by TSG | Mar 13, 2019 | annualized returns, money-weighted return, Performance Perspectives Newsletter
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by TSG | Mar 14, 2018 | annualized returns, money-weighted return, Performance Perspectives Newsletter
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by David Spaulding | Jul 31, 2017 | pension funds, asset owners, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, IRR, money-weighted return, performance measurement, time-weighted return, time-weighting
This is the time of year when many pension funds report their returns for the prior fiscal year. And often, the reported returns were calculated using a time-weighted method. But, is this appropriate? Or, perhaps, is more needed? In my way of thinking, pension...
by David Spaulding | Jun 16, 2017 | time-weighting, geometric linking, internal rate of return, Investment Performance Guy, IRR, money-weighted return, money-weighting, time-weighted, time-weighted return
Sometimes, the labels don’t matter We just finished our European conference PMAR, an event that we felt was a huge success. And, as I often do, I made an attempt to interject a bit of humor. A favorite label of mine to pick on is “regular coffee,” as...
by David Spaulding | Jul 1, 2016 | Investment Performance Guy, internal rate of return, IRR, money-weighted return, money-weighting
On the first day of this long July 4th weekend, I’m reading a book that is quite timely, which just came in: “Towards an Imperfect Union,” by Dalibor Rohac. It’s excellent, simply excellent, and I’m learning a great deal. The...
by David Spaulding | Jun 14, 2016 | rates of return, Investment Performance Guy, money-weighted return, money-weighting, time-weighted return, time-weighting
I recently conducted a software certification for a software vendor. I found some issues with their application of rates of return, and we’ve been going back-and-forth on it. One issue that arose was my belief that money-weighting is the appropriate...
