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PV-P02 Act in the best interest of investors and consider other stakeholders
The investment manager should design a valuation process that is aligned with the interests of investors and other stakeholders and takes account of the nature and style of the vehicle concerned.
The investment manager together with the governing body of the vehicle should ensure that the valuation process oversight performed by the investment manager is unbiased.
This oversight process should be independent of any potential conflicts of interest such as those arising from management or performance fee arrangements and from other services provided by related parties and associates of the external valuer and its organisation, such as brokerage.
The investment manager should ensure that the external valuer has a clear understanding of the context of their work and the purpose of the valuation.
The investment manager should ensure that the compensation of the external valuer fairly reflects the services provided and should not be directly linked to the outcome of the valuation.
The investment manager should ensure that the appointed external valuer is independent.
The external valuers involved in the valuation process should identify and disclose any threats to their independence or potential conflicts of interest and either manage or avoid them. See also PV11 for appropriate professional qualification requirements that set relevant rules of conduct and ethical standards.
In certain exceptional circumstances, the investment manager, after careful consideration by their valuation oversight function, may decide to adjust the values as determined by the external valuer to reflect their best estimates of market value in specific circumstances such as distressed situations, liquidations and wind-ups reflecting a non-going concern basis.
Such decisions should always be taken in the best interests of investors and other stakeholders and be subject to full scrutiny by the governing body of the vehicle.