by David Spaulding | Feb 1, 2019 | Investment Performance Guy, performance examinations
I’m going to be doing more “VBlogs” (Video Blogs), as I’m finding them an interesting way to share my thoughts and insights. This one deals with emotion in performance measurement, as stated in the title: that is, having some degree of...
by David Spaulding | Jan 9, 2019 | Performance measurement conference, Investment Performance Guy, PMAR
Performance Measurement Conference? We’re counting down (or is it up?) to 30! My, how time flies (as the saying goes)! We launched the PMAR conferences (Performance Measurement, Attribution & Risk) in 2003. Our conference schedule for 2019 is: PMAR...
by David Spaulding | Dec 11, 2018 | PMAR, Attribution & Risk, GIPS, GIPS 20/20, GIPS 2020, GIPS standards, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, Performance measurement conference
PMAR 2019 Agenda Draws a Singular Question We recently published the agenda for our upcoming PMAR (Performance Measurement, Attribution & Risk) North America conference, and have been asked the same question by several colleagues: “Why isn’t there a...
by David Spaulding | Nov 20, 2018 | ETF, benchmarks, Exchange Traded Fund, GIPS, Investment Performance Guy, market index
ETFs as benchmarks: is it time? A topic that continues to gain attention is the massive increases that have occurred with market indexes. We regularly hear stories of firms being required to pay multiples of what they had been for some of the major ones....
by David Spaulding | Nov 6, 2018 | Spaulding Verification Services, GIPS, GIPS verification, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
At the end a recent GIPS® 2020 webinar, I included a slide like the one above. It was, in a sense, a “word from your sponsor.” This is the time of year when many firms begin to think about their next year’s verification. Before you get too far down that path,...
