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Working Groups

The SBAI Working Groups bring together industry practitioners from institutional investors and investment managers to develop content and guidance on practical industry issues and to advise the Board on its standard-setting activities.

Working Group	Areas of focus	Publications/Activities
Alternative Credit	Conflicts of interest Valuation Choice of fund structure Application of Responsible Investment considerations to alternative credit	Memos on Conflicts of Interest, Valuation and Choice of Fund published in April 2020
China Working Group	Assessing regulatory developments in China	Comparison of Chinese regulation and Standards of international practice
Culture & Diversity	Link between corporate culture and compliance (culture) How to assess corporate culture in due diligence? What role does diversity play in organisations? Practical considerations (recruiting, firm management, etc.)	Ongoing Standards Board Culture & Diversity Roundtable series (2018-2020)
Factor Investing	Back-testing practices Broker dealer practices: Framework to asses broker dealer products	Publication of Toolbox memos expected in Q2 2020
Governance	Cash handling and cyber security Transparency of full range of fee options Indemnification wording in offering documents “Governance Functions” Toolkit Governance and liquidity risk management	Standardised Board Agenda Co-Investments Conflicts of Interest in Parallel Funds
Insurance Linked Funds	Side pocketing practices: Features of a robust side-pocketing process Key questions for investors to ask	Guidance on valuation of ILS Funds
Japan Working Group	Comparison of Japanese practices and regulation with international practice	Educational sessions for investors and managers
Responsible Investment	Review existing materials about Responsible Investing in alternative investments Review of regulatory developments Assessing applicability of different strategies – key questions to ask (L/S Equity, Fixed Income, Credit, Systematic, ILS) Key questions investors need to ask when calibrating their approach	Publication of Toolbox memos expected in Q3 /Q4 2020
Risk Reporting Working Group	Mapping regulatory reporting templates (Form PF, AIFM-D Annex IV..)/perspective on harmonisation Systemic risk analyses	Publications of results tbc
Standard Investor Profile Template	Standardising subscription, KYC and AML processes for investors via a standard data structure	Publications of results tbc

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