Much of what AREF is striving to achieve is for the benefit of the underlying investors in the funds that make up our membership, not just the industry participants. We hope the commitment fund managers make to the highest standards of corporate governance and transparency in adhering to our Code of Practice, will give investors some reassurance and help enable them to make better and more informed investment decisions.
There are the many wider benefits of membership for funds too: namely the lobbying AREF does on their behalf; the forum we provide, bringing the industry together to discuss and debate key issues; and their inclusion in the index and the Fund Vision Handbook. Each of these tends to ultimately benefit the investors in the funds and/or their advisers too.
AREF is proactively reaching out to investors, aiming for their engagement at all levels of the organisation to help set our agenda. Professional investors may attend AREF events free of charge and we actively encourage those interested to join either the Investor Committee or any one of our other committees. For details, please see our investor webpage www.aref.org.uk/investors or write to us on the dedicated email address [email protected].