by admin | Feb 23, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, value at risk
We had to reschedule yesterday’s webinar on VaR (Value at Risk): the new date is Wednesday, March 10, at 11:00 EST. We will hold a second webinar in March to discuss the planned changes to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)) (GIPS 2010). It...
by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Standard Deviation
Let’s address the subject of standard deviation, but not from a risk perspective, but rather as a dispersion measure. Way back in 1997, when the AIMR Performance Presentation Standards (AIMR-PPS(R)) introduced the requirement for firms to disclose a measure of...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
The CFA Institute announced the release of the newest version of the Global Investment Performance Standards: GIPS 2010. We recommend you get a copy of the new GIPS(R) standards and begin to familiarize yourself with it, as there are loads of changes you’ll need...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Madoff
The Global Investment Performance Standards’ (GIPS(R)) latest edition, GIPS 2010, mandates that firms have a written policy to ensure the existence and ownership of client assets (see paragraph 0.A.5). I suggested a few days ago that this was most likely in...
by admin | Feb 12, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
If you’re not old enough to remember what undercoating is, I’ll provide a brief explanation. Invariably, if you were going to buy a car 15 years or so ago, the salesman would try to talk you into adding “undercoating.” What was undercoating? It...
by admin | Feb 10, 2010 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards
It isn’t difficult to recognize that some of the changes planned for the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)) in 2011 are the result of the misdeeds of one Bernie Madoff. I’ve already commented on the increased attention examinations are...
