by admin | Nov 16, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
While driving to Boston to moderate a panel on fixed income investing, my wife and I were listening to David Baldacci’s latest book, Zero Day. Early in the book he explains why folks in the UK drive on the left-hand side of the road. It apparently dates ...
by admin | Nov 15, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, real estate
The Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)) require compliant firms to make certain disclosures regarding the use and extent of leverage in their portfolios (See ¶ I.4.A.13).Does this include real estate?Answer: No!Yes, real estate investing is a leveraged...
by TSG | Nov 15, 2011 | GIPS, GIPS compliance, Performance Perspectives Newsletter
VOLUME 9 – ISSUE 3 November 2011 Download PDF...
by admin | Nov 9, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
One of our GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) verification clients posed the following question: “We have had the question come up here as to whether a potential limited partner in a partnership that we manage (managed in a similar manner to a...
by admin | Nov 7, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
I did not attend this year’s annual GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) conference in Chicago, though we sponsored it, and four of my colleagues were present. I learned that someone raised a question which I put forward here a few days ago,...
by admin | Nov 1, 2011 | composites, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
One of our GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) verification clients called to ask what’s the best practice for composite construction. Interesting question, I think.We first touched on the meaning of “best practice,” as it relates to...
