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About the Author
Kurt Schacht
Kurt N Schacht is the Managing Director for the Centre for Financial Market Integrity of CFA Institute. He is responsible for all aspects of the Centre's efforts to develop, promulgate, and maintain the highest ethical standards for the investment community. Kurt directs the Centre's efforts to represent the views of investment professionals to standard setters, regulatory authorities, and legislative bodies worldwide on issues that affect the practice of financial analysis and investment management, education, and licensing requirements for investment professionals, and the efficiency of global financial markets. He has been involved in the investment management business since 1990, serving as chief operating officer for a retail mutual complex in White Plains, New York, general counsel and chief operating officer for a Manhattan based hedge fund and as chief legal officer for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.
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The CFA Institute's Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct
CFA Institute formed the CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity (the "CFA Centre") to explicitly support the CFA Institute mission to lead the investment industry in setting the highest standards of ... Read moreCFA Institute formed the CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity (the "CFA Centre") to explicitly support the CFA Institute mission to lead the investment industry in setting the highest standards of ethics and professional conduct. Asset managers in particular hold a unique place of trust in the lives of millions of investors. Investment professionals and firms who undertake and perform their responsibilities with honesty and integrity are critical to maintaining investors' trust and confidence and upholding the client covenant of trust, loyalty, prudence, and care. CFA Institute and its members are committed to reinforcing those principles. To foster this culture of ethics and professionalism, the CFA Centre offers this voluntary code of conduct. It is designed to be broadly adopted within the industry as a template and guidepost for investors seeking managers that adhere to sound ethical practice.
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