Learning
Principal Officer
An outline for the person who has to make the pack show the board's duty: contributions evidence, cost lines, and the questions that belong in the file.
Who it is for
Principal officers, and the administrators who prepare material for them.
Modules
- The pack as the working surface. What to assemble before the meeting, and what to leave out.
- Section 13A in the file. What 'doing enough' looks like as evidence. Not a compliance sign-off.
- TER lines. How to map cost lines without treating them as a quality score.
- Questions the board will ask again. Costs and disclosure, framed for the minute.
Briefings in this outline
- Board-pack hygiene: what belongs in the pack before the meeting starts
Practice note: treat the pack as the working surface for duty of care — not an invented FSCA-mandated TOC.
- Section 13A contributions: what 'doing enough' looks like in the board pack
A board-pack checklist for contribution oversight under s13A and Conduct Standard 1 — education, not a liability scare.
- TER & governance
Map TER lines in a board pack without treating them as a quality score.
- Disclosure basics for boards
Separate statutory disclosure from education material in board files.
- Practice notes
How boards and principal officers organise questions on costs and disclosure.
Legislation changes. This is an outline for education, not a full curriculum, a login, a CPD record, or a certificate. It is not FAIS advice and it does not rank products or funds. Read the official instrument and the fund's rules before a meeting.