by David Spaulding | Jun 28, 2017 | precision, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance measurement, Returns, risk
How much precision do we need? I’m a rounder: I confess. I’m fine rounding numbers. When I was mayor of the Township of North Brunswick (NJ) (2000-2003), our finance officer would deliver reports to me with precision to the penny; I told him just to...
by David Spaulding | Feb 1, 2017 | performance measurement, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance attribution, rate of return, rates of return, Returns, risk, risk measurement
Hidden Figures: the movie My wife and I recently saw the movie “Hidden Figures,” which is about the contributions that three black women made to the U.S. space program, starting in the early 1960s. It takes place in Virginia, which at that time was...
by David Spaulding | Sep 20, 2016 | Investment Performance Guy, CIPM, Returns, risk
Integrating risk and return Last week I moderated a panel on integrating risk and return at the Rimes User Conference in New York City. Rimes was celebrating their 20th anniversary, and did so in a grand fashion. Panel members were Sean Murray (Bisam), Steve...
by TSG | May 21, 2015 | gap in performance, Performance Perspectives Newsletter, Returns
VOLUME 12 – ISSUE 8 May/June 2015 Download PDF...
by admin | Feb 24, 2012 | rates of return, Returns, risk
Yesterday, TSG held a luncheon in NYC, where Jed Schneider, CIPM, FRM reviewed some of the findings from our recent Performance Attribution survey. As with all of these research projects, some very interesting insights can be drawn. And since this...
by TSG | Mar 14, 2011 | attribution, Attribution & Risk, performance measurement, Performance Perspectives Newsletter, Returns, risk
VOLUME 8 – ISSUE 7 March 2011 Download PDF...
