Corporate Governance
Principles That Guide Us
Valureon Global’s governance is the operating system of our firm. It translates our fiduciary duty into daily decisions with clear accountability, independent oversight, and transparent disclosure. The Board sets the tone and oversees strategy, risk, controls, and reporting, while senior leadership executes within documented mandates and measurable guardrails.
Governance Foundation
Our governance framework aligns with the laws of England and Wales and is informed by globally recognized practices used by leading asset managers. It defines decision rights, segregation of duties, escalation paths, and a consistent control environment across investment, operations, technology, finance, and compliance.
Fiduciary Responsibility
We act solely in the best interests of our clients. That means managing conflicts proactively, disclosing material information in a balanced way, and structuring processes so that client outcomes, not short-term incentives, drive our choices.
Board Oversight and Leadership
The Board provides independent oversight of purpose, strategy, culture, and performance. It reviews financial stewardship and internal controls, challenges key assumptions, and assesses the effectiveness of senior leadership through periodic evaluations and documented follow-ups.
Director Independence Standards
Valureon adopts robust independence concepts to guide Board composition and oversight. Relationships arising on arm’s-length terms in the ordinary course of business are assessed for materiality, and bright-line criteria inspired by leading market standards help the Board determine whether directors are free from relationships that could impair objective judgment.
Audit and Risk Governance
Financial reporting integrity and control effectiveness are reviewed on a regular cadence. Independent assurance, incident remediation, and risk appetite alignment across operational, market, liquidity, credit, cyber, and third-party domains are tracked and reported with clear ownership and deadlines.
Governance and Nominations
Board composition, succession planning, and governance policies are overseen to ensure a balanced mix of skills and perspectives. Director candidates are assessed for experience, independence, and cultural fit, with refreshment principles that balance continuity and new thinking.
Investment Oversight
Investment methodologies, portfolio guidelines, benchmarking, liquidity management, and model changes are governed through formal reviews. Performance attribution, stress testing, and disclosure quality are monitored to support consistent, repeatable investment processes.
Remuneration and Accountability
Compensation aligns with long-term client outcomes, prudent risk-taking, and conduct expectations. Deferral, malus, and clawback features reinforce accountability. Objectives are measurable and linked to risk, control, and service-quality commitments.
Risk Management and Controls
We apply a three-lines model. The first line owns risks and controls within processes. The second line provides risk and compliance oversight, challenge, and frameworks. The third line conducts independent assurance through internal audit and targeted reviews, with lessons learned feeding continuous improvement.
Compliance, KYC/AML, and Sanctions
Regulatory obligations are embedded through policy, training, monitoring, and testing. Know Your Customer onboarding, Anti-Money Laundering monitoring, and sanctions screening operate on a risk-based basis, with escalation routes and audit trails to evidence effective control.
Information Security and Data Governance
Protecting data is a core obligation. Access control, encryption, secure development, vendor assurance, and incident response are documented and tested. Data governance promotes accuracy, lineage, and privacy by design, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Business Continuity and Resilience
Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are maintained and periodically tested. Dependency mapping, recovery objectives, and communications protocols support resilience in the face of operational disruptions and external events.
Third-Party and Outsourcing Oversight
Before engagement, service providers undergo due diligence covering financial soundness, control environment, cybersecurity, and compliance posture. Ongoing oversight monitors performance, incidents, and remediation with defined exit and contingency plans.
Ethics and Professional Conduct
Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics sets expectations for integrity, confidentiality, market conduct, anti-bribery and corruption, and respectful workplace behavior. Colleagues certify to policies and complete mandatory training at regular intervals.
Conflicts of Interest Management
Actual or potential conflicts are identified at the outset, disclosed appropriately, and managed through controls such as information barriers, independent review, or recusal. Our objective is to safeguard client interests and maintain the integrity of decision-making.
Whistleblowing and Speaking Up
Concerns about potential illegal, unethical, or improper conduct can be raised confidentially with Legal and Compliance or via independent reporting channels operated by an external provider. Good-faith reports are protected from retaliation and are investigated promptly and fairly.
Transparency and Disclosure
We communicate in a fair, balanced, and timely manner. Policies, methodologies, material changes, and performance information are disclosed so that clients and stakeholders can understand how we operate and how we manage risk.
Stakeholder Engagement
We maintain ongoing dialogue with clients, investors, regulators, and partners through reviews, consultations, and feedback sessions. Insights from these interactions drive enhancements to governance, processes, and reporting.
Stewardship and Sustainability
As stewards of client capital, we consider relevant sustainability factors where appropriate and consistent with client mandates and applicable regulations. We focus on transparent methodologies, clear objectives, and pragmatic reporting on material topics.
Training and Capability Building
Governance is effective only when people understand it. We invest in training on risk, controls, regulation, cybersecurity, and ethics so that colleagues can execute their responsibilities with confidence and consistency.
Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
Governance effectiveness is assessed through board evaluations, audit outcomes, control testing, risk events, and stakeholder feedback. Each cycle informs refinements to policies, processes, and disclosures, ensuring our framework evolves with the firm and the market.
Communication with the Board
Stakeholders may contact the Board or senior leadership via [email protected] or by writing to the company’s registered address in London. Correspondence is reviewed and routed to the appropriate representatives for consideration and response.