Firm Description Invesco Real Estate Management S.à r.l. (“IREM”) IREM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco International Holdings
Limited. IREM, with its ultimate parent Invesco Ltd. (“IVZ”) and all IVZ
subsidiaries, constitute the Invesco Group (“Invesco”). IREM acts as an
investment adviser to a number of direct real estate funds, funds of
direct real estate funds (“Funds of Funds”) and funds with a single
investor that would not qualify as pooled investment vehicles under U.S.
law.
IREM is an authorized Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM)
under Luxembourg law, regulated by the Luxembourg Financial
Supervisory Agency, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur
Financier (CSSF). IREM provides investment management services,
including both risk management and portfolio management functions for
the funds that it manages.
IREM appoints Invesco affiliates which provide certain investment
advisory services including portfolio management, asset management
and transaction services in regard to real estate and real estate related
investments of its managed Funds. IREM also performs the central
administration activities for funds it manages.
IREM was previously filing with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission as an Exempt Reporting Adviser.
History
IREM is part of Invesco Real Estate (“IRE”), the real estate investment
center of Invesco. IREM was founded in 2007 and has formed and
managed IRE European funds since then. It established a full-time office
in Luxembourg in September 2011 to service the growing number of
funds.
IREM currently manages real estate investment funds for international
institutional clients or “well-informed” clients as defined by applicable
Luxembourgish law via a wide range of fund strategies investing directly
and indirectly in office, retail, industrial and hotel sectors and in property
markets in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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Types of Advisory Services IREM provides investment advice to:
- open-end and closed-end commingled funds excepted from the definition
of “investment company” pursuant to Sections 3(c)(7) and/or 3(c)(1) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Private Funds”);
- commingled funds not offered to U.S. persons and
- funds with a single investor that would not qualify as pooled investment
vehicles under U.S. law (together, these commingled funds, Private Funds
and funds with a single investor are generally referred to as the “Funds”
in this brochure)
IREM only advises Funds pursuing a real estate or real estate related
investment strategy.
The investment objectives and guidelines applicable to the Funds advised
by IREM are applied at the Fund level, rather than being customized for
individual Fund investors.
In the future, IREM reasonably expects to manage Funds on a parallel
basis managed by affiliated advisers as well as to extend its management
capabilities to advise Funds pursuing a private equity, private debt or
infrastructure strategy.
Asset Management
As of December 31, 2018, IREM managed approximately USD 12.2 billion
of assets. IREM managed approximately USD 10.4 billion on a
discretionary basis and the remaining USD 1.8 billion on a non-
discretionary basis.
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Description The fees described in this section are strictly for the provision of
investment advisory services and do not include other fees that a client
account may incur, such as custody fees or fees charged by other service
providers retained by the clients’ accounts. IREM does not receive, or
participate in the sharing of, custody fees or otherwise receive any
benefit as a result of custodial arrangements entered into by its clients’
accounts.
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IREM is typically entitled to a management fee in relation to the Funds.
Management fees vary from Fund to Fund. For most of them, they are
calculated as a percentage of the net asset value (range from 70 bps to
130 bps) or of the gross asset value of the Funds on the last day of the
respective period (quarter or month). IREM reserves the right to waive
the management fee on a client account.
Based on an investor’s eligible assets invested in certain real estate-
related products managed by IRE or its affiliates, certain Fund investors
will receive a discount on asset management fees. Further, Funds may
provide different fee discounts based on objective criteria an investor may
meet, e.g., based on the amount of committed investment in the Fund.
IREM provides ancillary services (e.g., bookkeeping, administration,
corporate secretarial, lease, directorship and review of financial
information and accounts) to the Funds and their respective
Luxembourgish subsidiaries it manages. The costs incurred by IREM in
providing these services may be recharged to the Funds if they are not
covered by the management fee as specified in the respective Fund
offering materials.
IREM-managed Funds may charge transaction-based fees and incentive
fees, in addition to management fees, each as specified in the Fund
offering materials. These fees may either be paid to IREM or to IRE
affiliates advising the Fund in its investments.
Finally, the Funds’ governing document(s) generally provide that funds
will bear “dead deal” costs and expenses (such as due diligence, travel,
legal and accounting) related to potential investments allocated thereto,
even if the fund ultimately does not consummate the transaction. These
“dead deal” costs are described further in the governing document(s) of
each Fund along with its respective disclosure documents.
Please refer to the relevant offering memorandum for further information.
Fee Billing Management fees are billed at the end of the relevant period. Transaction,
performance or incentive fees, if any, are billed when due. Fees are not
payable before the service is provided. Payment in full is expected upon
invoice presentation.
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Management Conflicts of Interest Relating to Performance Based Fees When Engaging in Side-by-Side Management When an adviser like IREM manages multiple Funds (“side-by-side
management”) many differing structures having a variety of investment
objectives, policies, strategies, fees, limitations and restrictions, conflicts
of interest may arise such that IREM could favor one account over another
account.
As an example, IREM manages certain Funds that are charged a
performance-based fee in addition to an asset-based fee. In the case of
Funds with similar investment strategies, IREM and its affiliates have a
financial incentive to favor such Funds by directing the best investment
ideas and/or investments to those with performance-based fees or higher
management fees because they could have an opportunity to earn greater
fees.
How those Potential Conflicts are addressed
IREM adopted IRE procedures for allocating portfolio transactions across
multiple accounts to mitigate this kind of potential conflict. If more than
one client qualifies as potential buyer, IRE will allocate such limited
investment opportunities among such Funds on a “rotational” basis to
ensure fair allocation of investment opportunities to all clients according
to these procedures. Any exception is subject to the rules of the Conflict
of Interest Policy and documented accordingly.
Furthermore, IREM manages Funds consistent with applicable law, and
follows procedures that are reasonably designed to treat clients fairly and
to prevent any client or group of clients from being systematically
favored or disadvantaged.
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IREM provides investment advice to Funds that are reserved for
professional investors or “well-informed” investors as defined by
applicable Luxembourgish law.
Investors are mainly international institutional clients including insurance
companies, pension funds, asset managers and fund of funds.
The minimum investment in a Fund is typically EUR/USD/GBP 5-10
million, although the respective Fund documentation gives IREM the
discretion to waive this requirement. For Funds targeting “well-informed”
investors this could be lower, e.g. EUR 125,000. All investors in the
Funds that are “U.S. persons” must meet certain minimum qualifications,
including being “qualified purchasers,” as specified in the subscription
materials for each Fund or Sub-Fund.
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Strategies and Risk of Loss Methods of Analysis & Investment Strategies
IREM manages funds having different real estate or real estate related
strategies such as core, core-plus, value-add, opportunistic and fund of
funds strategies. Their common theme is that they are all invested in
private (unlisted) European, U.S. and Asian real estate. IRE is research-
led and the real estate market research provides the basis for the
strategic view which is then supplemented by the “on the ground”
execution by the local European transaction and asset management
teams.
IRE’s investment philosophy is underpinned by two fundamental
principles – to maximize the predictability and consistency of investment
returns and to control risk at every step of the investment process and
portfolio design. This is achieved through a systematic approach that
incorporates top-down economic and market research as well as in-depth
bottom-up analysis based on the knowledge and skills of our experts in
our well-established platform of local offices across Europe.
IREM’s Funds are spread across geography, risk return spectrum and
sectors. This provides experience in and access to most European and
Global markets across a range of strategies. However, at the core of all
investments is the belief that it is the real estate that will ultimately
underpin returns and therefore transactions will only be undertaken if the
fundamental real estate investment is a sound one.
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Please refer to the relevant offering documents for more information for
each strategy.
Risk of Loss IREM has a risk management policy describing the systems, controls and
procedures that enable the company to assess risk for each Fund and
manage the exposure of that Fund to market, liquidity, credit,
counterparty and operational risks. IREM maintains a permanent risk
management function, supported by the Invesco risk function.
The risk function represents a “second line of defense” to help protect the
Funds from different risks to which they are exposed. The “first line of
defense” is performed by fund management function, who in the first
instance seeks to mitigate risks through a robust investment process and
day-to-day controls. The risk manager, in turn, implements a “second
line of defense” risk management process, which is proportionate to the
nature, scale and complexity of the business of IREM and of each Fund in
order to:
• Identify, measure, manage and monitor at any time the market,
liquidity, credit/leverage, counterparty and operational risks to
which the funds are or might be exposed;
• Monitor that the investment strategies and the risk profile of each
fund disclosed to investors are aligned with the internal risk limits
approved by IREM and with any contractual/regulatory limits;
• Monitor that the current level of risk is aligned to the risk limits;
• Highlight the need of timely remedial actions in the best interest of
investors in the event of actual or anticipated breaches of the risk
limits; and
• Conduct stress-tests at least annually to address risks arising from
potential changes in market conditions (historical/hypothetical
scenarios) that might adversely impact the funds.
Any deficiency detected by the risk manager is reported to the IREM
board of managers.
In addition, IREM benefits from several methodologies in place at the IRE
level and systems to manage risk and to ensure consistent application of
IRE’s investment philosophy and process.
The first process is the IRE “House View”, a research paper produced on
a semi-annual basis, which details economic and real estate forecasts for
primary market sectors covering the main markets in Europe, U.S. and
Asia Pacific. The House View identifies target markets, generates
appropriate underwriting assumptions and potential investment
strategies.
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On a semi-annual basis, the IRE investment teams undertake a formal
review of the House View and submit this to the investment committee
for approval. The House View combines the empirical and anecdotal
evidence from our investment disciplines, research, asset management
and acquisitions and sets forth where we see the best relative value from
both a property type allocation and market selection standpoint. Fund
management then incorporates the House View into Funds’ investment
plans and is charged with implementation.
In addition, IRE utilizes a team-oriented investment process. The team
includes, at the level of IREM sub-advisers, members from Fund
Management, Research, Acquisitions, Underwriting, Closing Services
(where in place), Transaction and Asset Management. Each member of
the investment team must sign-off on an investment and a potential
investment may be vetoed at any time by one member of the team. The
investment review process requires unanimous preliminary and final
investment committee approval. We believe it is important to provide
several independent checks throughout the due diligence of each
potential investment, and it is important to provide structural controls
within the ownership documents which limit risk exposure.
To further manage and minimize risk within the account, IREM or other
IRE entities will take the following measures:
• Purchase assets in IRE’s qualified markets
• Acquire assets that possess institutional-quality physical and locational
attributes that provide reasonable assurance of an adequate pool of
potential purchasers upon sale of the property
• Structure the investment to maximize the fund’s control
• Place restrictions on the maximum size of any one investment
• Diversify the strategies employed within the program
• Put all investments through IRE’s rigorous investment and due diligence
process
• Carefully monitor leverage levels and maturities consistent with the risk
expectations
• Carefully monitor tenant and industry exposure
• IRE’s Asset Management resources establish processes throughout the
holding period to mitigate risk and maximize value of each investment
IREM-managed Funds are also governed by the Fund documents which
include the investment guidelines. IREM Risk Manager reviews
compliance to guidelines as part of the quarterly reporting process. Any
potential issues related to investment guidelines would be shared with
the account's Advisory Committee or the client as well as Compliance.
Should a revision be needed, the change would be reflected as an
amendment to the Fund document and all investors would be notified of
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the change. All Fund management personnel are Invesco employees and
subject to Invesco Compliance policies.
For a comprehensive discussion on risk factors of the account, see the
“Risk Factors & Potential Conflicts of Interest” section in the respective
offering Memorandum.
Trading of Securities It is not advisable to trade real estate frequently; assets are typically
held on average for 5 years. Securities held by managed Funds are not
traded frequently in normal market conditions.
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Legal and Disciplinary
IREM and its employees have not been involved in legal or disciplinary
events related to past or present Invesco clients.
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Affiliations Financial Industry Activities
IREM appoints affiliated sub-advisers for the Funds under its
management but does not receive any compensation directly or indirectly
from those sub-advisers.
Broker – Dealer
IREM has entered into a Placement Agent Agreement with Invesco
Distributors, Inc., a registered broker-dealer with the SEC under the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a member of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) and the Securities Investor
Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). Invesco Distributors, Inc. provides the
following services to IREM: (i) acts as placement agent in connection with
the sale of interests in the Funds in the United States and (ii) helps select
dealers or other financial institutions to sell interests in the Funds.
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Furthermore, IREM has appointed the following affiliated entities as
introducers, placement agents or distributors in various non-U.S.
jurisdictions:
• Invesco Asset Management Limited
• Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH
• Invesco Asset Management (Switzerland) Ltd.
• Invesco Hong Kong Limited
• Invesco Asset Management Singapore Limited
• Invesco Australia Limited
Those entities provide introductory services as well as promotion and
support to IREM marketing activity for some Funds managed by IREM in
each country where they are lawfully authorized to do so.
Adviser and Sub-Adviser Arrangements
IREM, IREM-managed Funds or Fund subsidiaries have entered into
various sub-adviser arrangements with the following affiliated investment
advisers:
• Invesco Asset Management Limited
• Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH
• IRE (Cayman) Limited
• Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Certain other Invesco registered investment advisers may from time to
time have other arrangements not specified in this filing. For more
information regarding these related persons, please refer to filings made
with the SEC by the following related persons:
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited File No. 801-52601
Invesco Hong Kong Limited File No. 801-47856
Invesco Capital Management LLC File No. 801-61851
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. File No. 801-38119
Invesco Canada Ltd. File No. 801-62166
Invesco Private Capital, Inc. File No. 801-45224
WL Ross & Co. LLC. File No. 801-67779
Invesco Investment Advisers LLC File No. 801-1669
Invesco Global Real Estate Asia Pacific, Inc. File No. 801-74650
JEMSTEP, Inc. File No. 801-70734
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Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited File No. 801-108727
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in Client Transactions and Personal Trading Code of Ethics – Overview All employees of IREM (“Covered Persons”) have committed to a Code of
Ethics (“the Code”).
The Code applies to all employees and includes the following topics
among others:
• Prohibitions related to material, non-public information & inside
information;
• Personal securities investing; and
• Service as a director and other business opportunities.
This Code also imposes certain personal account dealing restrictions and
reporting obligations on employees. Adherence to the Code, both letter
and spirit, is a fundamental and absolute condition of employment with
IREM.
The Code cannot address every circumstance that may give rise to a
conflict, a potential conflict or an appearance of a conflict of interest.
Every employee should be alert to any actual, potential or appearance of
a conflict of interest with Invesco’s clients and to conduct himself or
herself with good judgment. Failure to exercise good judgment, as well as
violations of this Code, may result in the imposition of sanctions on the
employee, including suspension or dismissal. All Covered Persons are
required to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations and the
Code. Covered Persons shall promptly report any violations of law or
regulations or any provision of the Code of which they become aware to
the compliance officer or his/her designee.
The Code is available for review by clients and prospective clients upon
request.
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Statement of Fiduciary Principles A statement of fiduciary principles found in the Code denotes that as a
fiduciary, IREM owes a duty of loyalty to its clients. It is IREM’s policy
that all employees conduct themselves so as to avoid not only actual
conflicts of interest with IREM’s clients, but also that they refrain from
conduct which could give rise to the appearance of a conflict of interest
that may compromise the trust our clients have placed in us.
The Code is designed to ensure, among other things, that all employees’
personal securities transactions are conducted in accordance with the
following general principles:
• A duty at all times to place the interests of IREM’s clients first and
foremost;
• The requirement that all personal securities transactions be
conducted in a manner consistent with the Code and in such a
manner as to avoid any actual, potential or appearance of a
conflict of interest or any abuse of an employee's position of trust
and responsibility; and
• The requirement that employees should not take inappropriate
advantage of their positions.
IREM does not make political contributions with corporate funds. No
employees may, under any circumstances, use company funds to make
political contributions, nor may represent their personal political views as
being those of the company.
IREM does not tolerate bribery. Employees must not offer, give, request,
or agree to accept or accept financial or non-financial advantages of any
kind where the purpose is to influence a person to behave improperly in
their decisions or actions or to reward them for having done so.
Legislation as well as internal IREM policy exist to protect employees who
‘blow the whistle’ about wrongdoing within the firm. It shall encourage
employees to raise concerns internally in the first instance. IREM
employees should feel able to raise any such concerns internally,
confident that they will be dealt with properly and that all reasonable
steps will be taken to prevent victimization.
No employee should have ownership in or other interest in or
employment by any outside company which does business with IREM.
This does not apply to stock or other investments in a publicly held
company, provided that the stock and other investments do not, in the
aggregate, exceed 5% of the outstanding ownership interests of such
company. IREM may, following a review of the relevant facts, permit
ownership interests which exceed these amounts if management or the
board of managers, as appropriate, concludes that such ownership
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interests will not adversely affect Invesco’s business interests or the
judgment of the affected staff.
Finally, employees are prohibited from using personal hedging strategies
or remuneration or liability related contracts of insurance to undermine
any risk alignment effects embedded in their remuneration
arrangements.
Preclearance of Personal Account Trading and Blackout Restrictions
All transactions by employees that are subject to preclearance
requirements through Compliance are also subject to certain trading
restrictions.
Blackout Periods: An employee may not buy or sell, or permit any
Covered Account to buy or sell, a security or any instrument if there is
conflicting activity in an Invesco Client account.
Non-Investment Personnel. •
may not buy or sell a Covered Security within two trading days after a
Client trades in that security; and
•
may not buy or sell a Covered Security if there is a Client order on that
security currently with the trading desk.
Investment Personnel. •
may not buy or sell a Covered Security within three trading days
before or after a Client trades in that security; and
•
may not buy or sell a Covered Security if there is a Client order on that
security with the trading desk.
As part of IRE, all IREM employees are required to seek pre-clearance of
personal real estate transactions and real estate financing through
Compliance.
Conflicts IREM’s policy is to avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest but,
where they unavoidably occur, to record, manage, and disclose them to
prevent abuse and protect our clients, employees and other
counterparties.
Employee Co-investment Program IREM or Invesco employees, including fund managers, may be able to
invest directly or indirectly in certain IREM-managed Funds. This is
considered to be a positive alignment of interests and is encouraged by
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Invesco. However, such investment raises the potential for there to be an
incentive for these funds to be managed to meet the personal objectives
of the fund managers rather than in the best interests of the other
investors, and for the fund manager to favor the fund he has invested in
over other funds he manages. This potential risk is mitigated by the fact
that all IREM or Invesco employees including fund managers´ direct or
indirect investments in IREM managed Funds are subject to the
governing document(s) of each employee Fund.
Inducements and Business Entertainments and Gifts
Non-monetary benefit inducements as gifts and entertainments are
received and given that may influence behavior in a way that conflicts
with the interests of IREM’s clients. IREM has an Inducements (Non-
Monetary Benefits) Policy covering gifts, benefits & entertainment
(“Inducements Policy”) which details, depending on the investment
service provided, what is acceptable or reasonable. Only non-monetary
benefits that do not impair IREM’s duty to act in the best interests of our
clients are allowed by the policy. Records are maintained and non-
monetary benefits both received and given are monitored. All Invesco
employees must, as part of the annual Code declaration, confirm that
they have complied with the Inducements Policy. Moreover, Compliance
monitors the respect of this policy.
Inside Information
A potentially significant conflict that could arise in rare circumstances is
that some of IREM’s staff, to varying degrees, could have access to
material, non-public information concerning real estate investments or
potential investments which may affect the market price. Prior to any
personal real estate transaction, IREM employees must fully disclose the
details of any material non-public information held to the local
compliance officer who will decide whether the transaction can go ahead
based on strict personal account dealing rules and the Code. In addition,
periodic compliance monitoring checks are carried out.
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Not applicable as we do not execute transactions on behalf of clients with
broker-dealers.
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Client Account Reviews At least every six months, each Fund is subject to review by the “Fund
Strategy Review Committee” (“FSRC”) at IRE level. The FSRC is a sub-set
of the investment committee. For each review, the fund manager is
required to provide a full update of the Fund and its proposed future
strategy in accordance with a closely defined set of criteria. Prior to the
update, the fund manager will have had to liaise with the asset
management, research and acquisition teams to assess the overall fund
strategy, individual asset business plans and then develop proposals for
the Fund’s future strategy. The proposals are reviewed by the FSRC and
if accepted, approved.
Client Reporting At a minimum, client reports are delivered in writing on a quarterly basis
although at times more frequently. Each quarterly report contains,
among other elements, the profile of the portfolio, quarterly financial
statements, the description of recent transactions, an update on the
Fund’s performance, a status on compliance with investment limits and a
section on financing and financial risk management process.
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Incoming Referrals
IREM has received client referrals over the years. The referrals came
from current clients, counterparties and other similar sources. IREM has
not paid a fee to any third parties for such referrals.
Referrals Out Invesco does not accept referral fees or any form of remuneration from
other professionals when a prospect or client is referred to them.
Other Compensation None
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IREM is deemed to have custody of client assets, requiring it to comply
with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended (“Custody Rule”), with respect of U.S. investors
in IREM-managed Funds. For certain Funds it manages that qualify for
the audit exemption, IREM complies with the Custody Rule by
maintaining client funds or securities with a qualified custodian (as
defined in the Custody Rule) and distributing audited financial statements
of the investment vehicle to all its U.S. investors therein within 120 days
after fiscal year end. IREM does not serve in a custodian role for U.S.
mutual funds or any other accounts or securities for clients.
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Certain IREM Funds are managed with discretion in line with the
restrictions and limitations set out in the Fund offering documents such
as:
• value of the building that can be purchased;
• markets (countries) permitted to buy in;
• limited concentrations; and
• diversification criteria.
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Financial Condition IREM does not have any financial impairment that will preclude the firm
from meeting contractual commitments to clients.
A balance sheet is not required to be provided because IREM does not
require prepayment of fees of more than $1,200 per client, and six
months or more in advance.
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Glossary of Terms IREM Invesco Real Estate Management S.à r.l.
IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Invesco IVZ and all its subsidiaries IRE Invesco Real Estate SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S.
regulator
Code Code of Ethics adopted by IREM
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