by admin | Dec 5, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
One of the daily alerts I subscribe to is the “word of the day,” from dictionary.com. Many of the words are quite fascinating, and today’s struck me as one that was worthy of being highlighted in a post. Chances are you’ve already guessed what...
by admin | Dec 4, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
My son, Chris, and I had a preliminary meeting with someone who is looking to obtain compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)). He left his prior firm and has recently created an account that is being managed in the same fashion as those he...
by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
The same question has come up twice in the past week, so I thought it worth posting.A manager manages several different accounts for the same client. Some returns are money-weighted (MWRR), some time (TWRR). The manager wishes to consolidate the accounts to present a...
by admin | Nov 29, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I participated in the rewriting of the wrap fee (aka SMA (Separately Managed Account)) guidance, as a member of the then AIMR-PPS(R) Implementation Committee. This was the rewrite of the earlier rewrite, that was handled by a single (un-named) member of this...
by admin | Nov 27, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
A colleague asked me for some details on bottom up attribution. I then asked for the context in which he was speaking, since knowing the context is important.If we’re talking about a “bottom up” manager, who doesn’t take allocation into...
by admin | Nov 25, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
When I teach our Performance Fundamentals and Attribution classes, I often say how we frequently borrow concepts from other places: attribution is just one example. We didn’t come up with the idea of attributing an event to a cause, or determining how various...
