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  • Archived

    Effective: 1 November, 2012 - 31 December, 2019
    Categories: Terminated Portfolios
    Source: GIPS Handbook, 3rd Edition

    We have a portfolio for an individual in one of our composites, but the client passed away and the portfolio had to be closed and re-opened in another legal status. How do we treat this change for composite reporting purposes?

    From the perspective of the firm, it does not seem that the portfolio was actually “terminated,” in that the portfolio did not leave the firm and the firm never lost its discretion over the portfolio. The portfolio’s change in legal status alone would not be a valid reason to remove the portfolio from the composite if the assets never left the portfolio, the firm was never restricted in its management of the portfolio, and the strategy of the portfolio remains unchanged.

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