German asset managers get governance code

A committee headed by well-known finance expert Professor Wolfgang Gerke has unveiled a new corporate governance code for asset managers active in Germany.

The main thrust of Gerke’s code, whose adoption is voluntary, is to improve investor protection. Among other things, the code recommends that the supervisory board for an asset manager include one member who has nothing to do with the manager, its shareholders or even its business partners.

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