by David Spaulding | Feb 7, 2018 | GIPS Policies & Procedures, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
When it comes to crafting your GIPS(R) Policies & Procedures, one of the first things you need to settle on is what your STYLE will be. Recall that GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) requires written policies & procedures. This task is often...
by David Spaulding | Feb 1, 2018 | benchmarks, GIPS, GIPS standards, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
With this post, I feel that I am risking a charge of blasphemy, as I dare to take on what appears to be something sacred: The benchmark criteria. What criteria? You know, those seven (now eight) items that the CFA Institute has championed for quite some time....
by David Spaulding | Jan 17, 2018 | GIPS, GIPS verification, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
We’ve recently learned that some GIPS(R) verifiers have both their clients and employees in handcuffs. And, to this we have a simple question: why? Handcuffing GIPS verification clients A number of firms have expressed interest in switching their...
by David Spaulding | Nov 27, 2017 | asset owners, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
In the spirit of the GIPS(R) standards, let’s begin with a bit of “full disclosure.” I’m one of the 17 Americans who have yet to use Uber. Furthermore, I’m not a fan. And why is that? Well, taxi owners in New York City must spend...
by David Spaulding | Oct 24, 2017 | GIPS, GIPS 20/20, GIPS standards, GIPS verification, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, superannuation fund
I’m in Sydney, Australia this week, where I spoke at the annual iPARM conference, and tomorrow will host, for the first time, a workshop titled Performance Measurement Trivia & Oddities. We will shortly put this on as a full day webinar (November 28),...
by David Spaulding | Sep 20, 2017 | Global Investment Performance Standards, GIPS, Investment Performance Guy
Getting quoted I spent about eight years in politics, from 1996 to 2004. In 1996 I ran for my township’s council, and lost. I was encouraged to run again, and the next year was elected by a “landslide.” Two years later, I ran for mayor, and...
