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.
In this latest iNED diary entry, JB threatens his own popular capital by exposing his beliefs and by tackling the issue of board diversity and reaching deeper into the fabric and philosophy of the City, its colonial foundations and the difficulty with targets and asks ‘how do fund boards assess equality and its value to…
In this deeply insightful diary entry, JB reflects on his own AoV journey with the fund board on which he serves as an iNED and ask some key questions around the facts of the report versus the message, clarity versus transparency and who apart from the end-investors should the report target Salutations Dear Diary, Since…
Are Boards Lock, Stock, and Facing Two Smoking Barrels? All a question of time. In his latest cough-free diary entry, JB considers the broader environmental questions that arise from the COVID-19 pandemic, philosophises on the regulator’s priorities and cautions fund boards whom may be tempted to use the 2- month extension for the Assessment of…
In this wide-ranging, slightly contemplative diary entry, JB muses on the implications of coronavirus on fund board engagement, explores the existential by asking if anyone knows what an investor wants, and ends on a very intriguing note by opening the door to a discussion on the need for an assessment of value for investment advice……
Diary of an iNED Osmosis: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ of AoV What do spaghetti westerns have to do with the FCA’s requirement for Assessment of Value? Why the AoV disclosure is inevitably a learning process and what do good, bad and ugly examples look like? JB sets his sights on the first…
2020 Vision: Are Fund Boards Short-sighted on Remuneration?’ One of the more challenging questions ahead for iNEDs will be confronting executive remuneration. Pay has again come into focus following more negative news from ‘that fund’. What should iNEDs consider what is reasonable versus what constitutes a conflict of interest or of detriment to fundholders? Does…