the fund industry is beset with challenges and opportunities in equal measure.

JB can be contacted at jandjbeckett@sky.com.

All Very Hush Hush (Part 2 of 2)

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?

12th November 2020

Is Big Governance Ultimately Structural by Design? Part 1 of 2.

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?

12th October 2020

Too much of a good thing

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?

24th August 2020

A Cunning Plan:

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…

15th July 2020

Enter Stage Left:

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…

22nd June 2020

Lies, lies and damn statistics

Value, vendetta and that R number In this deeply insightful diary entry, JB reflects on his own AoV journey with the fund board on which he serves as an iNED…

18th May 2020