by admin | Sep 23, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
The opening session at this year’s GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) came along with some unexpected scary stuff. The topic was pooled funds, and the speakers (Annie Lo and Ann Putallaz) provided us with some insights into a guidance statement...
by admin | Sep 19, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Four of us from our company (Chris Spaulding, Jed Schneider, and Steve Sobhi are joining me) are in beautiful Boston for the annual GIPS(R) conference. As we have for roughly the past 15 years, we are sponsoring this event. I didn’t attend last year, and...
by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Probably sparked by (a) my discovery of the TV show, The Big Bang Theory, and (b) the fairly recent news about the Higgs boson, I recently began reading Leon Lederman’s The God Particle. Mind you, I have JUST begun, but already stumbled upon something...
by admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
A few years ago, when our younger son, Douglas, began to participate in the “Tough Mudder” events, he called to tell us how he did. He told my wife that he finished in, as I recall, something like two hours. My wife responded with great pride. When she...
by admin | Sep 12, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
TSG and Brightscope announced today that UAPS is now open for public comment.We are very pleased that the announcement has already garnered some attention: both MarketWatch and InvestmentNews have run stories, with more expected. The public comment period will last...
by admin | Sep 9, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I’m probably beating a dead horse, but will persevere, regardless.This past weekend’s WSJ had an interesting article by Stephen Hawking (“A Brief History of a Best Seller”), in which he discusses his famed book’s origin. His editor...
