Global Reporting Principles Implementation Timeline

Release 1 (2024) Release 2 (2026) Release 3 (Date TBD)
M1 Investment Management Costs Private disclosure
  • Identify gaps in total investment cost capture and reporting
  • Report total fund and asset class:
    • Base management fees gross of offsets
    • Performance fees on either an accrual or paid basis
    • Underlying base fees
  • Attribute all internal asset management costs to asset classes
  • Report costs by implementation style (e.g., internal/external, passive/active, etc.)
  • Estimate missing asset management costs
  • Report within three months of your year-end
  • Everything in Release 1
  • Report:
    • Underlying performance fees on either an accrual or paid basis
    • Explicit transaction costs
  • Estimate missing transaction costs
  • Everything in Release 2
  • Report:
    • All non-invoiced asset management and transaction costs incurred inside investment vehicles
    • Performance fees on an accrued basis
    • All underlying costs
    • Implicit bid/ask spreads for fixed income
Public disclosure
  • Disclose total fund and asset class asset management costs and transaction costs (as a % of assets)
  • Disclose total fund internal operating expenses, base fees, and performance fees
  • Report prior year costs
  • Explain whether reported costs comply with the above
  • Disclose estimates and the basis of estimates
  • Everything in Release 1
  • NB: Explain whether reported costs comply with the above
  • Everything in Release 2
  • NB: Explain whether reported costs comply with the above
M2 Pension Administration Costs Private disclosure
  • Report total pension administration costs (per active member and annuitant)
  • Provide a breakdown of material administration costs
  • Report within three months of your year-end
Not necessary Not necessary
Public disclosure
  • Same as private disclosure (above)
  • Report prior year costs
Not necessary Not necessary

1. We will recommend implementation objectives before 2026.