CAIA Level 2 · Question 1
Which statement best describes the role of manager retention criteria within an Investment Policy Statement?
- A.Establishing formal conditions and thresholds for reviewing or terminating an existing manager.
- B.Establishing formal conditions and thresholds for screening and onboarding a prospective manager.
- C.Mandating the immediate termination of any manager experiencing a single period of underperformance.
- D.Removing all quantitative benchmark comparisons from ongoing external manager performance evaluations.
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Answer A. Retention criteria guide the review of an existing manager. Initial selection is a different task, and one weak period need not automatically require termination.
