by admin | Mar 29, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Just when you thought it was safe. Years ago some folks thought that simply the use of certain software would automatically make them compliant with the AIMR-PPS(R) and/or GIPS(R) standards. But by now, we would think that this myth would have gone away. But it...
by admin | Mar 18, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
In our Fundamentals of Performance Measurement course I often mention the ailment known as “rootaphobia,” or the “fear of roots” (as in square roots; the root symbol). I later mention “tulipomania.” And while the former is...
by admin | Mar 16, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I just posted a dozen tips to choose a verifier and mentioned a couple times the issue of “reputational risk.”If you don’t think avoiding this risk is important, I have two words for you: Tiger Woods.The photo’s announcement of Tiger’s...
by admin | Mar 12, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
The Wall Street Journal reported today that a very detailed and costly to produce (> $30 million) report on Lehman has just been published. Is this a “must read”? Perhaps not, especially given its length (2,200 pages, with the table of contents 45 pages...
by admin | Mar 9, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
We’re pleased to announce that more than 1,000 “unique visitors” have visited this blog! May not sound like a lot, when we consider some sites that have tens of thousands of visitors, but our industry isn’t that big, so to get more than...
by admin | Mar 3, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
She’s done it again! I enjoy reading Susan Weiner’s blog because (a) I like to write and (b) she introduces some neat ideas. In yesterday’s post she introduces us to a way to shorten our URLs, through a service called TinyURL.com. I just tried it and...
