by admin | Oct 4, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
TSG’s official October webinar (yesterday’s was actually for September; John Simpson had an extremely busy month, which included a trip to the Middle East to conduct training) will be GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) fundamentals, that...
by admin | Oct 4, 2011 | CIPM, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, composite dispersion, external dispersion, GIPS, internal dispersion, Standard Deviation, TI BA II Plus, tracking error
CIPM candidates are required to be able to calculate standard deviations for several purposes, including:the dispersion of annual portfolio returns within a composite (internal dispersion)the variability of a composite’s past 36 months of returns (external...
by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | risk
When Herb Chain (of Deloitte), Matt Forstenhausler (of E&Y), and I used to regularly teach AIMR-PPS(R) and then GIPS(R) courses (first for AIMR, then for the CFA Institute), one thing we could be sure of: Herb would reference former U.S. Supreme Court...
by admin | Oct 2, 2011 | CIPM, CIPM exam prep, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, GIPS, TSG
On this coming Monday, October 3, 2011, I will be hosting our next webcast, which will be an open Q & A (question and answer) session for candidates preparing for the CIPM exams (both Principles Level and Expert Level).The session is free for CIPM candidates that...
by admin | Sep 29, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Pollster and word guru Frank Luntz is known for his admonition, “it’s not what you say; it’s what people hear.” This rang true for me this week.I did a talk on Tuesday at the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) titled...
