by David Spaulding | Feb 22, 2016 | examinations, GIPS, Investment Performance Guy, performance examinations, performance measurement, verification
How a Latin phrase makes its way into performance measurement On my way to conduct a GIPS(R) verification, I was listening to Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz. As the book’s title suggests,...
by admin | Mar 22, 2012 | examinations, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, verification
By now, if you’re a regular (or even infrequent) reader of this blog and/or TSG’s newsletter, you know of my dislike for GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) performance examinations. I have commented at length as to how compliance with the...
by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | examinations, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, verification
#4 GIPS Performance ExaminationsWe have always been big supporters of GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) verifications: given the Standards’ complexity, it is very easy for firms to make mistakes.At one time it was expected that verifications...
by admin | Jul 26, 2011 | examinations, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
Yesterday’s WSJ carried an interesting op-ed piece (“SEC Smackdown”) regarding the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s attempt to alter the way committees are voted on, an idea that was called “unutterably mindless” by the D.C. (District of Columbia)...
by admin | Jul 25, 2011 | examinations, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, verification
In preparing for today’s webinar on GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) Performance Examinations, I constructed, what I believe to be, the first graphical depiction of the confusing history of verification:A brief explanation is in order:First, we...
by admin | Jul 20, 2011 | examinations, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
I don’t know about you, but often when I learn a new word I want to take ownership of it, by using it in sentences and making it part of my lexicon. To do this I often have to search for opportunities, which perhaps aren’t as elegant as they might...