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Hancock board focuses succession planning on skills, culture
By Hillary Jackson
The John Hancock Funds board has reactivated its board composition and trustee search process ahead of the retirements at the end of 2024 of its two longest-serving independent directors, Chairman Hassell McClellan told Fund Board Views. This is the latest step in a years-long task of dealing with generational shift ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

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10 Things...boards are facing now and into 2024
By FBV Staff
Serving on a mutual fund board is, by definition, a challenging job. But given the current regulatory environment, ever-increasing product competition (and related pressure on fees), technological advances, and other aspects of modern-day life, now can seem like a particularly challenging time to serve. We asked independent directors from boards ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

Top of the Agenda - Succession

Invesco Funds aims to add two independent, two interested directors
By Hillary Jackson
Invesco Funds expects to add two new independent and two new interested directors to its boardroom early in 2024, following a shareholder vote that also will include the 10 individuals currently serving on the board. The new additions represent the latest development inside a boardroom that has experienced a fair ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

Top of the Agenda - Regulatory

'Cop on the beat' SEC tops enforcement action record in FY'23
The Securities and Exchange Commission—the industry's "cop on the beat," according to Chairman Gary Gensler—filed 784 enforcement actions in its September-ending fiscal year 2023, representing a 3% year-on-year increase. The number of original, or stand-alone, enforcement actions increased to 501, an 8% increase over FY'22, the SEC said. Despite those ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

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Investment accounting technology: A call to action for fund boards
By Kirk Littleton, FundGuard
The world of mutual funds has witnessed a dramatic evolution since the first open-ended fund appeared in 1924. Now, nearly a century later, the funds industry is a diversified ecosystem of asset classes and specialized products. And yet, a key oversight persists in the operational practices of these funds: Many mutual ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 


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Top of the Agenda - Compensation
IDC study: Director pay up more than 5% in 2022

Independent mutual fund directors earned more in 2022 than they did in 2021, according to industry data obtained by Fund Board Views. The year-on-year increase—a median of ...