MindMap Gallery Section 1 Chapter 26 Compliance Management of Fund Managers⭐️ (Understanding)
2023 Fund Practitioner Qualification Examination Subject 1, Chapter 26, the subject has a total of thirteen chapters, and the content is distributed in two volumes. (Note: The Fund Practitioner Examination consists of Subject One, Subject Two, and Subject Three. Subject One and Subject Two are a mixture of two books, and Subject Three is private equity) Wish you ashore!
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Chapter 26 Compliance Management of Fund Managers⭐️ (Understanding)
Section 1 Overview of Compliance Management
1. The meaning of compliance management
Management activities include risk identification, inspection, notification, assessment, and disposal of whether fund managers comply with laws, regulatory provisions, rules, relevant guidelines formulated by self-regulatory organizations, and meet the basic needs of public investors when conducting relevant business.
2. The meaning and objectives of compliance management
significance
From the perspective of the operation process of fund managers, irregularities in major aspects such as fund establishment, fund investment management, and fund information disclosure will bring risk losses and reputational damage. Strengthening fund compliance management is of very important practical significance.
Compliance management can help fund managers control the risk of violations, reduce losses caused by violation penalties and potential losses due to reputational risks. Strengthening compliance management has very long-term strategic significance not only for fund managers but also for the fund industry.
Note: Unable to maximize company interests
Target
Establish and improve the compliance risk management system for fund managers, achieve effective identification and management of compliance risks, promote the construction of a comprehensive risk management system for fund managers, and ensure that fund managers operate in compliance with laws and regulations.
3. Basic principles of compliance management
(1) Principle of independence
The compliance department and the inspector general should have independent status in the organizational system of the fund company
Compliance management should be independent of other business operations
(2) Principle of objectivity
This means that compliance personnel should objectively evaluate the facts of violations in accordance with relevant laws and regulations to avoid violations involving collusion between compliance personnel themselves and business personnel.
(3) Principle of impartiality
This means that compliance personnel should adhere to unified standards to assess and report the risk of non-compliance when conducting inspections on business departments.
(4) Principle of professionalism
It means that compliance personnel should be familiar with the business system, understand the operating procedures of various businesses of the fund manager, and accurately understand and grasp the provisions and changing trends of laws and regulations.
(5) Principle of coordination
It means that compliance personnel should correctly handle the relationship with other departments of the company and regulatory authorities, strive to form the company's compliance synergy, and avoid internal consumption.
Section 2 Compliance Management Organization Setup
1. The establishment and responsibilities of the compliance management department
The compliance management department is also called the legal compliance department and the supervision and audit department. The fund manager will set up a special risk control committee in the board of directors and management, and the company's chief inspector is responsible for compliance management.
responsibility
(1) Continue to pay attention to the latest developments in laws, regulations and standards, correctly understand the provisions and spirit of laws, regulations and standards, accurately grasp the impact of laws, regulations and standards on fund operations, and provide senior management with compliance advice in a timely manner.
(2) Develop and implement a risk-based compliance management plan, including the implementation and evaluation of specific policies and procedures, compliance risk assessment, compliance testing, compliance training and education, etc.
(3) Review and evaluate the compliance of various policies, procedures and operating guidelines of the fund manager, organize, coordinate and urge various business lines and internal control departments to sort out and revise various policies, procedures and operating guidelines to ensure that all Policies, procedures and operational guidelines comply with laws, rules and guidelines.
(4) Assist relevant training and education departments to conduct compliance training for employees
(5) Organize the development of compliance management procedures, compliance manuals, employee codes of conduct and other compliance guidelines, and evaluate the appropriateness of compliance management procedures and compliance guidelines, and provide guidance for employees to properly implement laws, rules and guidelines.
(6) Proactively identify and assess compliance risks related to the fund manager’s business activities
(7) Collect and screen data that may indicate potential compliance issues
(8) Implement adequate and representative compliance risk assessment and testing
(9) Maintain daily working contact with regulatory agencies
2. Compliance responsibilities of the board of directors
The fund manager's board of directors sets the company's compliance management goals, reviews and supervises the effective implementation of the company's risk control system, and assumes responsibility for the effectiveness of compliance management.
(1) Review and approve the basic system of compliance management
(2) Review and approve the company’s annual compliance report
(3) Decide to dismiss senior managers who have primary responsibility or leadership responsibility for the occurrence of major compliance risks
(4) Decide on the appointment, dismissal, assessment and remuneration of the compliance officer
(5) Establish a direct communication mechanism with the compliance officer
(6) Evaluate the effectiveness of compliance management and urge the resolution of existing problems in compliance management
(7) Other compliance management responsibilities stipulated in the company's articles of association
3. Compliance responsibilities of the Board of Supervisors
The supervisory board’s business supervision of operations and management includes
(1) Notify the business organization to stop its illegal activities.
(2) Investigate the company's financial status at any time, review accounting documents, and have the right to request the board of directors to provide information to it.
(3) Review various statements prepared by the board of directors and provided to the shareholders' meeting, and report the review opinions to the shareholders' meeting.
(4) When the supervisory board deems it necessary, usually when major problems arise in the company, it may propose to convene a shareholders' meeting.
In addition, the supervisory board has the right to represent the company in the following special circumstances:
(1) When a lawsuit occurs between the company and directors, unless otherwise provided by law, the board of supervisors will handle relevant legal matters on behalf of the company as a party to the lawsuit.
(2) When the directors themselves or others have negotiations with the company, the board of supervisors will negotiate with the directors on behalf of the company.
(3) When supervisors investigate the company's business and financial status and review accounting statements, they have the right to entrust lawyers, accountants or other third-party personnel on behalf of the company to assist in the investigation.
The fund manager has a board of supervisors, which is accountable to the shareholders' meeting. The Board of Supervisors shall exercise the following powers in accordance with the law:
(1) Check the company’s finances.
(2) Supervise the performance of compliance management responsibilities by the company’s directors and senior managers.
(3) Propose the removal of directors and senior managers who have primary responsibility or leadership responsibility for the occurrence of major compliance risks.
(4) Propose to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting.
(5) Attend board of directors meetings.
(6) Other powers stipulated in the company's articles of association.
The Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one meeting every year. Meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held when all supervisors are present, and each supervisor shall have one vote. Resolutions of the board of supervisors must be approved by at least half of the supervisors' votes.
4. Compliance responsibilities of the Inspector General
The fund manager shall ensure the independence of the chief inspector. The chief inspector shall be responsible for organizing and guiding the company's supervision and audit work. The scope of his duties shall cover the fund company and all business aspects of the company's operations.
The inspector general shall promptly report to the company's board of directors, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and relevant dispatched agencies.
(1) Funds and companies commit illegal acts
(2) Funds and companies have major operating risks or hidden dangers
(3) Other circumstances that the Inspector General deems necessary to report according to law
(4) Other situations specified by the China Securities Regulatory Commission
Note: Excludes significant fluctuations in net worth
5. Compliance responsibilities of management and business departments
Management
①Establish and improve the organizational structure of compliance management
②Report and rectify violations in a timely manner when discovering violations of laws and regulations, and implement accountability
③Other requirements determined by the company’s articles of association or the board of directors
business department
All employees of the fund manager must be loyal, honest and fair when engaging in business activities, and demand themselves to the highest standards.
Note: Not voluntarily
Section 3 Compliance Management Content
1. Overview of compliance management activities
The fund manager's compliance management aims to construct a company supervision system and conduct full-process and dynamic compliance monitoring of the company's decision-making system and execution system. Xu Xiang's supervision covers all aspects of the company's operation and management. The compliance management of fund managers involves risk control, corporate governance, investment management, supervision and auditing, etc.
Specific contents include
(1) Regularly communicate regulatory requirements, create a company compliance culture, and improve employee compliance awareness.
(2) Review external contracts signed by each business department, control risks, and prevent commercial bribery; review systems revised by business departments; be responsible for reviewing various types of information disclosed by the company to the outside world.
(3) In accordance with the requirements of laws, regulations and company systems, inspect and evaluate the compliance of various activities in fund issuance and daily operations (sales, investment, operations) to prevent operational risks.
(4) Sort out and integrate various laws, regulations, rules and regulations, and conduct compliance training.
(5) Participate in the reengineering of the fund manager’s organizational structure and business processes, and provide compliance support for new products.
(6) Carry out legal consultation and assist external lawyers in jointly handling the company's legal disputes and complaints.
2. Compliance culture
To strengthen the construction of compliance culture, fund managers should also work hard in the following four aspects:
First, the management of the fund manager pays sufficient attention to the construction of compliance culture.
The second is to strengthen information exchange and good interaction between the compliance management department and the business department, supervision and audit department and other departments to achieve resource sharing.
The third is to effectively implement the compliance assessment mechanism. Integrate compliance assessment results with employee performance work and senior management competitive assessment.
Note: It is not linked to business performance indicators.
Fourth, the fund promotes the concept of compliance for all employees and strengthens compliance cultural and ideological education.
3. Compliance Policy
(1) Formulation of compliance policies
The fund manager's senior management is responsible for developing a written compliance policy.
content include
(1) Functions and responsibilities of the compliance management department.
(2) The authority of the compliance management department includes the right to communicate with any employee of the fund manager and obtain any records or archival materials needed to perform their duties.
(3) Compliance management responsibilities of the compliance officer.
(4) Various measures to ensure the independence of the compliance manager and the compliance management department, including ensuring that there is no conflict of interest between the compliance management responsibilities of the compliance manager and compliance managers and any other responsibilities they undertake.
(5) Collaborative relationship between the compliance management department and other departments.
(6) Principles for establishing compliance management departments for business lines and branches.
(2) Implementation of compliance policies
The company's managers are responsible for implementing compliance policies, ensuring that appropriate corrective measures are taken in a timely manner when violations are discovered, and that those responsible for violations are held accountable accordingly.
Each business unit should follow the company's compliance policy
The Compliance and Risk Control Department is the daily management department for compliance risks.
4. Compliance review
(1) Develop a compliance review mechanism
(2) Compliance audit investigation
(3) Compliance review and evaluation
5. Compliance inspection
The main objective of compliance inspections is the implementation of systems, procedures and processes.
Generally speaking, compliance inspections by the fund manager’s compliance department include
(1) Whether the company operates independently;
(2) Construction and implementation of fair trade system.
(3) Execution of major related transactions.
(4) Whether the securities investment activity management system of the company’s employees, especially investment and research personnel, their spouses, and interested parties is sound and effective, and whether there are any situations where undisclosed information of the fund is used to obtain benefits.
(5) The basis for the fund company’s investment decision-making, and whether the company’s regulations and investment decision-making process have been breached.
(6) Whether the risk management system covers different risk control links;
Note: Don’t care about the company’s profits, only care about survival
6. Compliance training
The specific contents of fund manager compliance training include
① Laws and regulations related to the fund industry formulated and promulgated by the state
②The company’s internal employee codes and compliance systems for various businesses
③Case warning education
The content covers risk management guidelines for fund managers, risk management experience, internal control evaluation of fund companies and subsidiaries, explanations of relevant cases, etc. It also includes understanding the compliance requirements of company management and management compliance requirements.
7. Compliance Complaint Handling
Most fund companies have established systems such as management measures or handling procedures for customer complaints, and have established a complete complaint handling process.
Section 4 Compliance Risks
1. Compliance risks and their types
The company may suffer legal sanctions, regulatory penalties, significant financial losses and reputational losses due to violations of laws and regulations, fund contracts and the company's internal rules and regulations by the company and its employees.
2. Investment Compliance Risks
definition
Risks of penalties and losses arising from violations of relevant laws, regulations and the company's internal rules and regulations by fund managers' investment business personnel
Matters involved
The fund manager failed to establish and manage a candidate library of investment objects in accordance with regulations and fund contracts;
The fund manager uses fund assets to seek benefits for third parties other than fund unit holders;
Use other undisclosed information other than inside information obtained due to convenience of position to engage in or expressly or imply that others engage in relevant trading activities, and use fund assets to engage in manipulation of securities prices and other improper securities trading activities;
Treat different investment portfolios unfairly and transfer benefits between different investment portfolios directly or through transaction arrangements with third parties;
Fund income distribution violations and dishonesty, company internal controls are weak, and employees fail to perform their duties diligently, leading to fund operation errors and other risk events.
Main management measures
(1) Establish an effective investment process and investment authorization system.
(2) Self-control investment compliance risks by setting risk parameters in the trading system. Investment compliance restrictions that cannot be automatically controlled by the trading system should be controlled through measures such as strengthening manual monitoring and multi-person review.
(3) Focus on monitoring whether there are insider trading, benefit transfer and unfair treatment of different investors in the investment portfolio.
(4) Define abnormal transaction behavior and strengthen the tracking, monitoring and analysis of abnormal transactions.
(5) Track and evaluate the implementation of compliance indicators such as investment ratio and investment scope on a daily basis to ensure that the compliance indicators of the investment portfolio comply with laws, regulations and fund contracts.
(6) Pay attention to the risks inherent in valuation policies and valuation methods.
3. Sales Compliance Risks (Main Management Measures)
(1) Conduct compliance review of promotional materials.
(2) Conduct compliance review on the signing of sales agreements, conduct prudent investigations on sales agencies before signing, and strictly select cooperative fund sales agencies.
(3) Develop appropriate sales policies and supervision measures,
(4) Strengthen the regulation and supervision of sales behavior to prevent the occurrence of illegal activities such as delayed transactions, commercial bribery, misleading, fraud and unfair treatment of investors.
4. Information disclosure compliance risks
definition
In the process of information disclosure, fund managers violate relevant laws, regulations and company rules, mislead fund investors or cause a bad reputation to the fund industry, and are at risk of being punished and losing reputation.
Main management measures
(1) Establish an information disclosure risk responsibility system, assign the information that should be disclosed to relevant departments, and make it clear that they are fully responsible for the authenticity, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the information provided.
(2) Necessary compliance review should be conducted before information disclosure.
5. Anti-money laundering compliance risks
definition
Fund managers who violate relevant laws, regulations and internal company rules, violate the principle of fair transactions, and use accounts with different identities to conduct illegal fund transfers are subject to the risk of relevant penalties and losses.
Main management measures
(1) Establish a risk-oriented anti-money laundering prevention and control system and rationally allocate resources.
(2) Develop a strict and effective account opening process, standardize the identification of customers’ identity authentication and authorization qualifications, and preserve the identity certification materials of relevant customers.
(3) Strictly monitor the modification of customer core information, non-transaction transfers and inter-account fund transfers.
(4) Strictly abide by the fund clearing system and control and monitor cash payments.
(5) Establish a customer risk identification and suspicious transaction analysis mechanism that is consistent with industry characteristics.