It came to my attention yesterday that a new GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) rule is being introduced into the GIPS Handbook regarding the treatment of significant cash flows (SCF): compliant firms will no longer be able to use the "number of...

This was just released by TSG:

The weekend WSJ often provides fodder for this blog, though this is the first that I recall it came from Peggy Noonan. Her assessment of Thursday's Vice Presidential debate ("Confusing Strength With Aggression") in this past weekend's edition was quite insightful. But...

A software vendor client of ours described a situation involving one of their clients. Until a certain date, the portfolio's return was in US Dollars (USD). After that date, it was in Japanese Yen (JPY). The question: can we link these periodic returns?My initial...

In TSG's Fundamentals of Performance and GIPS(R) Fundamentals courses, I often pose this question to attendees:Verification verifies a firm's compliance with GIPS: true or false? Simple question, right? What does it mean to be verified?Is it not intuitive that...

TSG has offered training for close to 20 years, including our one-day GIPS Fundamentals Workshop. To date we've trained over 3,500 individuals throughout the world (all over the United States, in several cities in Canada, various parts of Europe, in South...

I am conducting a "non-GIPS(R)" verification this week for a client who uses "rep" (representative) account performance for marketing purposes. This particular firm is not easily able to comply with GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) today, and so this...

We were recently sent the following question, that relates to GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) and composites:What becomes of a composites performance if the strategy (value, growth, etc) remains the same, but a new team of portfolio managers and...

Well, maybe.We want to hear from you if you are an asset manager who IS or IS NOT compliant with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)).We are wrapping up our survey, and you have only another week or so to join in.The survey will take you less than 10...

TSG, BrightScope, and the UAPS (Universal Advisor Performance Standards) board of advisors are continuing to move forward with the review of the first draft of these new standards. We are quite pleased that interest in them continues to grow. And this makes sense, as...