by admin | May 21, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I’m a little late in posting, as PMAR Day 2 was last Friday, but I’ve been recovering from a busy and exciting event. I think there was little doubt that this year’s program was the best, yet! It makes it difficult to continue our goal of always...
by admin | May 17, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Yesterday was the first day of the 11th annual Performance Measurement, Attribution & Risk Conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia. As expected, we had great speakers who provided a wealth of information and insights.The session kicked off with our...
by admin | May 14, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Last night TSG held a dinner, at which we celebrated anniversaries, accomplishments, and an announcement.Chris Spaulding, my older son and our firm’s EVP (Strategy & Business Development) has been with our firm for 10 years (as of last December; we’re...
by admin | May 7, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I don’t recall being as excited in the past for a conference as I am for this year’s Performance Measurement, Attribution & Risk Conferences (PMAR), the first being next week in Philadelphia. The Superheroes are all ready to meet at the Ritz Carlton,...
by admin | May 7, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
In mathematics we are occasionally confronted with the questionable applicability of the commutative law. You’ll recall that it basically states that you can move (as in commuting or moving about) values around in a mathematical expression without causing...
by admin | May 3, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
The question above might cause you to respond, “we already have certification programs for risk,” and you would, of course, be correct. However, they’re for a much broader view of risk than I have in mind. For example, the “FRM” covers...