by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, internal rate of return, IRR, IRR calculation, performance measurement
A CIPM Principles candidate sent an email asking how to calculate the internal rate of return in the exercise shown in Example 26 in the CIPM Principles Curriculum (on page 198). In this example, the following information is given:Account market value on 3/31 is...
by admin | Sep 25, 2012 | CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, CIPM Q and A
Tomorrow, I will be hosting an open Q & A (question and answer) session for CIPM candidates. This is a chance for you to ask questions as you are (hopefully) doing your final studying for October’s exams! The session is open to both Principles...
by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, duties to employer, employee loyalty to employer, ethics, loyalty, Standards of Professional Conduct, whistle-blowing
There was good news in the media this morning, as the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded a former UBS employee in the amount of $104 million USD for “whistle-blowing” regarding activities at UBS that assisted some of the firm’s...
by admin | Sep 1, 2012 | cash flow timing, cash flows, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, performance measurement, rate of return calculations
A Principles Level candidate emailed me the following problem, and asked me about how to interpret the timing of the cash flows: In this case, given that they tell you that the fair valuations are inclusive of the flows, my interpretation would be that the timing of...
by admin | Aug 25, 2012 | CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM Principles, GIPS, performance measurement
Last week, when I was teaching TSG’s CIPM Exam prep class for the Principles Level, a student asked me for help with a question on a sample exam from CFA Institute. The question read: Which of the following is most likely not a requirement of the GIPS...
by admin | Aug 20, 2012 | CFA exams, CIPM, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, composite dispersion, external dispersion, internal dispersion, Standard Deviation, statistics, TI BA II Plus, tracking error
Last week I taught our CIPM prep classes for the Principles and Expert Levels, and the commonly asked question about the fastest way to do standard deviation came up.I will take this opportunity to refer to an old blog post (found here) that covered how to this using...
