4 The Legal Duties Arising from the Provision of Investment Advisory and Management Services
This chapter discusses the legal duties owed by investment managers to their clients arising from the provision of investment advisory and management services. It first considers the key documents that establish the legal relationship between fund managers and investors before explaining the investment manager’s duty of care and fiduciary duty of loyalty to the client. It then examines the contracts involved in private investment funds between the fund vehicle and the fund manager, along with the fiduciary duties of directors of limited companies. It also analyses the impact of structure of investment management firms on legal duties, taking into account multiple management vehicles, the effect of fund management economics on legal structures, and the dividing line between fund manager and investors.