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  • Archived

    Effective: 1 June, 2005 - 30 November, 2013
    Categories: Changes to the Standards: 2006 GIPS
    Source: Investment Performance Council (IPC)

    Required disclosure 4.A.19 states a firm must disclose all significant events that would help a prospective client interpret the performance record. Please elaborate.

    Any and all events that impact the firm’s operations and/or investment process (e.g., change in ownership, merger or acquisition, departure of key investment professional, etc.) are examples of events that must be disclosed.

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