by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | attribution, performance attribution
TSG recently completed its most recent survey, which deals with performance attribution. Jed Schneider, CIPM, FRM discussed many of the results at a luncheon held in NYC, where we learned that, as with the prior three editions of this research, most folks prefer...
by admin | Dec 14, 2011 | attribution
I am working on a research project, where I am creating a variety of portfolios to compare the implementation of transaction-based attribution versus holdings-based. I began this study more than a year ago with my first test portfolio, and am now putting several more...
by admin | Dec 8, 2011 | attribution, performance attribution
I got an email from a client recently, asking how one should treat the case where a manager has zero exposure to one of the sectors in the benchmark.If you are using one of the Brinson models and simply use the formulas as written, you’ll find that the...
by admin | Dec 1, 2011 | attribution
I got an email from someone today asking how to calculate transaction-based attribution. I addressed this during our recent Attribution Week, but will touch on it briefly here, and in greater detail in this month’s newsletter.Recall that attribution relies on...
by admin | Aug 2, 2011 | attribution, interaction
I had a conversation with a client last week, where we addressed a variety of aspects regarding performance attribution. They asked how common it is for firms to report their interaction effect. While I don’t believe we’ve addressed this question in any of...
by admin | Jun 9, 2011 | attribution, currency
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, the editorial writer Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. wrote a piece about Goldman Sachs, explaining how they, and their chairman, Lloyd Blankfein, are being vindicated, as the SEC’s attempt to shift attention from their (the...
