by David Spaulding | Apr 29, 2022 | performance measurement
One of the challenges with market indices is they do not include transaction costs; and this has always been seen as a disadvantage for portfolio managers, whose trades typically come with such costs. And despite the fact that these charges have reduced significantly...
by David Spaulding | Mar 13, 2022 | performance measurement
I love the internal rate of return … Okay, that’s not a surprise, right? You probably knew that, if you’ve been a reader of or listener to my materials over the years. In my view, it should be the dominant way to present performance. Yes,...
by David Spaulding | Jul 23, 2018 | rebalancing quarterly benchmarks, benchmarks, blended benchmarks, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
The following question was recently sent to me: suppose a firm uses a blended benchmark that rebalances quarterly… how should they calculate external dispersion? I guess I hadn’t given much thought to the possible challenges with rebalancing quarterly...
by David Spaulding | May 6, 2018 | PMAR, GIPS, GIPS 20/20, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, Journal of Performance Measurement, pension funds, performance attribution, performance calculations, performance measurement, Performance measurement conference, risk
A thought occurred to me while I was driving to Bethesda, Maryland today (I will be doing a GIPS® verification here tomorrow). Chances are, most performance measurement professionals, even those who’ve attended one or more PMAR (Performance Measurement...
by David Spaulding | May 3, 2018 | PMAR, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
It’s not difficult for a performance measurement conference promoter to claim their conference is the best. TSG has, for many years, claimed that its PMAR (Performance Measurement, Attribution & Risk) conferences are the best. In a recent blog post I...
by David Spaulding | Apr 19, 2018 | GIPS Policies & Procedures, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
I never had any ambition to write. In fact, I had little interest in studying English, grammar, or any of its related topics. I was always a “math guy,” and had somehow concluded (falsely, as it turns out) that you can either be good at math or English,...
