These conflicts exist regarding of whether the consultant explicitly offers advice on brokerage matters.
Consequently when the trustee pressed for disclosure, the consultant had no choice but to refuse.
The greater the degree of influence the consultant has, the greater the opportunity for financial reward.
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Fifth, the consultant may earn additional brokerage from terminating managers and funding new managers.
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In addition to questionable performance figures, the consultant reports we have reviewed are seriously deficient.
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The consultant disclose any compensation received by the consultant from any manager it recommends hiring.
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Is the consultant encouraging its clients to soft dollar or recapture commissions by offering the option?
Company A confronted the consultant, accusing him of violating his nondisclosure agreement (and being unethical).
"These are never easy, and there are always glitches, " said Mr. Jenkins, the consultant.
The consultant also said medical notes in the hospital were poor by modern standards.
Furthermore, hospital waiting times start when the consultant gives the go-ahead for an operation.
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Tanya Palmer, from trade union Unison, gave her backing to the views of the consultant.
In this fourth situation the consultant is earning additional compensation from the manager, not the fund itself.
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Independent of your potential contract, does the consultant have its own corporate code of conduct to address anti-corruption?
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Is the consultant offering an opinion on the merits of soft dollaring or recapturing by offering the facility?
The losers in this showdown between trustee, his board and the consultant are the participants in the fund.
The consultant's report suggested replacing the "gyratory" system with two-way roads, and providing more pedestrian crossings and signs.
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The consultant may receive brokerage, investment advisory fees, or special treatment as an investor from the hedge fund operators.
After that, the entire team boycotted the consultant, and his contract was quietly terminated after a couple of weeks.
The consultant may favor the manager purely because of the prior employment relationship.
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Does the consultant disclose that a former employee now works for the manager?
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The question is not simply how much money the consultant has received surreptitiously.
FORBES: The Duty To Investigate Pension Consultant Conflicts (September 1, 2001)
And where the consultant gatekeeper is corrupt, where you have corruption at the top, it infects the entire organism.
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"When you're eating these things, you've had 500, 600, 800, 900 calories before you know it, " said the consultant.
In one state I was told by a Board member that many Board members had private accounts with the consultant.
Also, the degree of influence the consultant has in the search process varies greatly from plan sponsor to plan sponsor.
And, of course, the consultant will deny that there are any situations where he has a substantial conflicting financial interest.
The inquiry said the consultant radiologist's techniques were out-dated, and he was not competent in certain areas of his work.
After a week of back and forth on the phone, the consultant told her she could get a 75% refund.
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Juliette DeCarteret, the consultant who sent the e-mail about the kickbacks, did not respond to a phone call seeking comment.
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