We, as investors, do not feel we are at the point yet where it is necessary to ban managers from using experts. Furthermore, we will still invest in managers that do utilise the services of experts. However, it is essential for us to hold managers to a higher standard and demand that they implement specific practices.

—Joshua Barlow, associate director at PAAMCO, underscoring the importance of sharing and enacting robust firm-level compliance policies in the absence of regulator-derived policies: via COO Connect