by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I often get into discussions with clients and students about how benchmarks should be treated. For example, a few years ago I spoke with a hedge fund manager and suggested that he didn’t manage against any benchmarks; he quickly corrected me saying he did. But...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
Well, you’ll have a bit longer of a wait than I had anticipated. I thought the book would be available by year-end, but it now appears that it won’t be ready until late 2011 and perhaps not until early 2012. No doubt the massive changes to the GIPS(R)...
by admin | Oct 1, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
At yesterday’s GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) conference in San Francisco, someone asked a question about the legitimacy or appropriateness of GIPS verifiers who don’t bother to show up at their clients’ offices to conduct...