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Effective: 1 November, 2012 - 31 December, 2019Categories: DiscretionSource: GIPS Handbook, 3rd EditionFirm C manages a portfolio that recently had new investment restrictions placed on it by the client, rendering it non-discretionary. Should the firm retroactively remove that portfolio from its composite?
No. The firm must not retroactively remove that portfolio from its composite. Firm C has the responsibility for creating its own definition of discretion and applying this definition consistently over time to all portfolios. A portfolio that changes from discretionary to non-discretionary status due to a new client-imposed restriction must be removed from a composite on a prospective basis only.
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