by David Spaulding | Oct 14, 2016 | GIPS, GIPS compliance, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
GIPS Survey Time The GIPS(R) Executive Committee has posted a survey here, and they’d like your input. The survey will only take you a few minutes. One question they ask is what changes you’d make to the Standards. I offered three: Change the composite...
by David Spaulding | Jul 14, 2016 | performance measurement, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance, Investment Performance Guy, performance attribution, return measurement, Training
Almost ten years ago, 25 investment professionals gathered in New Brunswick, NJ for an intensive week of performance measurement training at the first ever Performance Measurement Boot Camp. And while demand for this class has never gone away, we just didn’t...
by David Spaulding | Feb 5, 2016 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
A new GIPS guidance statement has arrived There’s a new sheriff in town (in the form of a new GIPS guidance statement), and he’s carrying some seriously new proposed requirements for GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) compliant firms who are...
by David Spaulding | Aug 21, 2015 | GIPS, GIPS verification, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy
I just completed the second quarter 2015 non-GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) verification for a client. We generally recommend only doing annual, but are very happy to do quarterly (for GIPS or non-GIPS), as they mean more revenue for our firm (we...
by David Spaulding | Aug 12, 2015 | discretion, GIPS, GIPS standards, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
Let’s face it, there’s a lot about the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)) that can be confusing, and much is owed to some of the terminology that’s used. This post will only focus on one of those terms: discretionary, as in “all...
by David Spaulding | Jul 28, 2015 | GIPS, GIPS verification, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance examinations
Neminem id agere ut ex alterius praedetur inscitia [No one should prey on another’s ignorance] No, I’m not showing off my knowledge of Latin (although learning it should be added to my “bucket list”). This line comes from the 16th century...
