Creating an Investment Policy Statement: Guidelines & TemplatesWhat is an Investment Policy Statement? The IPS provides the foundation for all future investment decisions to be made by an investor.It serves as a guidepost, identifying goals, creating a system and discipline for a decisions. A client said,"Once the trustees adopted the Investment Policy Statement, we found that we were making our decisions in a deliberate fashion, rather than in the "heat of battle."Since we'd already thought about how things would get done under a variety of circumstances, we no longer found ourselves getting emotional. Planning ahead makes it easier for all of us when the investment markets get turbulent." If you are an investment advisor, financial planner, stock broker, insurance agent, CPA or attorney advising your clients about their money, this innovative book will be a key tool for working with clients. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The History of Prudent Investing | 15 |
Returning to the Beginning | 51 |
Know the Time Horizon | 57 |
Write the Investment Policy Statement | 64 |
Building an Investment Policy Statement | 93 |
Guidelines for Working with Qualified Plans | 121 |
Conclusion | 129 |
Sample Risk Tolerance Questionnaire | 139 |
Sample IPS Documents | 157 |
Sample Executive Summary for File | 333 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Creating an Investment Policy Statement: Guidelines & Templates |
| Authors | Norman M. Boone, Linda S. Lubitz |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | AdvisorPress, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0975344803, 9780975344804 |
| Length | 335 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General |
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