by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Apr 9, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
An Expert Level CIPM candidate recently emailed me regarding a question on the sample exam found on the CFA Institute website in the CIPM Program area at this link. Specifically they asked a question regarding question #12, which asks about the shortfall risk of the...
by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Apr 8, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
Readers of my blog at the former location may remember that I covered this subject in a previous post… somehow that post did not get converted to the new location of the blog on this website, so I am re-addressing the subject here. Thus, most of the content is...
by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Apr 7, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
Continuing on the theme of errata, the CIPM Program recently made a change to one of the Learning Outcome Statements in the Return Measurement study session at the Expert Level. I am happy to see this change made, as I made this suggestion several years ago. One of...
by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Apr 6, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
Last week I discovered an error in a diagram in the Fixed Income Attribution reading at the Expert Level of the CIPM curriculum. I have made CFA Institute aware of the error and suspect they will issue a correction soon, but I want to make candidates aware of this in...
by David Spaulding | Apr 6, 2015 | Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
Seriously, does this lineup look like folks you’d want to buy a used car from? Perhaps not, but it’s a group that did share some interesting insights last week regarding investment performance analysis. Investment Performance Analysis Webinar, sponsored by...