by David Spaulding | Feb 5, 2016 | GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
A new GIPS guidance statement has arrived There’s a new sheriff in town (in the form of a new GIPS guidance statement), and he’s carrying some seriously new proposed requirements for GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) compliant firms who are...
by David Spaulding | Jan 19, 2016 | Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
This post may be a bit of a stretch, but hoping you’ll find it of interest, nonetheless. It’ll show how game theory can tie into performance measurement. My wife and I are big fans of the television game show, Jeopardy. We watch it each night, and record...
by David Spaulding | Dec 9, 2015 | Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
Our colleague and friend, Marshall Smith, CIPM of First Rate, recently posted the question that appears above, “Isn’t Performance Measurement Just Math?,” on LinkedIn. This, in turn takes you to their blog, where Marshall addresses this topic....
by David Spaulding | Nov 24, 2015 | benchmarks, index, Investment Performance Guy, market index, performance measurement
Too many in our industry are unaware of the increases in benchmark costs. TSG is committed to promoting market index cost transparency, in order to shed increased light on this topic. For some time now, TSG has been working with three leading custodians (BNY Mellon,...
by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Oct 1, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, performance measurement
We had our September Performance Measurement Think Tank call earlier this week, and it was another interesting session of questions and polls. What did we cover? Discussion topics/questions included: What are we seeing in the industry with respect to software vendor...
by David Spaulding | Sep 29, 2015 | Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement
A topic that often arises at our Performance Measurement Forum meetings is outsourcing: that is, whether or not firms should consider outsourcing some or all of their performance measurement function, what firms are outsourcing, and what’s the experience...
