by admin | Sep 14, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, verification
I stumbled upon an asset manager’s website this week, which served as a good example of some of the problems that exist within the world of firms claiming compliance with GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards).This firm apparently has undergone a...
by admin | Sep 8, 2011 | aggregate method, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
You may recall that I have opined in the past about the problems I’ve discovered with the aggregate method, both several times in this blog, as well as in our newsletter; I also wrote an article on this topic.Some individuals who have read my materials argue...
by admin | Aug 28, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
You have perhaps heard that Abercrombie & Fitch is actually paying members of the reality show, Jersey Shore, money to not use their products; the individual known as “the situation” is one who has been particularly focused on. In this weekend’s...
by admin | Aug 19, 2011 | benchmarks, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
A client alerted me about a new Q&A that is on the GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) website. I’ll save you the trouble of looking it up, and provide the particulars here. First, the question: “For one of our composites, we use a...
by admin | Aug 12, 2011 | CIPM, Excel, Excel Tips and Tricks, GIPS, Investment Performance, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets
Granted, CIPM candidates are not able to use Microsoft Excel during their examinations. But one of the points I make to candidates that attend our CIPM Exam Prep Classes is that I do strongly believe that Microsoft Excel (or a similar spreadsheet software product) can...
by admin | Aug 8, 2011 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
Today’s Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article by Jaime Levy Pessin titled “Advisers’ Little Secret: Their Past Results.” It touches on the subject of financial advisers’ general lack of past performance for prospective clients.Many advisers...
