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Lee N. Price, RCM Capital Management
The Challenge of After-tax Reporting
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA, Graystone Wealth Management Services
After-tax Returns and Mutual Funds
Kirk Botula, Confluence Technologies
Challenges With Developing Portfolio Accounting Software for After-tax Reporting
Douglas S. Rogers, Deloitte & Touche Investment Advisors, and
Lee N. Price, Ph.D., Price Performance Measurement Systems, Inc.
Searching for a System to Meet Your After-tax Performance Reporting Needs
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG, Inc.
“A Call to Arms!” The Next Frontier for Taxable Accounts – After-tax Return Performance Attribution
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA, CTC Consulting, Inc.
LANDMARK ARTICLE: The Challenges of After-Tax Performance Reporting
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA
Evaluation of Portfolio Performance: Attribution Analysis
Brian Singer, Brinson Partners
Measuring Investment Returns of Portfolios Containing Futures and Options
John C. Stannard, Russell Data Services
The Attribution of Portfolio and Index Returns in Fixed Income
Timothy J. Lord, Ph.D., CIGNA Investment Management
New and Improved Investment Performance Evaluation
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
Conceptual Frameworks For Performance Attribution and Risk Management Policy: A
“Structuralist” View
Dr. Wesley Phoa, Capital Management Services
Multiple-period Attribution: Residual and Compounding
Brian D. Singer, Brinson Partners;
Miguel Gonzalo, Brinson Partners;
and Marc Lederman, Brinson Partners
Arithmetic and Geometric Attribution
J. Stephen Burnie, Portfolio Analytics Ltd.;
James A. Knowles, Portfolio Analytics Ltd.;
and Toomas J. Teder, Portfolio Analytics Ltd.
Combining Attribution Effects Over Time
David R. Cariño, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
Investment Policy Explains All
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management;
Dale Stevens, Wurts & Associates;
and Mark Wimer, Ibbotson Associates
Attribution with Style
Ronald J. Surz, CIMA, Roxbury Capital Management
You’ve Chosen Your Investment Performance & Attribution System – Now What?
Mick Brant, CAPS Ltd.
Fixed Income Attribution
Gerard van Breukelen, Robeco Group
Primer on Fixed Income Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Phoenix Investment Partners
Attribution Analysis: Combining Attribution Effects Over Time Made Easy
Leonid Kirievsky, Ph.D., In Tech Pty Ltd. and
Anatoly Kirievsky, University of New South Wales
What is this Thing Called “Interaction”?
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
An Optimized Approach to Linking Attribution Effects Over Time
Jose G. Menchero, Ph.D., Vestek
Implementing Daily Stock-level Attribution: A Case Study
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
A Fully Geometric Approach to Performance Attribution
Jose G. Menchero, Ph.D., Vestek
The Structure and Visualization of Performance Attribution
Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D., TIAA-CREF
Multiple Attribution Formula for Extracting the Effect of Transactions From an Asset Class
Segment Return
Yoshiaki Akeda, Nomura Funds Research and Technologies Co. Ltd.
Incorporating Transaction Cost Measurement Into Performance Attribution
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
A Geometric Methodology for Performance Attribution
Andrew McLaren, SAMS
Fixed Income Portfolio Management: Risk Modeling, Portfolio Construction and
Performance Attribution
Srichander Ramaswamy, Bank for International Settlements
Multiple-period Attribution: Residual and Compounding
Brian D. Singer, Brinson Partners;
Miguel Gonzalo, Brinson Partners;
and Marc Lederman, Brinson Partners
Process Attribution – Measuring the Performance of the Investment Process
Paul N. Smith, Alpha Analytic
Linking Single Period Attribution Results
Andrew Scott Bay Frongello, CFA
Excess Returns-Arithmetic or Geometric?
Carl Bacon, StatPro
Is Linking Attribution Effects as Hard as it Looks?
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A View from Down-Under
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
A Framework for Multiple Currency Fixed Income Attribution
Andrew McLaren, Strategic Asset Management Solutions Ltd.
Attribution Linking from a Religious Perspective
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Multi-period Linking Algorithm that has Stood the Test of Time
Julia K. Bonefede, Wilshire Associates, Inc.;
Steven J. Foresti, Wilshire Associates, Inc.;
and Peter Matheos, Ph.D., Wilshire Associates, Inc.
Long Term Risk Adjusted Attribution
Stephen Campisi, The Phoenix Company
Refinements in Multi-Period Attribution
David Cariño, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
Attribution Linking: Proofed and Clarified
Andrew Scott Bay Frongello
Incremental Attribution With and Without Notional Portfolios
Erik Valtonen, Ph.D., AP3
Performance Attribution with Short Positions
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
Linking Differences Do Matter
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
Return Attribution of Actively Managed or Time-Varying Portfolios
Birgir Orn Arnarson, Ph.D., Kaupthing Bank;
Steingrimur Karason Sc.D., Kaupthing Bank;
Haraldur Oskar Haraldsson, Ph.D., Kaupthing Bank;
and Hrafnkell Karason Ph.D., Kaupthing Bank
Risk Adjusted Performance Attribution: A New Paradigm for Performance Analysis
Andrew Kophamel, Deutsche Asset Management
Perspectives on Transaction-based Attribution
Damien Laker, Barra
Transaction-based Vs. Holdings-based Attribution. A Perspective
Claude Giguère, Financial Models Company
Transaction-based Vs. Holdings-based Attribution: The Devil is in the Definitions
Julia K. Bonafede, Wilshire Associates and
Mary Cait McCarthy, Wilshire Associates
Holdings Vs. Transaction-based Attribution, an Overview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Errors in Transaction-based Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero Ph.D., CFA, Thomson Vestek and
Junmin Hu, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
Attribution – Arithmetic or Geometric? The Best of Both Worlds
Cecelia Wong, Ph.D., Base-Two Investment Systems
Performance Attribution with Consistency and Depth
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research Co.
Demystifying the Interaction Effect
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Structural Comparison of Single-period Attribution Models
Helmut Mausser, Ph.D., Algorithmics, Inc.
A Case for Money-weighted Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi
Yield Curve Decomposition and Fixed Income Attribution
Zoubair Esseghaier, M.Sc., DST International, Inc.;
Tilak Lal, Peter Cai, Ph.D., DST International, Inc.;
and Phil Hannay, DST International, Inc.
An Exposure Based Attribution Model for Balanced Portfolios
Christian Levecq, FactSet Ltd.
De-bunking the Interaction Myth
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
The Implementation of Daily Performance Measurement and Attribution at
Deutsche Asset Management
Peter Ellis, Ph.D., Deutsche Asset Management
Regression-based Performance Attribution
David C. Blitz, Robeco Asset Management
Nested Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
A Four-factor Performance Attribution Model for Equity Portfolios
Craig Heatter, JP Morgan Chase & Company;
Charles Gabriel, Empirical Modeling and Analytics, Inc.;
and Yi Wang, Ph.D., Empirical Modeling and Analytics, Inc.
Attribution Analysis: Old and New
Anatoly Kirievsky, Reserve Bank of Australia and
Leonid Kirievsky, Ph.D., University of New South Wales
Analyst Attribution: Improving the Bottom-up Process
David E. Kuenzi, Glenwood Capital Investments, LLC
Pure and Inter-period Interaction Effects in Multi-period Attribution
Sean Banchik, Mainspring Associates
Reformulating Ankrim’s Risk-adjusted Performance Attribution
Alexander Obeid, Ph.D., Bank Sarasin Ltd. Co.
Toward Consensus on Multiple-period Arithmetic Attribution
Damien Laker
An OAS Framework for Portfolio Attribution Analysis
William Burns, Ph.D, CMS BondEdge and
Wensong Chu, Ph.D., CMS BondEdge
Thinking Through Fixed Income Attribution – Reflections from a Group of French
Practitioners
Claude Giguère, CGIPS
Performance Attribution and the Accuracy of Detecting Timing and Selection Skills
Auke Plantinga, Ph.D., University of Gronigen
Concentrating Performance Attribution Information
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford Investment Management Company
Which is Better: Daily or Monthly Attribution?
Peter Zangari, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and
Mehmet Bayraktar, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’
Which is Better: Daily or Monthly Attribution?
Peter Zangari, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and
Mehmet Bayraktar, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Attribution Analysis and Wilshire’s Method
Jim Zhang, Ph.D., Merrill Lynch
Contributive Alpha as the Basis for Investment Performance Attribution
John F. Mathias, Ph.D., Alberta Investment Management
Fixed Income Attribution Model
Mathieu Cubilié, StatPro
Fixed Income Performance Attribution: A Flexible Approach
Lars Bjerre Hansen, SimCorp and
Per Søgaard-Anderson, Ph.D., SAMPENSION
Portfolio Risk Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, Thomson Financial and
Junmin Hu, Ph.D. CFA, Thomson Financial
Sector-level Attribution Effects with Compounded Notional Portfolios
Mark David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
Performance Attribution Methodologies: New Returns-based Attribution and Factor-based
Attribution
Teri Geske, CMS BondEdge
How to Build your own Linking Formula – A Unified Linking Theory on Contribution
Gary Kahan, Lazard Asset Management
A New Approach to the Decomposition of Yield Curve Movements for Fixed Income
Attribution
Andrew Colin, Ph.D., StatPro;
Mathieu Cubilié, StatPro;
and Frederic Bardoux, StatPro
Performance Attribution with Zero-weighted Sectors
Damian Laker, CompoundingHappens.com
Currency Overlay Attribution: A Practical Guide
Jeroen Geenen, Ortec;
Marten Klock, Ph.D., Ortec;
and Elske van de Burgt, Ortec
Fixed Income Attribution: a Combined Methodology
Phillippe Gillet, Ph.D., Poitiers Institute of Management and
Bernard Hommolie, IXIS Management
A General Approach for Linking Arithmetic Attribution Results Over Time
Mikael Broberg, Third Swedish National Pension Fund
Risk Attribution
Philippe Grégoire, Ph.D., Louvain School of Management and
Hervé Van Oppens, Orfival SA
Fixed Income Attribution: a Unified Framework – Part I
Bernard Murira, World Bank and
Hector Sierra, Ph.D., World Bank
Fixed Income Attribution: a Unified Framework – Part 2
Bernard Murira, World Bank and
Hector Sierra, Ph.D., World Bank
Risk-adjusted Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI Barra
Single Currency Return Attribution
Bob Kopprash, Ph.D, The Yield Book and
Gijs Treimanis, The Yield Book
Fixed Income Attribution with Minimum Raw Material
Andrew Colin, Ph. D., StatPro
Transaction-based Performance: a Framework for Evaluating Measurement and Attribution Methodologies
Mark R. David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
Multi-Currency Attribution – Part 1
The Real Nature of Multi-Currency
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro
Multi-currency Attribution – Part 2
Factoring in Interest Rate Differentials
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro
Performance Attribution Against Transient Buckets
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford
Should the Interaction Effect be Allocated? A “Black Box” Approach to Interaction
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
A Geometric Attribution Model and a Symmetry Principle
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft, Inc.
Time Calculations for Annualizing Returns: The Need for Standardization
Damien Laker, CIPM, CompoundingHappens.com
On the Subject and Subjectivity of Security Allocation
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford Investment Management Company
A Geometric Attribution Model and a Symmetry Principle
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft, Inc.
Time Calculations for Annualizing Returns: The Need for Standardization
Damien Laker, CIPM, CompoundingHappens.com
Performance Attribution in Private Equity
Austin M. Long, III, Alignment Capital Group
Risk Attribution and Portfolio Optimizations under Tracking-error Constraints
Philippe Bertrand, Ph.D., Universite Aix-Marseille 2
Balanced Portfolio Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
Value-based Performance Measurement: A Further Explanation
Seth Armitage, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Gordon Bagot
Performance Attribution: An Introduction
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
A Model for a Global Investment Attribution Analysis
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Performance Measurement and Attribution with Leverage and Derivatives
Damien Laker, CIPM, CompoundingHappens.com
Performance Analysis Systems – In-House or Vendor Package
Kyle Ringrose, Wilson HTM Group
Multi-Currency Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI Barra
Ben Davis, Ph.D., MSCI Barra
Bespoke Attribution: Illustrating the Manager’s Process
Mark R. David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
Share Class Hedging: Performance Attribution
Jordan Alexiev, CFA, State Street Associates
Jay Moore, CFA, State Street Associates
David Turkington, CFA, State Street Associates
Why Have an Attribution Model to Break Out the Investment Decisions When the Answer is Explicit? Advocating a Decision-based Approach to Attribution
Jem Tugwell, Jem Tugwell Associates
A New Measure of Tactical Allocation Skills in Performance Attribution Analysis
Wenling Lin, Ph.D., Office of Comptroller of the Currency
Idiosyncratic Return and Variance Attribution:
Observations from the Australian Listed Property Sector
Andrew Kophamel, CFA, State Street
A Sector Based Approach to Fixed Income Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
A New Empirical Method for Yield Curve Attribution
Maria de Sousa Vieira, Ph.D., Thomson Reuters
A Case for Fixed Income Holdings-Based Attribution:
Techniques for Achieving Cleaner Results
Edward Ha, CIPM, PineBridge
Geometric and Arithmetic Approaches to Attribution Linking are Equivalent
Andrei Reztsov, Ph.D., Australian Centre for Commercial Mathematics
High Frequency Equity Performance Attribution
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
Geometric and Arithmetic Approaches to Attribution Linking are Equivalent
Andrei Reztsov, Ph.D., Australian Centre for Commercial Mathematics
High Frequency Equity Performance Attribution
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
Charles T. Hage, Mohican Financial Management LLC
A New Choice in Multi-Period Investment Performance Attribution:
Effective Return versus Geometric Smoothing
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA, Inc.
A Conceptual Framework for the Development and Verification of Attribution Models including Arithmetic Attribution Models
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft, Inc.
A Case for Arithmetic Attribution
Mark R. David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
Absolute Return Equity Risk Attribution and Forecasting
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
Semi-Closed Solutions in Yield Curve Attribution
Maria De Sousa Vieira, Ph.D., Thompson Reuters
Adding Derivatives to Absolute Return Attribution
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
Turnover Performance
Laurent Cantaluppi, Ph.D., Cantaluppi & Hug
Fixed Income Attribution: The Constant Quest to Explain Residuals
Bai Gu, CFA, Investment Measurement Services, Inc.
Mathematics Behind Multilevel Attribution: Keeping Apples and Oranges Separate
Dmitry Cherkasov, CIPM, RBC Global
Design Considerations for Performance Presentations
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, FRM, Hartford
Operational and IT Consequences of Performance Reporting
Bruce Russell, Bridge
Cumulative Frongello-Equivalent Attribution
Timothy Svenson, Ph.D., Funds SA
Portfolio Manager Control Considerations in Leveraged Senior Loan Performance Attribution
Sean Kelley, PPM America
Performance Attribution for Portfolios that Trade Futures Contracts
Philippe Grégoire, Ph.D., Orfival and Yves Hennard, CAIA, Union Bancaire Privee
Fixed Income Attribution: the Strength of the Full-Repricing
Grégoire Hug, BNP Paribas Securities Services and
Valérie Nicaise, BNP Paribas Securities Services
Residual Interaction Compounding: A New Term in Multi-Period Arithmetic Attribution
Joseph D’Alessandro, CPA, Real Estate Insights
Exact Multi-Period Performance Attribution Model
Carsten Berg, Danske Capital
Fixed Income Attribution with Carry Effect
Tianci Dai, CFA, CIPM, SS&C and
Mark Elliott, SS&C
The Associative Property of Attribution Linking
Yindeng Jiang, CFA, University of Washington and
Joseph Sáenz, Ph.D., University of Washington
New Look at Multi-Period Attribution: Solving Rebalancing Issue
Dmitry Cherkasov, CFA, CIPM, RBC Global Asset Management
Contribution Fundamentals
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Multiple-Period Attribution: Residuals and Compounds
Brian D. Singer, CFA, William Blair & Company,
Miguel Gonzalo, Adams Street Partners and
Mark Lederman
Measuring a Manager’s Trajectory – a (Very) Simple Approach
Daniel Blum, JP Morgan
Multi-Period Performance Attribution: Framework for an Allocation Effect Taking Active Weight Drift into Account
Bas Leerink, CIPM, Ortec Finance and
Gerard C.M. van Breukelen, CIPM, Robeco
A Best Practice Framework for the Measurement and Analysis of Investment Performance
Peter Ellis, Ph.D., Bi-Sam
Process Attribution – Measuring the Performance of the Investment Process
Paul N. Smith, Alpha Analytic
Multi-Level Geometric Attribution, Revamped
Dmitry Cherkasov, CFA, CIPM, RBC Global
Attribution Hears a Who! The Case for Decision Maker-Based Attribution
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
Performance Attribution of Money-Weighted Return without Rebalancing to Strategy Allocation
Rafael Bischof, Cantaluppi & Hug
Laurent Cantaluppi, Cantaluppi & Hug and
Regula Walser, Cantaluppi & Hug
Performance Evaluation for Long-Term Value-Based Investors
Geoff Warren, Ph.D., Centre for International Finance and Regulation
Abnormal Returns
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro plc.
Ian Thompson, Ph.D. StatPro plc. and
Pierre van der Westhuizen, StatPro plc.
Using Brinson Attribution to Explain the Differences Between Time-Weighted (TWR) and Money-Weighted (IRR) Returns
Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
Equity Attribution Smoothing Method for Non-Rebalanced Periods
Tianci (Austin) Dai, CFA, CIPM, SS&C
Performance Attribution for Passive Strategies
Dax Johnson, CFA, CIPM, State Street
Residuals on Duration-based Fixed Income Attribution
João Sousa Dias, Eagle Investment Systems
Net-of-Fee Performance Calculations
Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D., Opturo and
Krista Harvey, CFA, CIPM, TIAA
Confronting the Challenges of Multi-Level Attribution
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
The Role of Trading in Portfolio Performance Attribution
Henri Waelbroeck, Ph.D., Portware and
Carla S. Gomes, Ph.D.
Illiquidity and Performance Attribution: A Primer
Alexander Amati, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School and
Ben J. Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
Evolving Performance Attribution to Support Exploratory Excess Return Decomposition
Mike Canty, CFA, Capital Group Companies
An Optimization Approach for Content Determination in a Performance Attribution Report
Brian Craig, Ph.D., Lamar Univerisity;
James Curry, Ph.D., Lamar University;
Alberto Marquez, Ph.D., Lamar University;
Mathiur Rahman, Ph.D.. McNeese State University;
Lonnie Turpin, Jr., Ph.D., McNeese State University; and
Ryan Underwood, Ph.D., Lamar University
Transaction- vs. Holdings-Based Attribution: The Differences are not so Clear, but Quite Important
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Geometric Attribution and the Interaction Effect
Arno E. Weber, CIPM, Ortec Finance
Abnormal Returns: Part 2
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro;
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro and
Pierre van der Westhuizen, StatPro
Active Managers Without Complete Discretion: A Case Study Using Extensions of Various Attribution Models
Ted Heemskerk, CQF, FRM, De Nederlandsche Bank and
Gerard C. M. van Breukelen, CIPM, Robeco
Multi-Period Contribution Analysis – Part 1
Paul Giles, Teachins and
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro
Risk-Adjusted Performance Attribution
Keld Asnæs, Sampension
Multi-Period Contribution Analysis – Part 2
Paul Giles, Teachins and
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro
The Next Step in the Evolution of Decision-based Attribution:
Micro or Rules-based Attribution (and the Atoms of Attribution)
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies LLC and
Sanjay Muralidhar, Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
Annualizing Returns, Contributions, and Attribution Effects
David Suarez, CFA, Refinitiv
Attribution-driven Investment Decision Processes
Arno Weber, CIPM, Ortec Finance
Landmark Article: Primer on Fixed Income Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
Fixed Income Attribution: Focusing on Trading Effects Analytics, a Practitioner Hybrid Approach
Kun Hu, CFA, CIPM, FRM, BNP Paribas Securities Services
and Jingshan Wang, BNP Paribas Securities Services
Re-Engineering Karnosky-Singer: Utility, Versatility and Insight for Practical Multi-Currency Management
Mark R. David, CFA, Meradia
Fixed Innterest Attribution: Toward a Generic Model
Paul Giles, Teachins
Risk-Adjusted Performance Attribution: A Synthesis of Approaches
Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D., Indiana State University and Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
A Framework for Multi-Level Attribution
Jacob Fairfield, RBC Global Asset Management
Dmitry Cherkasov, CFA, CAIA, CIPM
Hidden Errors in Regression-Based Attribution
Leigh Sneddon, Ph.D., CFA, Mayfield Investment Solutions, Inc.
Practical Guideline for Funding/Solvency Ratio Attribution
Maarten Niederer, Ortec Finance
Climate Risk and Carbon Neutral Performance Attribution
Philippe Grégiore, Ph.D., Amindis
Fund Evaluation from a Portfolio Perspective: A Guide to Asset Owner Performance
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
Philip M. Dolan, Macquarie Bank
Investment Policy Explains All
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management;
Dale Stevens, Wurts & Associates;
and Mark Wimer, Ibbotson Associates
Measuring Risk for Asset Allocation, Performance Evaluation, and Risk Control: Different
Problems, Different Solutions
Christopher L. Culp, Ph.D., CP Risk Management LLC and
Ron Mensink, Quantitative Research and Risk Analytics
Pursuing Performance Persistence: Consistency, Information Ratios, and Style
Thomas H. Goodwin, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company and
Leola B. Ross, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
Performance Evaluation of Tactical Asset Allocation
Thomas Goodwin, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company;
Andrew Turner, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company;
Jon Christopherson, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company;
and Wayne E. Ferson, Ph.D., University of Washington
Separating the Impact of Portfolio Management Decisions
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research Co.
Decision-Based Evaluation of the Performance of a Hierarchically Structured Investment
Process
Jeroen Geenen, ORTEC International;
Marc Heemskerk, ORTEC International;
and Michiel Heerema, Ph.D., ORTEC International
Strategic Asset Allocation and Risk Attribution
Philippe Gregoire, Ph.D, Orfival
Philip Vandooren, GPMS
Asset Allocation vs. Security Selection: Their Relative Perspective
Renato Staub, Ph.D., William Blair and Company
Brian Singer, CFA, William Blair and Company
Factor-Based Asset Allocation and Illiquid Investments
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Risk and Asset Allocation Inclusive of Pension Funding, “Full” and Otherwise
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Portfolio Management via a Holistic and Efficiency-Driven Decision Process
Stephen Campisi, CFA
Is Your Asset Allocation Efficient?
Stephen Campisi, CFA
Measuring Investment Returns of Portfolios Containing Futures and Options
John C. Stannard, Russell Data Services
Measuring Investment Returns of Portfolios Containing Futures and Options
John C. Stannard, Russell Data Services
Performance Measurement for Covered Call Option Strategies
Andrew Kophamel
Babloo Sarin
Currency Handling for Futures and Options
Mathieu Cubilie, StatPro
Portfolio Opportunity Distributions: A Solution to the Problems With Benchmarks
and Peer Groups
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
New and Improved Investment Performance Evaluation
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
Peer-relative Active Portfolio Performance: It’s Even Worse Than We Thought
Ernest M. Ankrim, Frank Russell Co.
A New Kind of Index Fund That Beats Its Index
Robert E. Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems Inc. and
E. Robert Fernholz, Ph.D., INTECH
Comparing Style Index Performance: How Can The Russell and S&P Indexes Behave So
Differently
Jon A. Christopherson, Frank Russell Co. and
Amy Barton, Frank Russell Co.
How Many Stocks in the S & P 500?
David M. Blitzer, Ph.D., Standard & Poor’s
Defining Investment Benchmarks, Performance Objectives, and Risk for Pension Funds
Sally Bridgeland, Bacon & Woodrow
Ideal Research and Benchmark Indices in Private Real Estate: Some Conclusions from the
RERI/PREA Technical Report
David Geltner, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati and
David Ling, Ph.D., University of Florida
Measuring Analyst Performance: How Should Indexes be constructed for Individual
Investors?
Lee Price, Ph.D., Price Performance Measurement Systems, Inc.
Do Stock Indexes Have Abnormal Performance?
Bruce A. Costa, Ph.D., University of Montana School of Business Administration and
Kieth Jacob, Ph.D., University of Montana School of Business Administration
Creating and Managing Custom Benchmarks – A Practitioner’s Guide
Stephen Campisi, The Phoenix Company
Benchmark Rebalancing Calculations
Damien Laker, Barra
What has the Manager Done for Me? A Value-based Method of Measuring Fund
Performance in Relation to a Benchmark
Seth Armitage, Ph.D., Heriot-Watt University and
Gordon Bagot, The Faculty of Actuaries
Accurate Benchmarking is Gone but Not Forgotten: The Imperative need to Get Back to Basics
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA
Establishing Benchmarks for Currency:
The Disentangling of Currency Returns
Eric B. P. Busay, CFA, CalPERS
Determining the Optimal Benchmark Indices for a Domestic Equity Returns-Based Style Analysis
David M. Blanchett, CFA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Currency Hedged Benchmark Replication: Challenges and Improvements
Jordan Alexiev, CFA, State Street Global Markets
Steve Fenty, State Street Global Global Investments
Jay Moore, CFA, State Street Global Markets
Mind the GAP: Questioning the Investment Manager’s Stated Benchmark
Panagiota Balfousia, CFA
Attributing the Risk and Return of Benchmark Misfit
DeWitt Miller, CFA, FRM, Wurts & Associates,
Anil Rao, MSCI and
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA
Are All Market Indexes Created Equal?
Frances Barney, CFA, CIPM, BNY Mellon
Dax Johnson, CFA, State Street
Joseph Nardulli, Northern Trust
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Allen Cheng, CFA, FRM, IRAS, and
Jamie Verrengia, State Street
Analyzing Diversification Effects, Sector Allocations, Market Conditions, and Factor Tilts in Advanced Equity Beta Strategies: The Case of Efficient Indices
Felix Goltz, Ph.D., EDHEC-Risk Institute
Dev Sahoo, EDHEC-Risk Institute
The “Missing Link” in Benchmarking Private Equity Performance and a New Twist on “Alpha”
Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
Target Date Fund Benchmarks
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA Inc.
A Framework for Benchmarking Private Investments
Cambridge Associates, LLC (Free Download)
Jill Shaw,
Carlos Herrera, and
Christine Cheong
Reprinted with permission of Cambridge Associates, LLC. 2014. All rights reserved.
Portfolio Benchmarking: Best Practices for Private Investments
Cambridge Associates, LLC (Free Download)
Rich Carson and Jill Shaw
Reprinted with permission of Cambridge Associates, LLC. 2018. All rights reserved.
Evaluating Benchmark Misfit Risk
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
What Can Hedge Funds Do to Enhance Transparency without Disclosing Proprietary
Information? (Perhaps they can only comply with AIMR-PPS® or GIPS®!)
Majed R. Mutaseb, Ph.D., Global Fund Analysis
An Excursion into the Performance Characteristics of Hedge Funds
Harry Kat, Ph.D., Alternative Investment Research Centre and
Sa Lu, Alternative Investment Research Centre
A Modest Proposal to Modernize the Performance Evaluation of Hedge Funds
Ron Surz, PPCA, Inc.
The Blob Attacks Investment Manager Due Diligence
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA
On the Consistency of Performance Measures for Hedge Funds
Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thanh, Ph.D., University of Maine (France)
The Performance Measure You Choose Influences the Evaluation of Hedge Funds
Valeri Zakamouline, Ph.D., University of Agder
New Prospect Ratio: Application to Hedge Funds with Higher Order Moments
Yasuaki Watanabe, Ph.D., Osaka and Kinki University
Measuring the Contribution of SRI/ESG Investment Strategies
Philippe Grègoire, Ph.D., University of Louvain
Performance Reporting Considerations: Environmental, Social and Governance Investment Strategies
Laurie J. Hesketh, CIPM, PMP, Meradia (Vol. 24, Issue #4)
ESG Integration – Sustainable Investing Techniques and Implications
for Performance Professionals
Gustavo Bernal Torres, CFA, Invartis Consulting
Measurable Ways for Performance Teams to Add Value ESG Investing
James Cardamone, FactSet
What Drives the Momentum in Mutual Fund Returns?
Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D., University of Colorado and
F. Larry Detzel, Ph.D., California State University
Exposure to Socially Responsible Investing of Mutual Funds in the Euronext Stock Markets
Auke Plantinga Ph.D., University of Groningen and Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam;
Bert Scholtens, University of Groningen;
and Nanne Brunia, University of Groningen
The LIFE Index: A New Approach to Rank Mutual Funds Evidence for Germany
Roger Otten, Ph.D., Maastricht University and
Mark Schweitzer, Ph.D., Dexia Bank Nederland
On the Robustness of Performance Measures in Fund Persistence
Yin-Ching Jan, National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology
Su-Ling Chiu, National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology
Evaluating Target Date Lifecycle Funds
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Brighman Young University
A Closer Look at Performance Persistence of Mutual Funds
Eero Patari, D.Sc., Confido Capital
How Stable are the Major Performance Measures?
Laurent Bodson, HEDC-Management School of the University of Liege
Alain Coen, Ph.D., University of Quebec in Montreal
Georges Hubner, Ph.D., HEC-Management School of the University of Liege
Refining the Sharpe Ratio
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
Determining the Optimal Mutual Fund Style Classification Methodology
David M. Blanchett, CFA, University of Chicago
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
Tailoring Manager Allocation to Market Conditions Using Alpha Optimization: Part 1
Eric A. Stubbs, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Enrique Jaen, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
On the Stability of Performance Measures Over Time: An Empirical Study
Giovanna Menardi, Ph.D., University of Padova, Italy
Francesco Lisi, University of Padova, Italy
Differences in Fund Trackers’ Performance Rankings:
A Mean-Variance Perspective
Michael Jay Stutzer, Ph.D., University of Colorado
A Simple Approach to Fund to Funds Performance Measurement
Spiros Koutsogianopoulos, CIPM, SS & C Technologies
Performance Evaluation and Prediction – Part 2
Larry Harris, Ph.D., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
What’s in Your Platform (of Funds?) A Message to Investment Management Firms
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group (Vol. 25- Issue #1)
Update from AIMR: AIMR’s Performance Presentation Standards: Poised for the Future
Edward W. Karppi, Association for Investment Management & Research
Keeping Up With the Rules
Jane Katz Crist, Law Offices of Jane Katz Crist
EFFAS Permanent Commission on Performance Measurement
Dugald Eadie, WM Company and
David MacKendrick, John Morrell & Associates
Performance Verification
Matt Forstenhausler, Ernst & Young LLP
Reality Check: How Can Historical Composite Returns Realistically Be Converted Into
Different Currency Terms For Overseas Marketing Efforts
Chris A. Davaris, Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Inc.
Futures Performance Presentation Under the CFTC’S Revised Performance Reporting
Requirements and AIMR’s New PPS Standards
J. Paula Pierce, Law Offices of J. Paula Pierce
Preparing for Verification: How to Reduce the Pain
Matt Forstenhausler, Ernst & Young LLP
Calculating After-tax Returns Beyond AIMR
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
A Comparison of GIPS® and the AIMR-PPS®
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Global Investment Performance Standards (Vol. 2, Issue #3)
Canadian Pension Plan Sponsor’s Views of the AIMR-PPS®
Mark Freeman, COMSTAT Capital Sciences, Inc.
Portability of Performance Records and the Use of Related Performance Information
Leonard A. Pierce, Hale and Dorr LLP
How Should Plan Sponsors Approach AIMR-Performance Presentation
Standards (PPS)
Chris Tobe, Kentucky State Auditor’s Office
Should U.S. Money Managers Care About GIPS®?
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Global Investment Performance Standards
Association for Investment Management and Research and
the Global Investment Performance Standards Committee
Firm-wide Verification: A Case History
Charles Payne, AMP/ Henderson Investors
GIPS® and the U.K. Retail Investment Industry
Malcolm Kemp, Scudder Threadneedle Investments Ltd.
The Impact of GIPS® in the U.K.
Simon Strong, TCA Consulting
Different Performance Presentation Standards – A Comparison: Part I
Bernd R. Fischer, Ph.D., Dresdner Bank;
Annke von Tiling, AG PricewaterhouseCoopers;
and Carsten Wittrock, Ph.D., Zeb/Rolfes Schierenbeck Associates
Performance Presentation Standards Survey – 2000: Summary Results
David Spaulding, TSG
Summary Report: Survey Results on Investment Performance Standards Compliance in Japan
Hiromu Hino, Daiwa Institute of Research
Redrafted Performance Presentation Standards
L. Todd Juillerat, Banc One Investment Advisors
A Case for Attribution Standards
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Performance Standards for Transition Management
Robert Collie, Frank Russell Securities
Oh, The Changes They Have Made!
Alecia L. Licata, Association for Investment Management and Research
EIPC Guidance on Performance Attribution Presentation: A Step Towards Standardization
of Performance Attribution
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management and
Dimitri Senik, CFA, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Achieving and Maintaining AIMR-PPS® (GIPS®) Compliance
Ann F. Putallaz, Ph.D., Munder Capital Management
A Wake-up Call for Private Equity on GIPS®
Carol Kennedy, Pantheon
The CGIPS Program
Philip Lawton, CFA, CFA Institute
GIPS Convergence is Here – Our Survey Shows the Industry is Ready!
John Simpson, TSG, Inc.
Transforming Pre-calculated NAV Returns to Gross-of-fee Returns – A Practitioner’s Guide
Jorn Gunnar Kleven, Eidsiva Vannkraft AS
GIPS 2010: Highlights of Forthcoming Changes
L. Todd Juillerat, CFA, State Street Global Advisors
An Analysis of the Aggregate method to Calculate Composite Returns
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
The GIPS Standards & Asset Owners
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Highlights of the GIPS Conference
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
Do You Have Compliance Overconfidence?
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
GIPS 2020
Carl R. Bacon, CIPM, Statpro
The GIPS Standards & Asset Owners
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG and
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
2020 GIPS Standards survey #1 Detailed Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Best Practices for GIPS® Policies and Procedures
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Helping Those Who Sell for You (and Others) Understand the Math
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
The Spaulding Group’s 2020 GIPS® Standards Survey Results
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
The Spaulding Group’s 2022 GIPS® Composite Survey Survey Results
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
The 2020 GIPS Standards and the CIPM Program Curriculum
Jeanne Murphy, CFA, CAIA
Highlights from the 2022 GIPS® Conference
Jennifer Barnette, CIPM, TSG, and
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
Best GIPS 2020 Policies & Procedures Contest Winner
LightPoint Portfolio Solutions
Best GIPS 2020 Policies & Procedures Contest Winner
Opus Investment Management, Inc.
Best GIPS® 2020 Polices & Procedures Contest Winner
California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
A Primer on Time-weighted and Dollar-weighted Returns
Steven J. Lerit, Chase Manhattan Bank
Measuring the Impact of Cash Flows and Market Volatility on Investment Performance
Results
Steven J. Lerit, Chase Manhattan Bank
End the Performance Shell Game and Improve the Evaluation of Investment Performance –
Use Rolling Returns
Norman Kulla, Kulla & Company
How Do We Measure Currency’s Impact in International Equity Accounts?
Peter Willett, State Street Global Advisors
Investment Performance Measurement and Probability Distribution of Pension Assets,
Liabilities and Surplus
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
What Performance Method Best Represents Performance? Time-Weighted Rate of Return
or Internal Rate of Return?
Stephen J. Church, Piscataqua Research, Inc.
When Performance Numbers Don’t Make Sense
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Euro: Its Impact on Measurement of Past and Future Investment Performance
David MacKendrick, John Morrell and Associates
Fleeting Returns – the Story Behind The Beardstown Ladies
Maureen Nevin Duffy, TSG, Inc.
The Role of Simulation in Measuring Investment Performance
Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
Do Commonly Used Ways of Measuring Performance Actually Benefit the Client?
Lars Källholm, Trevise Unibank Investment Management AB and
Jenny Bäckström, Trevise Unibank Investment Management AB
Improving Return Volatility Measurement and Presentation
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research Co.
Measuring the Size Factor in Equity Returns
Robert Fernholz, Ph.D., Intech
Calculating Returns: Different Rates of Return Formulae – Different Results
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Ten Commandments of Performance Measurement
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Universal Performance Measure
William F. Shadwick, The Finance Development Center and
Con Keating, The Finance Development Center
Is the Modified Dietz Formula Money-weighted or Time-weighted?
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Return Compounding: Essential Insights and Practical Implications
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research
Adjustments to Prior Period Returns
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc. and
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management
Decomposing the Money-weighted Rate of Return
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management and
Wolfgang Marty, Credit Suisse Asset Management
A Simplified Method for Calculating the Money-weighted Rate of Return
Iourii Chestopalov, Ph.D., Royal Bank of Canada and
Sergei Beliaev, Royal Bank of Canada
IRR, Money-weighted Return, Time-weighted Return, and the Modified Dietz Method
John Kahila, Thomson Corporation
Contrasting Time- and Money-weighted Returns: When Each Should be Used
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Consistent Linking Concept for Fast Calculation of the Rate of Return and Research of
Investment Strategies
Alexandre Chestopalov, University of Toronto and
Konstantin Chestopalov, University of Toronto
A Primer on Time-weighted and Dollar-weighted Returns
Steven J. Lerit, New York Life Investment Management
Measuring Investment Returns: Arithmetic vs. Geometric Mean
Jim Zhang, Ph.D., BlackRock
A Hierarchy of Methods for Calculating Rates of Return
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Alex Shestopaloff, SegmentSoft Inc.
The Role of Conceptual Context in Finding the Rate of Return
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., Segment Soft Inc.
Konstantin Shestopaloff, Segment Soft Inc.
The Hazards of Using IRR to Measure Performance:
The Case of Private Equity
Ludovic Phalippou, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam Business School
Derivation of the DTWR Formula
Trevor Davies, CFA, Albridge Solutions
Private Investments and Performance Implications from a Fund Sponsor’s Perspective
Guy M. Holappa, CFA, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
Decomposing the Money-Weighted Rate of Return – an Update
Stefan J. Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse
New High Performance Computational Methods for Mortgages and Annuities
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Properties of the IRR Equation with Regard to Ambiguity of Calculating the Rate of Return and a Maximum Number of Solutions
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft
Wolfgang Marty, Ph.D., Credit Suisse
Golf and the Art of Portfolio Performance Measurement
Larry Campbell, AIF, Morgan Keegan & Company
Structuring Family, Wealth, Governance, and Global Family Entities:
Basic Requirement of Performing Reporting for Meaningful Interpretation of Results
Tania Neild, Ph.D., InfoGrate, Inc.
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA, Ascensio Asset Management, LLC
A New Measure for the Investment Management Industry:
Time- & Money-Weighted Return (TMWR)
Joseph D’Alessandro, Real Estate Insights
The Myth of GIPS- Money-weighted Returns for Client Performance Reporting
Trevor Davies, CFA, CIPM, BNY Mellon
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Effective Return of Portfolio Positions
G. Peter Todd, Ph.D., CFA, Parilux Investment Technology LLC
A Modification of the Modified Dietz Approach
Paolo Antonio Cucurachi, Ph.D., University of Salento
Ugo Pomante, Ph.D., University of Rome Tor Vergata
Choosing the Right Solution of IRR Equation to Measure Investment Success
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Alexander Shestopaloff, University of Toronto
Measuring Performance in the Presence of Deposits and Withdrawals
Thomas Becker, Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Germany
Contributions of Initial Holdings and Transactions to Performance
Laurent Cantaluppi, Ph.D., Cantaluppi & Hug
Introducing Aggregate Return on Investment as a Solution to the Contradiction Between Some PME Metrics and IRR
Dean Altshuler, Ph.D., CFA, Bard Consulting LLC and
Carlo Alberto Magni, Ph.D., University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
The Case Against Time-Weighted Return for Alternative Investments
Timothy F. Peterson, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, Cane Island Alternative Investors
The “Missing Link” in Benchmarking Private Equity Performance and a New Twist on “Alpha”
Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
Some Problems of the IRR in Measuring PEI with Performance and How to Solve it with the Pure-Investment AIRR
Carlo Alberto Magni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and
James R. Cuthbert, Sussex University
On the Relation Between Money- and Time-Weighted Rates of Return and its Implications
John E. Woods, Ph.D.
How to Best Annualize Rates of Return
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
High and Higher Accuracy Analytical Approximations of the Internal Rate of Return
Boris Klebanov, Ph.D.
A Method to Estimate Transaction Costs
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
An Analysis of a Generalization of the Modified Dietz Rate of Return
Boris Klebanov, Ph.D.
Investment Performance and the Money-Weighted Rate of Return: The Problem of Multiple Rates
Colin Noronha, The University of Washington and Gregory Noronha, CFA
Adjusted Modified Internal Rates of Return – Another Way to Calculate a Money-Weighted Rate of Return
Stefan J. Illmer, Ph.D., Illmer Investment Performance Consulting AG
Ideal Research & Benchmark Indices in Private Real Estate: Some Conclusions from the RERIIPREA Technical
Report
David Geltner, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati and David Ling, Ph.D., University of Florida
(Vol. 5, Issue #3)
Valuation of Portfolio Performance: Aggregate Return and Risk Analysis
Brian Singer, Brinson Partners
Style Risk: Resolving the Time Sensitivity Problem
Frank A. Sortino, Pension Research Institute and
Hal J. Forsey, San Francisco State University
Measuring Risk: The Unseen Enemy
Paul D. Kaplan, Ibbotson Associates
Value at Risk for the Asset Manager
Mary Ellen Stocks, Deloitte & Touche LLP and
Christopher Ito, Deloitte & Touche LLP
The Current State of Enterprise Risk Technology
Deborah Williams, Meridien Research
Using Post-Modern Portfolio Theory to Improve Investment Performance Measurement
Brian M. Rom, Investment Technologies and
Kathleen W. Ferguson, Investment Technologies
Conceptual Frameworks For Performance Attribution and Risk Management Policy: A
“Structuralist” View
Dr. Wesley Phoa, Capital Management Services
The Practical Implementation of a Risk Management Concept
Karel Stroobants, Pension Fund for Doctors, Dentists and Pharmacists (V.K.G.) and
Frank Inghelbrecht, Pension Fund for Doctors, Dentists and Pharmacists (V.K.G.)
Applying Downside Risk to Asset-liability Management: A Pension Fund Case Study
Robert van der Meer, Fortis and
Meije Smink, Fortis
Equity Risk Premium and the Economy
William C. Dudley, Goldman, Sach & Co.
Estimating Beta When the CAPM is True
Robert Ferguson, Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
Simulating Value at Risk
Glyn A. Holton, Contingency Analysis
Seeing Tomorrow
Ron Dembo, Ph.D., Algorithmics, Inc. and
Andrew Freeman, Economist Intelligence Unit
Multiple-Period Attribution: Residual and Compounding
Brian D. Singer, Brinson Partners;
Miguel Gonzalo, Brinson Partners;
and Marc Lederman, Brinson Partners
Risk Management Practices of Unit Trusts In Singapore
Cornelis A. Los, Ph.D., Nanyang Technology University
Dynamic Strategies and Alpha Regimes in Performance Evaluation
Matthew J. Hergott
Applying Risk-Measurement and Management in the Administration of Large Asset Pools
Kevin Tan, Northern Trust Company and
Ravi Gautham, Northern Trust Company
Performance Risk Statistics: Interpretation and Applications in Selection and
Monitorization of Investment Managers
Claire Lumsdaine, Aon Investment Consulting
Risk and Danger in a Global Economy
David Hopelain, Ph.D.
The Upside Potential Ratio
Frank A. Sortino, Ph.D., Pension Research Institute;
Robert van der Meer, Ph.D., Fortis;
and Auke Plantinga, Ph.D., Groningen University
Pursuing Performance Persistence: Consistency, Information Ratios, and Style
Thomas H. Goodwin, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company and
Leola B. Ross, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
Measuring Risk for Asset Allocation, Performance Evaluation, and Risk Control: Different
Problems, Different Solutions
Christopher L. Culp, Ph.D., CP Risk Management LLC and
Ron Mensink, Quantitative Research and Risk Analytics
Improving Risk Measurement, Analysis and Management (With a Little More Help from
Euclid)
Brian Singer, UBS Brinson;
Christoph Kessler, UBS Brinson;
Günter Schwarz, UBS Brinson;
Kevin Terhar UBS Brinson;
and John Zerolis, UBS Brinson
Pension Risk Budgeting: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed…
Leo de Bever, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board;
Wayne Kozun, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board;
Valter Viola, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board;
and Barbara ZVAN, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
The Green Zone… Assessing the Quality of Returns
Robert B. Litterman, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs;
Jacques Longerstaey, Goldman Sachs;
Jacob D. Rosengarten, Goldman Sachs;
Kurt Winkelmann, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs;
and Paul R. Laubscher, IBM Retirement Fund
Fixed Income Portfolio Management: Risk Modeling, Portfolio Construction and
Performance Attribution
Srichander Ramaswamy, Bank for International Settlements
Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures and Implied Risk Attitudes
Auke Plantinga Ph.D., University of Groningen and Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam and
J. Sebastian de Groot, ACAM Advisors LLC.
Skill, Horizon and Risk-adjusted Performance
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., FX Concepts
Risk Budgeting in Investment Management
Mark Lundin, Fortis Investment Management
Kappa – A Generalized Downside Risk-adjusted Performance Measure
Paul D. Kaplan, Ph.D., Morningstar Associates, LLC and
James A. Knowles, York Hedge Fund Strategies, Inc.
When the Green Zone Could Land You in the Red Zone
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., FxConcepts, Inc.
Greek Alphabet Soup and Risk-adjusted Performance
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies, LLC
A Jigsaw Puzzle of Basic Risk-adjusted Performance Measures
Hendrick Scholtz, Ph.D., Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt and
Marco Wilkens, Ph.D., Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Risk Decomposition and Its Use in Portfolio Analysis
George Xiang, Ph.D., CFA, Loomis Sayles & Company
Risk Exposure in the Real World
Mark P. Kritzman, Windham Capital Management, LLC;
Ritirupa Samanta, Ph.D., State Street Global Advisors;
and Jennifer Bender, Ph. D., State Street Advisors
M-Squared: a Double-take on Three Approaches to a Primary Risk Measure
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Analysis of Ranking Factors for a Risk Averse Investor in a Non-Gaussian World
Massimo Di Pierro, Ph.D., DePaul University
Jack Mosevich, Ph.D., Merrill Lynch
Performance-based Compensation Contracts in the Asset Management Industry
Martin Schliemann, Ernst & Young
Matthias Stanzel, Ph.D., Ernst & Young
Long-Short Portfolio Analytics
David Asermely, BNY Mellon
Measuring Investment Skill using the Effective Information Coefficient
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services, Inc.
Utility-Adjusted Performance
Charles E. Appeadu, Ph.D., CFA, CFA Institute
Luis Garcia-Feijoo, Ph.D., CFA, CFA Institute
Establishing Benchmarks for Currency:
The Disentangling of Currency Returns
Eric B. P. Busay, CFA, CalPERS
Portfolio Omega and Optimization
Mark Hooker, Ph.D., State Street Global Advisors
George Xiang, Ph.D. CFA, State Street Global Advisors
Investment Portfolio Scenario Analysis in a Relative Return Framework
Steven J. Lerit, CFA
Risk and Skill-Adjusted Investment Compensation
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., MCube Investment Technologies LLC
Models of Risk and Financial Crises
Paul D. Kaplan, Ph.D., Morningstar, Inc.
The (more than) 100 Ways to Measure Portfolio Performance
Part 1: Standardized Risk-Adjusted Measures
Philippe Cogneau, HEC – Management School of the University of Liege
Georges Hubner, Ph.D., HEC
The (more than) 100 Ways to Measure Portfolio Performance
Part 2: Special Measures and Comparison
Philippe Cogneau, HEC – Management School of the University of Liege
Georges Hubner, Ph.D., HEC – Management School of the University of Liege
Liquidity Adjusted Returns and Performance Measures:
Synching Public and Private Fund Performance
John M. Longo, Ph.D., CFA, Rutgers Business School
Extreme Risk Analysis
Lisa Goldberg, Ph.D., MSCI
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI
Michael Hayes, Ph.D., MSCI
Indrajit Mitra, Ph.D., MIT
The Art and Science of Risk Management: A Case Study
Wylie Tolette, CFA, Franklin Templeton Investments
Sharpe Ratio for Skew-normal Distributions:
A Skewness-dependent Performance Trade-off
Martin Eling, Ph.D., University of Ulm
Luisa Tibletti, Ph.D., University of Torino
Refining Core-Satellite Investing
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA Inc.
An Advanced Methodology for Fund Rating
Noel Amenc, EDHEC Graduate School of Business
Veronique Le Sourd, EDHEC Risk Institute
The Characteristics of Factor Portfolios
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI
Beyond Brinson: Establishing the Link between Sector and Factor Models
Ben Davis, Ph.D., MSCI
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI
Tailoring Manager Allocation to Market Conditions Using Alpha Optimization: Part 2
Eric A. Stubbs, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Enrique Jaen, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Portfolio Leverage Ratio
David Asermely, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
Currency Hedged Benchmark Replication: Challenges and Improvements
Jordan Alexiev, CFA, State Street Global Markets
Steve Fenty, State Street Global Global Investments
Jay Moore, CFA, State Street Global Markets
Fatal Flaws of the Sharpe Ratio or How to Make Yourself Look Good
Don M. Chance, CFA, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Globalization of an Asset Manager and Working in Global Teams
Mark Goodey, Aviva Investors
A Framework for Evaluating Hedge Fund Risk
John M. Longo, Ph.D., CFA, Rutgers Business School
A New Method for Evaluating a Portfolio’s Downside Risk
Charles Gabriel, EMA Softech
Andrew Lawson, Ph.D., EMA Softech
Mark Huamani, JPMorgan
Rethinking Portfolio Risk in Asset Management
Charles T. Hage, Mohican Financial Management LLC
Risky Business: Why Right-Risking, Rather than De-Risking, is Key for Pension Plans
Paul Sweeting, Ph.D., CFA, JPMorgan Asset Management
Analyzing Diversification Effects, Sector Allocations, Market Conditions, and Factor Tilts in Advanced Equity Beta Strategies: The Case of Efficient Indices
Felix Goltz, Ph.D., EDHEC-Risk Institute
Dev Sahoo, EDHEC-Risk Institute
Flows and Woes: The True Costs of Sport Trading Policy
Matthew Lyberg, CFA, CIPM, Acadian Asset Management
Alexander Dunegan, State Street Global Markets
Measuring Risk for Venture Capital and Buyout Portfolios
Susan Woodward, Ph.D., Sand Hill Economics
The Toolkit to Analyze a Pure StockPicker
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford
Decomposition of Emerging Market Currency Risk: A Hedging Application
Gavin Francis, Insight
Erin Musli, Insight
Tom Cella, CFA, Insight
What Characteristics Indicate Skill in Equity Management
Malcolm Smith, Inalytics
Puzzles in Risk and Performance
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
Puzzles in Risk and Performances: Part 2
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
Attributing the Risk and Return of Benchmark Misfit
DeWitt Miller, CFA, FRM, Wurts & Associates,
Anil Rao, MSCI and
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA
Why Do We Abuse, Misuse, and Confuse Standard Deviation
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM
Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall: A Primer
Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
Visualization, R, ggplot2, and Applied Finance in Performance Measurement
Rodolfo Vanzini, eXponential s.r.l.
The Sharpe Ratio Revisited: What It Really Tells Us
Arun Muralidhar, Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
Comparing Ex-Ante Tracking Error Estimates Across Time
Neil Riddles, Riddles Investment Consulting, LLC
A Periodic Table of Risk Measures – Version 2
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro
Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratios: Part 1
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
The Right and Wrong of Ranks: Why Short-Term Ranks are Poor Performance Proxies and What to do About It
Armin Grueneich, Ph.D.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratios: Part 2
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
How to Select Investment Portfolios Using Performance Analysis
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, FRM, CAIA, Hartford Investment Management Company
Combining Approaches of Analysis: The Integrated Risk Indicator Matrix
Mark Goodey, CERT IoD, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and
Aatish Garg, CFA, J.P. Morgan
Factor-Based Asset Allocation and Illiquid Investments
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Liquidity Risk and Performance Attribution
Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
Risk and Asset Allocation Inclusive of Pension Funding, “Full” and Otherwise
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
On the Impact of Closet Indexing in Active Fund Management
Wai Mun Fong, National University of Singapore
Risk-adjusted performance attribution: why it makes sense and how to do it
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Fair and Transparent Performance Fee – Part One
Steinar Eikeland, Industrifinans Kapitalforvaltning
Performance Analysis for Alternative Investment Classes
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
Performance Drawdowns in Asset Management: Extending Drawdown Analysis to Active Returns
Daryl Bradford, CFA, CIPM, Acadian Asset Management and
Daniel Siliski, CAIA, Acadian Asset Management
Making Sense of Geometric Linking
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Puzzles in Risk and Performance: Part 3
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
Fair and Transparent Performance Fee – Part Two
Steiner Eikeland, Industrifinans Kapitalforvaltning
Puzzles in Risk and Performance: Part 4
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
Portfolio Analytics with Leveraged Securities
Shervin Hanachi, Ph.D. CFA, Thomson Reuters and
Sason Torosean, Thomson Reuters
Annual Risk Measures and Related Statistics
Arno E. Weber, CIPM, Ortec Finance
A Measure for Evaluating the Distributions of Ex-Ante Forecast Returns
Masahito Shimizu, Tokyo Institute of Technology
An Upper Bound for Ex-Post Sharpe Ratio with Application in Performance Measurement
Raymond H. Chan, Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kelvin K. Kan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and
Alfred K. Ma, Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Time Contradiction (in Asset Management and Asset Pricing) Between Investor Decision Horizons and Time Needed to Establish Skill
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., George Washington University
The Persistence of PE Performance
Greg Brown, Ph.D., Frank Hawkins Institute of Private Enterprise
Wendy Hu, Ph.D., Burgiss
Kelly Meldrum, CFA Adams Street Partners
Raymond Chan, CFA, FRM, Adams Street Partners and
Tobias True, CFA, FRM, Adams Street Partners
A Practical Journey Through Risk for Performance Analysis
Marten Klok, Ph.D., CIPM
Public Market Equivalents: Methods and Considerations
Timothy F. Peterson, CFA, CAIA, Cane Island Alternative Investors
Portfolio Performance Evaluation: What Differences do Logarithmic Returns Make?
Ralf Hudert, CIPM, DWS Holding and Services;
Michael G. Schmitt, CFA, International School of Management and
Michael von Thaden, International School of Management
Seeing the RMD in a New Light: The Required Minimum Distribution and its Implications for Retired Portfolio Design
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Utah Valley University
The Kappa-Calmar Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratio for Capital Protection
Johannes C. Kloppers, Ph.D., Ashburn Investments
Finding and Retaining Quality Performance and Risk Talent
Frances Barney, CFA, BNY Mellon
Risk Statistics in Performance Calculators: Suitable and Scalable?
Jose R. Michaelraj, CIPM, Meradia
The Risk of Choosing the Wrong Factors
Damien Handzy, Ph.D., Investment Metrics
Simplified Investment Performance Evaluation
Dan DiBartolomeo, Northfield Information Systems
Thoughts and Clarifications on Risk-Adjusted Performance
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
Landmark Article – M-Squared: A Double-Take on Three Approaches to a Primary Risk Measure
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
Evaluating Benchmark Misfit Risk
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
Landmark Article – Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurement Issues in a Bear Market
Brian C. Thompson, Ph.D.
Who’s Who in Performance & Risk Measurement
Julie Curless, CIPM, Montag & Caldwell, LLC and
Bree Rose, Cascade Asset Management
Who’s Who in Performance & Risk Measurement
Matthew Deatherage, CFA, CIPM, Longs Peak Advisory Services and
Maritza Matlosz, MetLife
Style Analysis
Mark Beardall, Aon Consulting
Capturing Changes in Style Exposure
Viktor Zurakhinsky, Markov Processes International Corp.
Performance of Quantitative Versus Passive Investing: A Comparison in Global Markets
Robert C. Dalang, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology;
Christophe D. Osinski, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology;
and Wolfgang Marty, Credit Suisse Asset Management
An Integrated Framework for Style Analysis and Performance Measurement
Noel Amenc, Ph.D., EDHEC Graduate School of Business;
Daphne Sfeir, Ph.D., EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Center;
and Lionel Martellini, Ph.D., University of Southern California
On Simple Indicators of Investment Performance
Michele Gambera, Ph.D., Morningstar Associates, LLC
Omega as a Performance Measure
Hossein Kazemi, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts;
Thomas Schneeweis, University of Massachusetts;
and Bhaswar Gupta, University of Massachusetts
Dynamic Strategy of Portfolio Value-at-Risk Estimation
Andrey Rogachev, Ph.D., Bank Wegelin & Co.
Equity Style Analysis: Beyond Performance Measurement
George Degroot, CFA, BNY Mellon
Paul Greenwood, CFA, Northern Lights Ventures, LLC
Determining the Optimal Benchmark Indices for a Domestic Equity Returns-Based Style Analysis
David M. Blanchett, CFA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
The Third Biennial Performance Survey
David Spaulding, TSG
The 1998 Third Annual Survey of Risk Management Practices of Unit Trusts in Singapore
Cornelis A. Los, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University
Global Survey Draws a Portrait of Typical Performance Measurement Professional
David Spaulding, TSG
Performance Measurement Technology Survey – User Perspective
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Review of the Performance Measurement Vendor Technology Survey
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
2002 Performance Attribution Survey
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Summary Results- 2003 Performance Presentation Standards Survey
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Performance Measurement Technology Survey – Summary of Results
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Performance Measurement Technology Survey- Summary of Results
John Simpson, TSG, Inc.
Performance Measurement Software Vendor Technology Survey III
2007 Performance Attribution Survey Summary
John Simpson, CIPM, TSG, Inc. (Vol. 11, Supplement)
Performance Measurement Technology Survey – Detailed Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
2020 GIPS Standards survey #1 Detailed Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
The Spaulding Group’s 2020 GIPS Standards Survey Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
The Spaulding Group’s 2022 GIPS Composite Systems Survey Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
European Economic and Monetary Union: Its Impact Upon Portfolio Management and
Performance Measurement Systems
John D. Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems, Inc.
How To Successfully Develop and Implement a Performance System
Ian Thompson, Strategic Asset Management Solutions Ltd.
Is Your Performance Measurement System Ready for the New GIPS® Standards?
John D. Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems
Designing and Evaluating Investment Performance Systems
Timothy F. Peterson, Portfolio Management Consultants, Inc.
You’ve Chosen Your Investment Performance & Attribution System – Now What?
Mick Brant, CAPS Ltd.
Challenges With Developing Portfolio Accounting Software for After-tax Reporting
Douglas S. Rogers, Deloitte & Touche Investment Advisors, and
Lee N. Price, Ph.D., Price Performance Measurement Systems, Inc.
Looking for the Ideal Attribution System
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Decision Based Performance Evaluation: The Technology
Elske van de Burgt, ORTEC International, Jeroen Greenen, ORTEC International,
Marc Heemskerk, ORTEC International, Lucas Vermeulen, ORTEC International, and
Elout Visser, ORTEC International
Special Considerations for Searching for an Attribution System
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Selecting and Implementing a Daily Performance System
Debi Deyo-Rossi, Turner Investment Partners, Inc.
Python in the Performance Team
Jonnathan De Jesus Luna, CFA, Members Trust Company
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Improving Portfolio Performance by Controlling
Trading Costs
Robert A. Schwartz, Ph.D., Baruch College/CUNY and
Daniel G. Weaver, Ph.D., Baruch College/CUNY
Lessons From the Historical Record For Performance Measurement
Charles P. Jones, North Carolina State University;
J.C. Poindexter, North Carolina State University;
and Jack W.Wilson, North Carolina State University
The Impact of Social Screening on Growth-oriented Investment Strategies
Lloyd S. Kurtz, Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith
Where Investment Performance Comes From
Robert Ferguson, Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
The Argument for Including the Mexican Peso in Actively Managed Currency Portfolios
Emmanuel Acar, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and
Shane James, Titan Capital Management
Principal Guidelines for Euro Conversion
Winning the Performance Game Without Really Trying
Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems Inc. and
Joel Rentzler, Ph.D., City University of New York
The Role of Simulation in Measuring Investment Performance
Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
Does Your Pension Fund Suffer from Myopic Loss Aversion?
Robert Clarkson, City University London
Optimal Portfolio Selection and The Impact of Currency Hedging
Emmanuel Acar, Ph.D., FX Engineering and
Bapi Maitra, FX Engineering
A Primer on Performance for Currency Overlay
Paul Laubscher, IBM Retirement Fund’s;
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., FX Concepts;
and Mark Reynolds, JP Morgan Investment Management
Another Interpretation of Negative Sharpe Ratio
Yoshiaki Akeda, Nomura Funds Research and Technologies
Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Ten Steps to Merger Integration: Maintaining Your Firm’s Compliance (And Your Sanity)
Through The Merger Process
L. Todd Juillerat, CFA, Banc One Investment Advisors
Strategic Integration for Competitive Advantage
Jack Lutkowitz, Intellective, Inc.
Performance Compliance Challenges for Investment Advisors
Jane Katz Crist, The Law Offices of Jane Katz Crist
The Impact of Equity Dividends on Segment-level Performance
Mark Osterkamp, Wilshire Associates Inc.
Ten Tips for a Successful Performance System Search and Implementation
John D. Simpson, TSG, Inc.
A World Class Performance Measurement System
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Do Stock Indexes Have Abnormal Performance?
Bruce A. Costa, Ph.D., University of Montana School of Business Administration and
Kieth Jacob, Ph.D., University of Montana School of Business Administration
Is Sharpe Ratio Still Effective?
Yasuaki Watanabe, Ph.D., The Japan Research Institute
Morningstar® Investor ReturnTM: Capturing the Collective Investor Experience
Catherine Sanders, Morningstar;
Julie Austin, CFA, Morningstar;
and Michelle Swartzentruber, Morningstar
First-time-right Ratio: Measuring the Measurers
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford
First Steps in Foreign Exchange Transaction Cost Analysis
Michael DuCharme, CFA, Russell Investment Group
The T Ratio – An Information Ratio for Transition Events
Matthew Clay, Russell Investment Group
A Critical Analysis of Fund Rating Systems
Noel Amenc, Ph.D., EDHEC Graduate School of Business
Veronique Le Sourd, EDHEC Risk & Asset Management Research Center
Performance Measurement for Pension Funds
Auke Plantinga, University of Groningen
Life Settlements: Valuation and Performance Reporting for an Emerging Asset Class
Darwin M. Bayston, CFA, AVS Underwriting LLC
Douglas R. Lempereur, CFA, CIPM, Franklin Templeton
Anthony Pecore, Ph.D., Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Getting to the Heart of Investing – Financial Stewardship That Meets Client Objectives
Patrick Fowler, TSG
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
Expanding Our Market Vocabulary
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford Investment Management Company
An Advocacy for a Chief Performance Officer (CPO)
Ioannis Segounis, CFA, CIPM, Phocion Investment Services
What the COO Needs to Know About Performance Measurement
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
What the CCO Needs to Know About Performance Measurement
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Finding and Retaining Quality Performance and Risk Talent
Frances Barney, CFA, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
Mastering the Dimensions of Correlations
Hens Steehouwer, Ortec Finance
Withdrawals from a Retirement Portfolio: Three Primary Options
Craig Israelsen, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
What is a Performance Book of Record (PBOR), and Why is It Important to Leverage Data as an Asset and Driver of Growth
Richard E. Mailhos, Meradia
Integrated Crypto; And Why That’s Good for Investors
Peter Horne, Northfield
A Review of the New SEC Marketing Rules
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
Look Before You Leap: A Risk-Based Framework to Aide Middle- and Back-Office Outsourcing
Jose R. Michaelraj, CIPM, CAIA, Meradia
The Journal Interview
Michael S. Caccese, AIMR
The Journal Interview
Dugald Eadie, Henderson Administration Group
The Journal Interview
Ronald J. Ryan, CFA, Ryan Labs
The Journal Interview
William G. Bains and David D. Spaulding
The Journal Interview
R. Charles Tschampion, General Motors Investment Management Corporation
The Journal Interview
Herb Chain, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
The Journal Interview
Lee N. Price, Ph.D., Dresdner RCM Global Investors
The Journal Interview
William F. Sharpe, Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business
The Journal Interview
John Stannard, Russell Data Services
The Journal Interview
Matt E. Forstenhausler, Ernst & Young
The Journal Interview
Gary P. Brinson, CFA, UBS Brinson
The Journal Interview
Deborah Reidy, Mercer Investment Consulting
The Journal Interview
Jack Treynor, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance
The Journal Interview
John Clifton Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Iain McAra, JP Morgan
The Journal Interview
Carl Bacon, StatPro
The Journal Interview
Glenn Solomon, Cogent Investment Operations
The Journal Interview
Jacques Longerstaey, Goldman Sachs;
Jean-Pierre J. Mittaz, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs;
and Jacob D. Rosengarten, Goldman Sachs
The Journal Interview
Charles Ellis, Ph.D., Greenwich Associates
The Journal Interview
Franco Modigliani
The Journal Interview
Frank Sortino, Ph.D., Pension Research Institute
The Journal Interview
Leslie Rahl, Capital Market Risk Advisors, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Brian Singer, UBS Global Asset Management
The Journal Interview
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management
The Journal Interview
Stephen Campisi, The Phoenix Companies
The Technology Roundtable Interview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.; Lucas Vermeulen and Marc
Heemskerk, ORTEC International; Mike Slemmer, Thomson Financial
Portfolio Solutions; John Lehner, Eagle Investment Systems; Ian
Thompson, Strategic Asset Management Solutions Software; Scott Gruchot,
SunGard Investment Management Systems; Cecilia Wong, Base-Two Investment
Systems; John Fennelly, Financial Models Company; Steve Sheffras,
StatPro; and Todd Brunskill, First Rate Investment Systems
The Journal Interview
Rob Arnott, First Quadrant, LP and Research Affiliates, LLC
The Journal Interview
Carl Bacon, StatPro and Jeff Clark, First Rate Investment Systems
A Roundtable Interview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.; Iain McAra, JP Morgan Fleming Asset
Management; Lucy Schwartzman, J & W Seligman; Jean-Pierre Mittaz, Goldman
Sachs; Sarah Ringle, Alliance Capital; Sandra Hahn-Colbert, Neuberger Berman;
Debi Deyo-Rossi, Turner Investment Partners; and Jennifer Cahill, Grantham Mayo
Van Otterloo
The Journal Interview
Mark Anson, Ph.D., CalPERS
The Journal Interview
Yoh Kuwabara, ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation
The Journal Interview
Gary Neale, Morley Fund Management
The Roundtable Interview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc. ; Emma Wood, BI-SAM; Lucas Vermuelen,
ORTEC; Ian Thompson, AFA Systems; Kirthi Ramakrishnan, FMC; Greg Stewart,
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services; Mark Osterkamp, Wilshire Associates; John
Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems; David Yuska, CAPS, Inc.; Mark Bramley,
StatPro, Inc.; Todd Brunskill, First Rate Investment Systems.
The Journal Interview
Ronald D. Peyton, Callan Associates
The Journal Interview
Douglas S. Rogers, CTC Consulting, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Jennifer Cahill, CFA, Grantham, Mayo Van Otterloo
The Journal Interview
Alecia Licata, CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity
The Roundtable Interview
Ian Thompson, Microgen Asset Management Solutions; David Yuska, CAPS;
Mark Elliott, SS&C Technologies; Remco van Eeuwijk, Wilshire Associates;
Joe McDonagh, Eagle Investment Systems; Greg Stewart, Mellon Analytical Solutions;
and Mark Bramley, Statpro
The Journal Interview
Philip Lawton, CFA, CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Bruce Feibel, Mellon Analytical Solutions
The Journal Interview
Gary Brinson, CFA, GP Brinson Investments
The Journal Interview
Barton Briggs, Traxis Partners
The Roundtable Interview
Todd Brunskill, First Rate; Elske van de Burgt, ORTEC; Lee Detlaff, SunGard;
Mark Elliott, SS&C; Des Gallacher, DST International; Joe McDonagh, Eagle;
Glenn Skidmore, Informa; Jason Totedo, Wilshire Associates; Ron Walker, SunGard;
David Yuska, CAPS, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Don Phillips, Morningstar
The Journal Interview
L. Todd Juillerat, CFA INVESCO
The Journal Interview
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI Barra
The Journal Interview
Neil E. Riddles, CFA, CIPM, Hansberger Global Investors, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Jonathan Boersma, CFA, CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Douglas R. Lempereur, CFA, CIPM, FRM, Franklin Templeton
The Journal Interview
James E. Hollis, CFA, Cutter Associates
The Journal Interview
Craig E. Heatter, JPMorgan
The Journal Interview
William Goetzmann, Ph.D., International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management
The Journal Interview
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Martin Schliemann, Ernst & Young
The Journal Interview
Jim Trotter, Northern Trust
The Journal Interview
David A. Stone, First Rate
The Journal Interview
Jed Schneider, CIPM, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
The Journal Interview
Rajiv Mathur, State Street Investment Analytics
The Journal Interview
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
The Journal Interview
James Edmonds, CFA, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
The Journal Interview
Todd Jankowski, CFA, CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Dean LeBaron, CFA, Batterymarch Financial Management
The Journal Interview
Howard Marks, CFA, Oaktree
The Journal Interview
Jenny Tsouvalis, OMERS
The Journal Interview
Sandra Hahn-Colbert, CFA, O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC
The Journal Interview
Frances Barney, CFA, BNY Mellon
The Journal Interview
John Longo, Ph.D. CFA, The MDE Group
The Journal Interview
Annie Lo, CIPM, CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Phil Page, Cardano
The Journal Interview
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford
The Journal Interview
Joseph McDonagh, CFA, BNY Mellon
The Journal Interview
Peter Luntang Christensen, PFA Asset Management
The Journal Interview
Richard Mitchell, CFA, CIPM, OPSEU Pension Trust
The Journal Interview
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Jenny Lor, CIPM, FRM, CitiTrust Limited
The Journal Interview
Bernd R. Fischer, Ph.D., IDS GmbH
The Journal Interview
William H. Starbuck, Ph.D., University of Oregon and New York University
The Journal Interview
Dax Johnson, CFA, State Street
The Journal Interview
Joe Nardulli, Northern Trust
The Journal Interview
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Valérie Nicaise, BNP Paribas and Grégoire Hug, BNP Paribas
The Journal Interview
Frank Sortino, Ph.D., Pension Research Institute
The Journal Interview
Pam Krueger, WealthRamp
The Journal Interview
Paul Smith, CFA, CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Karyn Vincent, CFA, CFA, CIPM
The Journal Interview
John C. Bogle, The Vanguard Group, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Nick Sharp, Ph.d., MSCI
The Roundtable Interview
Hicham el Bonne, Ortec Finance
Claude Giguere, Robust Technologies
Katie Kiss, Confluence
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro and
Neil Smyth, StatPro
The Journal Interview
Ben J. Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
The Journal Interview
Elske van de Burgt, CFA, Ortec Finance
The Journal Interview
Ken Grossfield, CFA, Strategic and
Nicole Wellmann Kraus, CFA, Strategic
The Journal Interview
Michael S. Caccese, Esq., K&L Gates
The Journal Interview
Matthew Liposky, PRIM
The Journal Interview
Brian D. Singer, CFA, William Blair and Company
The Journal Interview
Carl Bacon, CIPM, Otos Ltd
The Journal Interview
Bas Leerink, CIPM, Ortec Finance
The Journal Interview
Todd Juillerat, CFA, TSG
The Journal Interview
Ashley Reeves, CFA, TSG
The Journal Interview
Karyn D. Vincent, CFA, CIPM, CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Steve O’Brien, RIMES
The Journal Interview
Michael Beck, CIPM, CAIA, Glenmede Trust
The Journal Interview
Robert Paterson, CIPM, FRM and David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM
The Journal Interview
Rob Wrzesniewski, SEI
The Journal Interview
Kathleen Seagle, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
The Journal Interview
John Norwood, John Norwood Consulting and
David Yuska, CAPS, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Simon Filteau, CFA, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and
Jaclyn Moody, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
The Journal Interview
Todd Jankowski, CFA, CIPM, TSG
The Journal of Performance Measurement
Articles by Issue of Publication
FALL 1996
VOLUME 1 – NUMBER 1
Valuation of Portfolio Performance: Aggregate Return and Risk Analysis
Brian Singer, Brinson Partners
Update from AIMR: AIMR’s Performance Presentation Standards: Poised for the Future
Edward W. Karppi, Association for Investment Management & Research
Style Risk: Resolving the Time Sensitivity Problem
Frank A. Sortino, Pension Research Institute and
Hal J. Forsey, San Francisco State University
Measuring Investment Returns of Portfolios Containing Futures and Options
John C. Stannard, Russell Data Services
Keeping Up With the Rules
Jane Katz Crist, Law Offices of Jane Katz Crist
A Primer on Time-weighted and Dollar-weighted Returns
Steven J. Lerit, Chase Manhattan Bank
WINTER 1996
VOLUME 1 – NUMBER 2
Calculation and Reporting of After-Tax Performance
Lee N. Price, RCM Capital Management
Lessons From the Historical Record For Performance Measurement
Charles P. Jones, North Carolina State University;
J.C. Poindexter, North Carolina State University;
and Jack W.Wilson, North Carolina State University
Portfolio Opportunity Distributions: A Solution to the Problems With Benchmarks
and Peer Groups
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
EFFAS Permanent Commission on Performance Measurement
Dugald Eadie, WM Company and
David MacKendrick, John Morrell & Associates
Measuring Risk: The Unseen Enemy
Paul D. Kaplan, Ibbotson Associates
Evaluation of Portfolio Performance: Attribution Analysis
Brian Singer, Brinson Partners
Measuring the Impact of Cash Flows and Market Volatility on Investment Performance
Results
Steven J. Lerit, Chase Manhattan Bank
SPRING 1997
VOLUME 1 – NUMBER 3
Measuring Investment Returns of Portfolios Containing Derivatives: Part II – Performance
Attribution
John C. Stannard, Russell Data Services
End the Performance Shell Game and Improve the Evaluation of Investment Performance –
Use Rolling Returns
Norman Kulla, Kulla & Company
How Do We Measure Currency’s Impact in International Equity Accounts?
Peter Willett, State Street Global Advisors
The Journal Interview
Michael S. Caccese, AIMR
The Impact of Social Screening on Growth-oriented Investment Strategies
Lloyd S. Kurtz, Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith
Investment Performance Measurement and Probability Distribution of Pension Assets,
Liabilities and Surplus
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Performance Verification
Matt Forstenhausler, Ernst & Young LLP
SUMMER 1997
VOLUME 1 – NUMBER 4
Reality Check: How Can Historical Composite Returns Realistically Be Converted Into
Different Currency Terms For Overseas Marketing Efforts
Chris A. Davaris, Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Inc.
Futures Performance Presentation Under the CFTC’S Revised Performance Reporting
Requirements and AIMR’s New PPS Standards
J. Paula Pierce, Law Offices of J. Paula Pierce
What Performance Method Best Represents Performance? Time-Weighted Rate of Return
or Internal Rate of Return?
Stephen J. Church, Piscataqua Research, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Dugald Eadie, Henderson Administration Group
Value at Risk for the Asset Manager
Mary Ellen Stocks, Deloitte & Touche LLP and
Christopher Ito, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Where Investment Performance Comes From
Robert Ferguson, Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
Preparing for Verification: How to Reduce the Pain
Matt Forstenhausler, Ernst & Young LLP
FALL 1997
VOLUME 2 – NUMBER 1
European Economic and Monetary Union: Its Impact Upon Portfolio Management and
Performance Measurement Systems
John D. Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems, Inc.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Improving Portfolio Performance by Controlling
Trading Costs
Robert A. Schwartz, Ph.D., Baruch College/CUNY and
Daniel G. Weaver, Ph.D., Baruch College/CUNY
The Argument for Including the Mexican Peso in Actively Managed Currency Portfolios
Emmanuel Acar, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and
Shane James, Titan Capital Management
The Current State of Enterprise Risk Technology
Deborah Williams, Meridien Research
The Third Biennial Performance Survey
David Spaulding, TSG
The Journal Interview
Ronald J. Ryan, CFA, Ryan Labs
The Attribution of Portfolio and Index Returns in Fixed Income
Timothy J. Lord, Ph.D., CIGNA Investment Management
New and Improved Investment Performance Evaluation
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
WINTER 1997/1998
VOLUME 2 – NUMBER 2
Using Post-modern Portfolio Theory to Improve Investment Performance Measurement
Brian M. Rom, Investment Technologies and
Kathleen W. Ferguson, Investment Technologies
Calculating After-tax Returns Beyond AIMR
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management
AIMR’s Performance Presentation Standards
John Stokes, Association for Investment Management & Research
The Journal Interview
William G. Bains and David D. Spaulding
Style Analysis
Mark Beardall, Aon Consulting
Capturing Changes in Style Exposure
Viktor Zurakhinsky, Markov Processes International Corp.
How To Successfully Develop and Implement a Performance System
Ian Thompson, Strategic Asset Management Solutions Ltd.
SPRING 1998
VOLUME 2 – NUMBER 3
Assessing the Value in Asset Allocation
Philip M. Dolan, Macquarie Bank
Conceptual Frameworks For Performance Attribution and Risk Management Policy: A
“Structuralist” View
Dr. Wesley Phoa, Capital Management Services
The Practical Implementation of a Risk Management Concept
Karel Stroobants, Pension Fund for Doctors, Dentists and Pharmacists (V.K.G.) and
Frank Inghelbrecht, Pension Fund for Doctors, Dentists and Pharmacists (V.K.G.)
The Journal Interview
R. Charles Tschampion, General Motors Investment Management Corporation
Applying Downside Risk to Asset-liability Management: A Pension Fund Case Study
Robert van der Meer, Fortis and
Meije Smink, Fortis
A Comparison of GIPS® and the AIMR-PPS®
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
SUMMER 1998
VOLUME 2 – NUMBER 4
Peer-relative Active Portfolio Performance: It’s Even Worse Than We Thought
Ernest M. Ankrim, Frank Russell Co.
When Performance Numbers Don’t Make Sense
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Euro: Its Impact on Measurement of Past and Future Investment Performance
David MacKendrick, John Morrell and Associates
Principle Guidelines for Euro Conversion
The Journal Interview
Herb Chain, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Fleeting Returns – the Story Behind The Beardstown Ladies
Maureen Nevin Duffy, TSG, Inc.
Equity Risk Premium and the Economy
William C. Dudley, Goldman, Sach & Co.
Estimating Beta When the CAPM is True
Robert Ferguson, Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
FALL 1998
VOLUME 3 – NUMBER 1
Canadian Pension Plan Sponsor’s Views of the AIMR-PPS®
Mark Freeman, COMSTAT Capital Sciences, Inc.
Simulating Value at Risk
Glyn A. Holton, Contingency Analysis
The Journal Interview
Lee N. Price, Ph.D., Dresdner RCM Global Investors
Multiple-period Attribution: Residual and Compounding
Brian D. Singer, Brinson Partners;
Miguel Gonzalo, Brinson Partners;
and Marc Lederman, Brinson Partners
Seeing Tomorrow
Ron Dembo, Ph.D., Algorithmics, Inc. and
Andrew Freeman, Economist Intelligence Unit
Designing and Evaluating Investment Performance Systems
Timothy F. Peterson, Portfolio Management Consultants, Inc.
Arithmetic and Geometric Attribution
J. Stephen Burnie, Portfolio Analytics Ltd.;
James A. Knowles, Portfolio Analytics Ltd.;
and Toomas J. Teder, Portfolio Analytics Ltd.
WINTER 1998/1999
VOLUME 3 – NUMBER 2
Risk Management Practices of Unit Trusts In Singapore
Cornelis A. Los, Ph.D., Nanyang Technology University
Portability of Performance Records and the Use of Related Performance Information
Leonard A. Pierce, Hale and Dorr LLP
A New Kind of Index Fund That Beats Its Index
Robert E. Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems Inc. and
E. Robert Fernholz, Ph.D., INTECH
The Journal Interview
William F. Sharpe, Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business
How Should Plan Sponsors Approach AIMR-Performance Presentation
Standards (PPS)
Chris Tobe, Kentucky State Auditor’s Office
Comparing Style Index Performance: How Can The Russell and S&P Indexes Behave So
Differently
Jon A. Christopherson, Frank Russell Co. and
Amy Barton, Frank Russell Co.
SPRING 1999
VOLUME 3 – NUMBER 3
Should U.S. Money Managers Care About GIPS®?
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Dynamic Strategies and Alpha Regimes in Performance Evaluation
Matthew J. Hergott
Is Your Performance Measurement System Ready for the New GIPS® Standards?
John D. Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems
The Journal Interview
John Stannard, Russell Data Services
Applying Risk-Measurement and Management in the Administration of Large Asset Pools
Kevin Tan, Northern Trust Company and
Ravi Gautham, Northern Trust Company
Global Investment Performance Standards
Association for Investment Management and Research and
the Global Investment Performance Standards Committee
Performance Risk Statistics: Interpretation and Applications in Selection and
Monitorization of Investment Managers
Claire Lumsdaine, Aon Investment Consulting
SUMMER 1999
VOLUME 3 – NUMBER 4
Combining Attribution Effects Over Time
David R. Cariño, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
The 1998 Third Annual Survey of Risk Management Practices of Unit Trusts in Singapore
Cornelis A. Los, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University
Risk and Danger in a Global Economy
David Hopelain, Ph.D.
Investment Policy Explains All
Ronald J. Surz, Roxbury Capital Management;
Dale Stevens, Wurts & Associates;
and Mark Wimer, Ibbotson Associates
The Journal Interview
Matt E. Forstenhausler, Ernst & Young
How Many Stocks in the S & P 500?
David M. Blitzer, Ph.D., Standard & Poor’s
Winning the Performance Game Without Really Trying
Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems Inc. and
Joel Rentzler, Ph.D., City University of New York
Firm-wide Verification: A Case History
Charles Payne, AMP/ Henderson Investors
FALL 1999
VOLUME 4 – NUMBER 1
The Upside Potential Ratio
Frank A. Sortino, Ph.D., Pension Research Institute;
Robert van der Meer, Ph.D., Fortis;
and Auke Plantinga, Ph.D., Groningen University
Pursuing Performance Persistence: Consistency, Information Ratios, and Style
Thomas H. Goodwin, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company and
Leola B. Ross, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
The Journal Interview
Gary P. Brinson, CFA, UBS Brinson
The Role of Simulation in Measuring Investment Performance
Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
Measuring Risk for Asset Allocation, Performance Evaluation, and Risk Control: Different
Problems, Different Solutions
Christopher L. Culp, Ph.D., CP Risk Management LLC and
Ron Mensink, Quantitative Research and Risk Analytics
Defining Investment Benchmarks, Performance Objectives, and Risk for Pension Funds
Sally Bridgeland, Bacon & Woodrow
WINTER 1999/2000
VOLUME 4 – NUMBER 2
Improving Risk Measurement, Analysis and Management (With a Little More Help from
Euclid)
Brian Singer, UBS Brinson;
Christoph Kessler, UBS Brinson;
Günter Schwarz, UBS Brinson;
Kevin Terhar UBS Brinson;
and John Zerolis, UBS Brinson
GIPS® and the U.K. Retail Investment Industry
Malcolm Kemp, Scudder Threadneedle Investments Ltd
The Journal Interview
Deborah Reidy, Mercer Investment Consulting
Millenium Corner
Claude Rosenberg, Newtithing™ Group
Performance Evaluation of Tactical Asset Allocation
Thomas Goodwin, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company;
Andrew Turner, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company;
Jon Christopherson, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company;
and Wayne E. Ferson, Ph.D., University of Washington
Attribution with Style
Ronald J. Surz, CIMA, Roxbury Capital Management
What Drives the Momentum in Mutual Fund Returns?
Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D., University of Colorado and
F. Larry Detzel, Ph.D., California State University
SPRING 2000
VOLUME 4 – NUMBER 3
The Challenge of After-tax Reporting
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA, Graystone Wealth Management Services
Does Your Pension Fund Suffer from Myopic Loss Aversion?
Robert Clarkson, City University London
The Journal Interview
Jack Treynor, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance
The Role of Simulation in Measuring Investment Performance
Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Axiomatic Systems, Inc.
Global Survey Draws a Portrait of Typical Performance Measurement Professional
David Spaulding, TSG
The Impact of GIPS® in the U.K.
Simon Strong, TCA Consulting
You’ve Chosen Your Investment Performance & Attribution System – Now What?
Mick Brant, CAPS Ltd.
SUMMER 2000
VOLUME 4 – NUMBER 4
What Can Hedge Funds Do to Enhance Transparency without Disclosing Proprietary
Information? (Perhaps they can only comply with AIMR-PPS® or GIPS®!)
Majed R. Mutaseb, Ph.D., Global Fund Analysis
Primer on Fixed Income Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Phoenix Investment Partners
Pension Risk Budgeting: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed…
Leo de Bever, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board;
Wayne Kozun, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board;
Valter Viola, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board;
and Barbara ZVAN, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
The Journal Interview
John Clifton Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Attribution Analysis: Combining Attribution Effects Over Time Made Easy
Leonid Kirievsky, Ph.D., In Tech Pty Ltd. and
Anatoly Kirievsky, University of New South Wales
Fixed Income Attribution
Gerard van Breukelen, Robeco Group
Do Commonly Used Ways of Measuring Performance Actually Benefit the Client?
Lars Källholm, Trevise Unibank Investment Management AB and
Jenny Bäckström, Trevise Unibank Investment Management AB
FALL 2000
VOLUME 5 – NUMBER 1
After-tax Returns and Mutual Funds
Kirk Botula, Confluence Technologies
Performance Presentation Standards Survey – 2000: Summary Results
David Spaulding, TSG
The Journal Interview
Iain McAra, JP Morgan
An Optimized Approach to Linking Attribution Effects Over Time
Jose G. Menchero, Ph.D., Vestek
What is this Thing Called “Interaction”?
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
Different Performance Presentation Standards – A Comparison: Part I
Bernd R. Fischer, Ph.D., Dresdner Bank;
Annke von Tiling, AG PricewaterhouseCoopers;
and Carsten Wittrock, Ph.D., Zeb/Rolfes Schierenbeck Associates
WINTER 2000/2001
VOLUME 5 – NUMBER 2
Improving Return Volatility Measurement and Presentation
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research Co.
A Fully Geometric Approach to Performance Attribution
Jose G. Menchero, Ph.D., Vestek
The Journal Interview
Carl Bacon, StatPro
Implementing Daily Stock-level Attribution: A Case Study
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
Optimal Portfolio Selection and The Impact of Currency Hedging
Emmanuel Acar, Ph.D., FX Engineering and
Bapi Maitra, FX Engineering
The Structure and Visualization of Performance Attribution
Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D., TIAA-CREF
SPRING 2001
VOLUME 5 – NUMBER 3
Measuring the Size Factor in Equity Returns
Robert Fernholz, Ph.D., Intech
Multiple Attribution Formula for Extracting the Effect of Transactions From an Asset Class
Segment Return
Yoshiaki Akeda, Nomura Funds Research and Technologies Co. Ltd.
The Journal Interview
Glenn Solomon, Cogent Investment Operations
The Green Zone… assessing the Quality of Returns
Robert B. Litterman, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs;
Jacques Longerstaey, Goldman Sachs;
Jacob D. Rosengarten, Goldman Sachs;
Kurt Winkelmann, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs;
and Paul R. Laubscher, IBM Retirement Fund
Summary Report: Survey Results on Investment Performance Standards Compliance in
Japan
Hiromu Hino, Daiwa Institute of Research
Ideal Research and Benchmark Indices in Private Real Estate: Some Conclusions from the
RERI/PREA Technical Report
David Geltner, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati and
David Ling, Ph.D., University of Florida
SUMMER 2001
VOLUME 5 – NUMBER 4
Measuring Analyst Performance: How Should Indexes be constructed for Individual
Investors?
Lee Price, Ph.D., Price Performance Measurement Systems, Inc.
Incorporating Transaction Cost Measurement Into Performance Attribution
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
The Journal Interview
Jacques Longerstaey, Goldman Sachs;
Jean-Pierre J. Mittaz, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs;
and Jacob D. Rosengarten, Goldman Sachs
Calculating Returns: Different Rates of Return Formulae = Different Results
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Geometric Methodology for Performance Attribution
Andrew McLaren, SAMS
Fixed Income Portfolio Management: Risk Modeling, Portfolio Construction and
Performance Attribution
Srichander Ramaswamy, Bank for International Settlements
FALL 2001
VOLUME 6 – NUMBER 1
Multiple-Period Performance Attribution Using the Brinson Model
Owen Davies, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
A Primer on Performance for Currency Overlay
Paul Laubscher, IBM Retirement Fund’s;
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., FX Concepts;
and Mark Reynolds, JP Morgan Investment Management
The Journal Interview
Charles Ellis, Ph.D., Greenwich Associates
Separating the Impact of Portfolio Management Decisions
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research Co.
Decision-Based Evaluation of the Performance of a Hierarchically Structured Investment
Process
Jeroen Geenen, ORTEC International;
Marc Heemskerk, ORTEC International;
and Michiel Heerema, Ph.D., ORTEC International
The Ten Commandments of Performance Measurement
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
WINTER 2001/2002
VOLUME 6 – NUMBER 2
Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures and Implied Risk Attitudes
Auke Plantinga Ph.D., University of Groningen and Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam and
J. Sebastian de Groot, ACAM Advisors LLC.
Process Attribution – Measuring the Performance of the Investment Process
Paul N. Smith, Alpha Analytic
Performance of Quantitative Versus Passive Investing: A Comparison in Global Markets
Robert C. Dalang, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology;
Christophe D. Osinski, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology;
and Wolfgang Marty, Credit Suisse Asset Management
The Journal Interview
Franco Modigliani
Skill, Horizon and Risk-adjusted Performance
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., FX Concepts
Redrafted Performance Presentation Standards
L. Todd Juillerat, Banc One Investment Advisors
SPRING 2002
VOLUME 6 – NUMBER 3
Linking Single Period Attribution Results
Andrew Scott Bay Frongello, CFA
Excess Returns-Arithmetic or Geometric?
Carl Bacon, StatPro
Is Linking Attribution Effects as Hard as it Looks?
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Exposure to Socially Responsible Investing of Mutual Funds in the Euronext Stock Markets
Auke Plantinga Ph.D., University of Groningen and Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam;
Bert Scholtens, University of Groningen;
and Nanne Brunia, University of Groningen
The Journal Interview
Frank Sortino, Ph.D., Pension Research Institute
A Universal Performance Measure
William F. Shadwick, The Finance Development Center and
Con Keating, The Finance Development Center
SUMMER 2002
VOLUME 6 – NUMBER 4
A View from Down-Under
Damien Laker, Investment Performance Objects Pty. Ltd.
Creating and Managing Custom Benchmarks – A Practitioner’s Guide
Stephen Campisi, The Phoenix Company
Risk Budgeting in Investment Management
Mark Lundin, Fortis Investment Management
2002 Performance Attribution Survey
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Leslie Rahl, Capital Market Risk Advisors, Inc.
A Framework for Multiple Currency Fixed Income Attribution
Andrew McLaren, Strategic Asset Management Solutions Ltd.
TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENT 2002
VOLUME 6 – SUPPLEMENT
A Review of the Performance Measurement Vendor Technology Survey
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Challenges With Developing Portfolio Accounting Software for After-tax Reporting
Douglas S. Rogers, Deloitte & Touche Investment Advisors, and
Lee N. Price, Ph.D., Price Performance Measurement Systems, Inc.
The Technology Roundtable Interview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.; Lucas Vermeulen and Marc
Heemskerk, ORTEC International; Mike Slemmer, Thomson Financial
Portfolio Solutions; John Lehner, Eagle Investment Systems; Ian
Thompson, Strategic Asset Management Solutions Software; Scott Gruchot,
SunGard Investment Management Systems; Cecilia Wong, Base-Two Investment
Systems; John Fennelly, Financial Models Company; Steve Sheffras,
StatPro; and Todd Brunskill, First Rate Investment Systems
Looking for the Ideal Attribution System
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Performance Measurement Technology Survey – User Perspective
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Decision Based Performance Evaluation: The Technology
Elout Visser, ORTEC International
FALL 2002
VOLUME 7 – NUMBER 1
Attribution Linking from a Religious Perspective
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Multi-period Linking Algorithm that has Stood the Test of Time
Julia K. Bonefede, Wilshire Associates, Inc.;
Steven J. Foresti, Wilshire Associates, Inc.;
and Peter Matheos, Ph.D., Wilshire Associates, Inc.
Long Term Risk Adjusted Attribution
Stephen Campisi, The Phoenix Company
Refinements in Multi-Period Attribution
David Cariño, Ph.D., Frank Russell Company
The Journal Interview
Brian Singer, UBS Global Asset Management
Attribution Linking: Proofed and Clarified
Andrew Scott Bay Frongello
Incremental Attribution With and Without Notional Portfolios
Erik Valtonen, Ph.D., AP3
WINTER 2002-2003
VOLUME 7 – NUMBER 2
A Case for Attribution Standards
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Using Performance Statistics: Have Measurers Lost the Plot
Robert Darling, The WM Company, and
Alastair MacDougall, The WM Company
Performance Attribution with Short Positions
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
Performance Standards for Transition Management
Robert Collie, Frank Russell Securities
The Journal Interview
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management
The LIFE Index: A New Approach to Rank Mutual Funds Evidence for Germany
Roger Otten, Ph.D., Maastricht University and
Mark Schweitzer, Ph.D., Dexia Bank Nederland
SPRING 2003
VOLUME 7 – NUMBER 3
Benchmark Rebalancing Calculations
Damien Laker, Barra
Another Interpretation of Negative Sharpe Ratio
Yoshiaki Akeda, Nomura Funds Research and Technologies
Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Is the Modified Dietz Formula Money-weighted or Time-weighted?
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Stephen Campisi, The Phoenix Companies
Return Compounding: Essential Insights and Practical Implications
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research
Linking Differences Do Matter
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
SUMMER 2003
VOLUME 7 – NUMBER 4
Adjustments to Prior Period Returns
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc. and
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management
Return Attribution of Actively Managed or Time-Varying Portfolios
Birgir Orn Arnarson, Ph.D., Kaupthing Bank;
Steingrimur Karason Sc.D., Kaupthing Bank;
Haraldur Oskar Haraldsson, Ph.D., Kaupthing Bank;
and Hrafnkell Karason Ph.D., Kaupthing Bank
An Integrated Framework for Style Analysis and Performance Measurement
Noel Amenc, Ph.D., EDHEC Graduate School of Business;
Daphne Sfeir, Ph.D., EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Center;
and Lionel Martellini, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Decomposing the Money-weighted Rate of Return
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management and
Wolfgang Marty, Credit Suisse Asset Management
The Journal Interview
Rob Arnott, First Quadrant, LP and Research Affiliates, LLC
Risk Adjusted Performance Attribution: A New Paradigm for Performance Analysis
Andrew Kophamel, Deutsche Asset Management
PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION STANDARDS 2003
VOLUME 7 – SUPPLEMENT
Oh The Changes They Have Made!
Alecia L. Licata, Association for Investment Management and Research
Ten Steps to Merger Integration: Maintaining Your Firm’s Compliance (And Your Sanity)
Through The Merger Process
L. Todd Juillerat, CFA, Banc One Investment Advisors
Searching for a System to Meet Your After-tax Performance Reporting Needs
John D. Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems
Summary Results- 2003 Performance Presentation Standards Survey
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Carl Bacon, StatPro and Jeff Clark, First Rate Investment Systems
FALL 2003
VOLUME 8 – NUMBER 1
Perspectives on Transaction-based Attribution
Damien Laker, Barra
Transaction-based Vs. Holdings-based Attribution. A Perspective
Claude Giguère, Financial Models Company
A Roundtable Interview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.; Iain McAra, JP Morgan Fleming Asset
Management; Lucy Schwartzman, J & W Seligman; Jean-Pierre Mittaz, Goldman
Sachs; Sarah Ringle, Alliance Capital; Sandra Hahn-Colbert, Neuberger Berman;
Debi Deyo-Rossi, Turner Investment Partners; and Jennifer Cahill, Grantham Mayo
Van Otterloo
Transaction-based Vs. Holdings-based Attribution: The Devil is in the Definitions
Julia K. Bonafede, Wilshire Associates and
Mary Cait McCarthy, Wilshire Associates
Holdings Vs. Transaction-based Attribution, an Overview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Errors in Transaction-based Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero Ph.D., CFA, Thomson Vestek and
Junmin Hu, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
WINTER 2003-2004
VOLUME 8 – NUMBER 2
Attribution – Arithmetic or Geometric? The Best of Both Worlds
Cecelia Wong, Ph.D., Base-Two Investment Systems
Strategic Integration for Competitive Advantage
Jack Lutkowitz, Intellective, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Mark Anson, Ph.D., CalPERS
Performance Attribution with Consistency and Depth
Timothy P. Ryan, Fidelity Management and Research Co.
Demystifying the Interaction Effect
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Structural Comparison of Single-period Attribution Models
Helmut Mausser, Ph.D., Algorithmics, Inc.
SPRING 2004
VOLUME 8 – NUMBER 3
On Simple Indicators of Investment Performance
Michele Gambera, Ph.D., Morningstar Associates, LLC
Omega as a Performance Measure
Hossein Kazemi, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts;
Thomas Schneeweis, University of Massachusetts;
and Bhaswar Gupta, University of Massachusetts
The Journal Interview
Yoh Kuwabara, ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation
A Case for Money-weighted Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi
Kappa – A Generalized Downside Risk-adjusted Performance Measure
Paul D. Kaplan, Ph.D., Morningstar Associates, LLC and
James A. Knowles, York Hedge Fund Strategies, Inc.
Dynamic Strategy of Portfolio Value-at-Risk Estimation
Andrey Rogachev, Ph.D., Bank Wegelin & Co.
SUMMER 2004
VOLUME 8 – NUMBER 4
When the Green Zone Could Land You in the Red Zone
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., FxConcepts, Inc.
Yield Curve Decomposition and Fixed Income Attribution
Zoubair Esseghaier, M.Sc., DST International, Inc.;
Tilak Lal, Peter Cai, Ph.D., DST International, Inc.;
and Phil Hannay, DST International, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Gary Neale, Morley Fund Management
An Exposure Based Attribution Model for Balanced Portfolios
Christian Levecq, FactSet Ltd.
EIPC Guidance on Performance Attribution Presentation: A Step Towards Standardization
of Performance Attribution
Stefan Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse Asset Management and
Dimitri Senik, CFA, PricewaterhouseCoopers
De-bunking the Interaction Myth
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENT 2004
VOLUME 8 – SUPPLEMENT
The Implementation of Daily Performance Measurement and Attribution at
Deutsche Asset Management
Peter Ellis, Ph.D., Deutsche Asset Management
Special Considerations for Searching for an Attribution System
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
Selecting and Implementing a Daily Performance System
Debi Deyo-Rossi, Turner Investment Partners, Inc.
The Roundtable Interview
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc. ; Emma Wood, BI-SAM; Lucas Vermuelen,
ORTEC; Ian Thompson, AFA Systems; Kirthi Ramakrishnan, FMC; Greg Stewart,
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services; Mark Osterkamp, Wilshire Associates; John
Simpson, Integrated Decision Systems; David Yuska, CAPS, Inc.; Mark Bramley,
StatPro, Inc.; Todd Brunskill, First Rate Investment Systems.
Performance Measurement Technology Survey – Summary of Results
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
FALL 2004
VOLUME 9 – NUMBER 1
Regression-based Performance Attribution
David C. Blitz, Robeco Asset Management
What has the Manager Done for Me? A Value-based Method of Measuring Fund
Performance in Relation to a Benchmark
Seth Armitage, Ph.D., Heriot-Watt University and
Gordon Bagot, The Faculty of Actuaries
The Journal Interview
Ronald D. Peyton, Callan Associates
Nested Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Thomson Vestek
A Four-factor Performance Attribution Model for Equity Portfolios
Craig Heatter, JP Morgan Chase & Company;
Charles Gabriel, Empirical Modeling and Analytics, Inc.;
and Yi Wang, Ph.D., Empirical Modeling and Analytics, Inc.
Attribution Analysis: Old and New
Anatoly Kirievsky, Reserve Bank of Australia and
Leonid Kirievsky, Ph.D., University of New South Wales
WINTER 2004/2005
VOLUME 9 – NUMBER 2
Greek Alphabet Soup and Risk-adjusted Performance
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies, LLC
A Simplified Method for Calculating the Money-weighted Rate of Return
Iourii Chestopalov, Ph.D., Royal Bank of Canada and
Sergei Beliaev, Royal Bank of Canada
Analyst Attribution: Improving the Bottom-up Process
David E. Kuenzi, Glenwood Capital Investments, LLC
The Journal Interview
Douglas S. Rogers, CTC Consulting, Inc.
An Excursion into the Performance Characteristics of Hedge Funds
Harry Kat, Ph.D., Alternative Investment Research Centre and
Sa Lu, Alternative Investment Research Centre
Pure and Inter-period Interaction Effects in Multi-period Attribution
Sean Banchik, Mainspring Associates
SPRING 2005
VOLUME 9 – NUMBER 3
Reformulating Ankrim’s Risk-adjusted Performance Attribution
Alexander Obeid, Ph.D., Bank Sarasin Ltd. Co.
Toward Consensus on Multiple-period Arithmetic Attribution
Damien Laker
The Journal Interview
Jennifer Cahill, CFA, Grantham, Mayo Van Otterloo
“A Call to Arms!” The Next Frontier for Taxable Accounts – After-tax Return Performance Attribution
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA, CTC Consulting, Inc.
IRR, Money-weighted Return, Time-weighted Return, and the Modified Dietz Method
John Kahila, Thomson Corporation
A Jigsaw Puzzle of Basic Risk-adjusted Performance Measures
Hendrick Scholtz, Ph.D., Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt and
Marco Wilkens, Ph.D., Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
SUMMER 2005
VOLUME 9 – NUMBER 4
An OAS Framework for Portfolio Attribution Analysis
William Burns, Ph.D, CMS BondEdge and
Wensong Chu, Ph.D., CMS BondEdge
Performance Compliance Challenges for Investment Advisors
Jane Katz Crist, The Law Offices of Jane Katz Crist
The Journal Interview
Alecia Licata, CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity
Concentrating Performance Attribution Information
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford Investment Management Company
Thinking Through Fixed Income Attribution – Reflections from a Group of French
Practitioners
Claude Giguère, CGIPS
Performance Attribution and the Accuracy of Detecting Timing and Selection Skills
Auke Plantinga, Ph.D., University of Gronigen
PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION STANDARDS SUPPLEMENT 2005
VOLUME 9 – SUPPLEMENT
Achieving and Maintaining AIMR-PPS® (GIPS®) Compliance
Ann F. Putallaz, Ph.D., Munder Capital Management
A Wake-up Call for Private Equity on GIPS®
Carol Kennedy, Pantheon
The Roundtable Interview
Ian Thompson, Microgen Asset Management Solutions; David Yuska, CAPS;
Mark Elliott, SS&C Technologies; Remco van Eeuwijk, Wilshire Associates;
Joe McDonagh, Eagle Investment Systems; Greg Stewart, Mellon Analytical Solutions;
and Mark Bramley, Statpro
The CGIPS Program
Philip Lawton, CFA, CFA Institute
GIPS Convergence is Here – Our Survey Shows the Industry is Ready!
John Simpson, TSG, Inc.
FALL 2005
VOLUME 10 – NUMBER 1
The Impact of Equity Dividends on Segment-level Performance
Mark Osterkamp, Wilshire Associates Inc.
Contrasting Time- and Money-weighted Returns: When Each Should be Used
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
A Modest Proposal to Modernize the Performance Evaluation of Hedge Funds
Ron Surz, PPCA, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Philip Lawton, CFA, CFA Institute
A Consistent Linking Concept for Fast Calculation of the Rate of Return and Research of
Investment Strategies
Alexandre Chestopalov, University of Toronto and
Konstantin Chestopalov, University of Toronto
A Primer on Time-weighted and Dollar-weighted Returns
Steven J. Lerit, New York Life Investment Management
WINTER 2005/2006
VOLUME 10 – NUMBER 2
Which is Better: Daily or Monthly Attribution?
Peter Zangari, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and
Mehmet Bayraktar, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Attribution Analysis and Wilshire’s Method
Jim Zhang, Ph.D., Merrill Lynch
Risk Decomposition and Its Use in Portfolio Analysis
George Xiang, Ph.D., CFA, Loomis Sayles & Company
The Journal Interview
Bruce Feibel, Mellon Analytical Solutions
Contributive Alpha as the Basis for Investment Performance Attribution
John F. Mathias, Ph.D., Alberta Investment Management
Fixed Income Attribution Model
Mathieu Cubilié, StatPro
SPRING 2006
VOLUME 10 – NUMBER 3
Fixed Income Performance Attribution: A Flexible Approach
Lars Bjerre Hansen, SimCorp and
Per Søgaard-Anderson, Ph.D., SAMPENSION
Portfolio Risk Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, Thomson Financial and
Junmin Hu, Ph.D. CFA, Thomson Financial
The Journal Interview
Gary Brinson, CFA, GP Brinson Investments
Sector-level Attribution Effects with Compounded Notional Portfolios
Mark David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
Performance Attribution Methodologies: New Returns-based Attribution and Factor-based
Attribution
Teri Geske, CMS BondEdge
How to Build your own Linking Formula – A Unified Linking Theory on Contribution
Gary Kahan, Lazard Asset Management
SUMMER 2006
VOLUME 10 – NUMBER 4
Risk Exposure in the Real World
Mark P. Kritzman, Windham Capital Management, LLC;
Ritirupa Samanta, Ph.D., State Street Global Advisors;
and Jennifer Bender, Ph. D., State Street Advisors
A New Approach to the Decomposition of Yield Curve Movements for Fixed Income
Attribution
Andrew Colin, Ph.D., StatPro;
Mathieu Cubilié, StatPro;
and Frederic Bardoux, StatPro
The Journal Interview
Barton Briggs, Traxis Partners
Performance Attribution with Zero-weighted Sectors
Damian Laker, CompoundingHappens.com
Currency Overlay Attribution: A Practical Guide
Jeroen Geenen, Ortec;
Marten Klock, Ph.D., Ortec;
and Elske van de Burgt, Ortec
Fixed Income Attribution: a Combined Methodology
Phillippe Gillet, Ph.D., Poitiers Institute of Management and
Bernard Hommolie, IXIS Management
TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENT 2006
VOLUME 10 – SUPPLEMENT
Ten Tips for a Successful Performance System Search and Implementation
John D. Simpson, TSG, Inc.
A World Class Performance Measurement System
David Spaulding, TSG, Inc.
The Roundtable Interview
Todd Brunskill, First Rate; Elske van de Burgt, ORTEC; Lee Detlaff, SunGard;
Mark Elliott, SS&C; Des Gallacher, DST International; Joe McDonagh, Eagle;
Glenn Skidmore, Informa; Jason Totedo, Wilshire Associates; Ron Walker, SunGard;
David Yuska, CAPS, Inc.
Performance Measurement Technology Survey- Summary of Results
John Simpson, TSG, Inc.
Performance Measurement Software Vendor Technology Survey III
FALL 2006
VOLUME 11 – NUMBER 1
Do Stock Indexes Have Abnormal Performance?
Bruce A. Costa, Ph.D., University of Montana School of Business Administration and
Kieth Jacob, Ph.D., University of Montana School of Business Administration
Fixed Income Attribution: a Unified Framework – Part I
Bernard Murira, World Bank and
Hector Sierra, Ph.D., World Bank
The Journal Interview
Don Phillips, Morningstar
A General Approach for Linking Arithmetic Attribution Results Over Time
Mikael Broberg, Third Swedish National Pension Fund
Is Sharpe Ratio Still Effective?
Yasuaki Watanabe, Ph.D., The Japan Research Institute
Risk Attribution
Philippe Grégoire, Ph.D., Louvain School of Management and
Hervé Van Oppens, Orfival SA
WINTER 2006/2007
VOLUME 11 – NUMBER 2
Fixed Income Attribution: a Unified Framework – Part 2
Bernard Murira, World Bank and
Hector Sierra, Ph.D., World Bank
Risk-adjusted Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI Barra
The Journal Interview
L. Todd Juillerat, CFA INVESCO
Single Currency Return Attribution
Bob Kopprash, Ph.D, The Yield Book and
Gijs Treimanis, The Yield Book
Fixed Income Attribution with Minimum Raw Material
Andrew Colin, Ph. D., StatPro
Morningstar® Investor ReturnTM: Capturing the Collective Investor Experience
Catherine Sanders, Morningstar;
Julie Austin, CFA, Morningstar;
and Michelle Swartzentruber, Morningstar
Spring 2007
VOLUME 11 – NUMBER 3
First-time-right Ratio: Measuring the Measurers
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford
First Steps in Foreign Exchange Transaction Cost Analysis
Michael DuCharme, CFA, Russell Investment Group
The Journal Interview
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI Barra
Accurate Benchmarking is Gone but Not Forgotten: The Imperative need to Get Back to Basics
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA
On the Robustness of Performance Measures in Fund Persistence
Yin-Ching Jan, National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology
Su-Ling Chiu, National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology
Transaction-based Performance: a Framework for Evaluating Measurement and Attribution Methodologies
Mark R. David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
Summer 2007
VOLUME 11 – NUMBER 4
Performance Measurement for Covered Call Option Strategies
Andrew Kophamel
Babloo Sarin
The T Ratio – An Information Ratio for Transition Events
Matthew Clay, Russell Investment Group
The Journal Interview
Neil E. Riddles, CFA, CIPM, Hansberger Global Investors, Inc.
A Critical Analysis of Fund Rating Systems
Noel Amenc, Ph.D., EDHEC Graduate School of Business
Veronique Le Sourd, EDHEC Risk & Asset Management Research Center
M-Squared: a Double-take on Three Approaches to a Primary Risk Measure
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Measuring Investment Returns: Arithmetic vs. Geometric Mean
Jim Zhang, Ph.D., BlackRock
Fall 2007
VOLUME 12 – NUMBER 1
Performance Measurement for Pension Funds
Auke Plantinga, University of Groningen
Multi-Currency Attribution – Part 1
The Real Nature of Multi-Currency
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro
The Journal Interview
Jonathan Boersma, CFA, CFA Institute
Editorial Viewpoint –
A Report on Setting Performance Presentation Standards
A Hierarchy of Methods for Calculating Rates of Return
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Alex Shestopaloff, SegmentSoft Inc.
Analysis of Ranking Factors for a Risk Averse Investor in a Non-Gaussian World
Massimo Di Pierro, Ph.D., DePaul University
Jack Mosevich, Ph.D., Merrill Lynch
A Brinson Model Alternative: an Equity Attribution Model with Orthogonal Risk Attribution
Andrew Colin, Ph.D., StatPro
Winter 2007/2008
VOLUME 12 – NUMBER 2
Multi-currency Attribution – Part 2
Factoring in Interest Rate Differentials
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro
Performance Attribution Against Transient Buckets
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford
The Journal Interview
Douglas R. Lempereur, CFA, CIPM, FRM, Franklin Templeton
The Role of Conceptual Context in Finding the Rate of Return
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., Segment Soft Inc.
Konstantin Shestopaloff, Segment Soft Inc.
Currency Handling for Futures and Options
Mathieu Cubilie, StatPro
Evaluating Target Date Lifecycle Funds
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Brighman Young University
Spring 2008
VOLUME 12 – NUMBER 3
Transforming Pre-calculated NAV Returns to Gross-of-fee Returns – A Practitioner’s Guide
Jorn Gunnar Kleven, Eidsiva Vannkraft AS
Should the Interaction Effect be Allocated? A “Black Box” Approach to Interaction
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
James E. Hollis, CFA, Cutter Associates
A Closer Look at Performance Persistence of Mutual Funds
Eero Patari, D.Sc., Confido Capital
On the Subject and Subjectivity of Security Allocation
Timothy P. Ryan, Hartford Investment Management Company
Performance-based Compensation Contracts in the Asset Management Industry
Martin Schliemann, Ernst & Young
Matthias Stanzel, Ph.D., Ernst & Young
Summer 2008
VOLUME 12 – NUMBER 4
Long-Short Portfolio Analytics
David Asermely, BNY Mellon
The Blob Attacks Investment Manager Due Diligence
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA
A Geometric Attribution Model and a Symmetry Principle
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Craig E. Heatter, JPMorgan
Time Calculations for Annualizing Returns: The Need for Standardization
Damien Laker, CIPM, CompoundingHappens.com
The Hazards of Using IRR to Measure Performance:
The Case of Private Equity
Ludovic Phalippou, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam Business School
Fall 2008
VOLUME 13 – NUMBER 1
Performance Attribution in Private Equity
Austin M. Long, III, Alignment Capital Group
How Stable are the Major Performance Measures?
Laurent Bodson, HEDC-Management School of the University of Liege
Alain Coen, Ph.D., University of Quebec in Montreal
Georges Hubner, Ph.D., HEC-Management School of the University of Liege
The Journal Interview
William Goetzmann, Ph.D., International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management
Derivation of the DTWR Formula
Trevor Davies, CFA, Albridge Solutions
Measuring Investment Skill using the Effective Information Coefficient
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services, Inc.
Risk Attribution and Portfolio Optimizations under Tracking-error Constraints
Philippe Bertrand, Ph.D., Universite Aix-Marseille 2
Winter 2008/2009
VOLUME 13 – NUMBER 2
Utility-Adjusted Performance
Charles E. Appeadu, Ph.D., CFA, CFA Institute
Luis Garcia-Feijoo, Ph.D., CFA, CFA Institute
Balanced Portfolio Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
Private Investments and Performance Implications from a Fund Sponsor’s Perspective
Guy M. Holappa, CFA, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
The Journal Interview
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Establishing Benchmarks for Currency:
The Disentangling of Currency Returns
Eric B. P. Busay, CFA, CalPERS
Value-based Performance Measurement: A Further Explanation
Seth Armitage, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Gordon Bagot
Spring 2009
VOLUME 13 – NUMBER 3
Portfolio Omega and Optimization
Mark Hooker, Ph.D., State Street Global Advisors
George Xiang, Ph.D. CFA, State Street Global Advisors
Refining the Sharpe Ratio
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
The Journal Interview
Martin Schliemann, Ernst & Young
Performance Attribution: An Introduction
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
A Model for a Global Investment Attribution Analysis
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Performance Measurement and Attribution with Leverage and Derivatives
Damien Laker, CIPM, CompoundingHappens.com
Summer 2009
VOLUME 13 – NUMBER 4
Investment Portfolio Scenario Analysis in a Relative Return Framework
Steven J. Lerit, CFA
Performance Analysis Systems – In-House or Vendor Package
Kyle Ringrose, Wilson HTM Group
The Journal Interview
Jim Trotter, Northern Trust
Determining the Optimal Mutual Fund Style Classification Methodology
David M. Blanchett, CFA, University of Chicago
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
Risk and Skill-Adjusted Investment Compensation
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., MCube Investment Technologies LLC
The (more than) 100 Ways to Measure Portfolio Performance
Part 1: Standardized Risk-Adjusted Measures
Philippe Cogneau, HEC – Management School of the University of Liege
Georges Hubner, Ph.D., HEC
Fall 2009
VOLUME 14 – NUMBER 1
Models of Risk and Financial Crises
Paul D. Kaplan, Ph.D., Morningstar, Inc.
Decomposing the Money-Weighted Rate of Return – an Update
Stefan J. Illmer, Ph.D., Credit Suisse
The Journal Interview
David A. Stone, First Rate
Strategic Asset Allocation and Risk Attribution
Philippe Gregoire, Ph.D, Orfival
Philip Vandooren, GPMS
Multi-Currency Performance Attribution
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI Barra
Ben Davis, Ph.D., MSCI Barra
The (more than) 100 Ways to Measure Portfolio Performance
Part 2: Special Measures and Comparison
Philippe Cogneau, HEC – Management School of the University of Liege
Georges Hubner, Ph.D., HEC – Management School of the University of Liege
Winter 2009/2010
VOLUME 14 – NUMBER 2
Bespoke Attribution: Illustrating the Manager’s Process
Mark R. David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
On the Consistency of Performance Measures for Hedge Funds
Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thanh, Ph.D., University of Maine (France)
The Journal Interview
Jed Schneider, CIPM, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Liquidity Adjusted Returns and Performance Measures:
Synching Public and Private Fund Performance
John M. Longo, Ph.D., CFA, Rutgers Business School
Share Class Hedging: Performance Attribution
Jordan Alexiev, CFA, State Street Associates
Jay Moore, CFA, State Street Associates
David Turkington, CFA, State Street Associates
Equity Style Analysis: Beyond Performance Measurement
George Degroot, CFA, BNY Mellon
Paul Greenwood, CFA, Northern Lights Ventures, LLC
Spring 2010
VOLUME 14 – NUMBER 3
Determining the Optimal Benchmark Indices for a Domestic Equity Returns-Based Style Analysis
David M. Blanchett, CFA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Extreme Risk Analysis
Lisa Goldberg, Ph.D., MSCI
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI
Michael Hayes, Ph.D., MSCI
Indrajit Mitra, Ph.D., MIT
The Journal Interview
Rajiv Mathur, State Street Investment Analytics
Why Have an Attribution Model to Break Out the Investment Decisions When the Answer is Explicit? Advocating a Decision-based Approach to Attribution
Jem Tugwell, Jem Tugwell Associates
The Art and Science of Risk Management: A Case Study
Wylie Tolette, CFA, Franklin Templeton Investments
GIPS 2010: Highlights of Forthcoming Changes
L. Todd Juillerat, CFA, State Street Global Advisors
Summer 2010
VOLUME 14 – NUMBER 4
Performance Outsourcing 2010 – Broadening the Debate
Mark Goodey, AVIVA Investors
Jim Trotter, Northern Trust
A New Measure of Tactical Allocation Skills in Performance Attribution Analysis
Wenling Lin, Ph.D., Office of Comptroller of the Currency
The Journal Interview
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
The Capital Asset Pricing Model: Theory and Evidence
Eugene F. Fama, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Kenneth R. French, Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Idiosyncratic Return and Variance Attribution:
Observations from the Australian Listed Property Sector
Andrew Kophamel, CFA, State Street
Sharpe Ratio for Skew-normal Distributions:
A Skewness-dependent Performance Trade-off
Martin Eling, Ph.D., University of Ulm
Luisa Tibletti, Ph.D., University of Torino
Fall 2010
VOLUME 15 – NUMBER 1
Refining Core-Satellite Investing
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA Inc.
An Advanced Methodology for Fund Rating
Noel Amenc, EDHEC Graduate School of Business
Veronique Le Sourd, EDHEC Risk Institute
The Journal Interview
James Edmonds, CFA, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Life Settlements: Valuation and Performance Reporting for an Emerging Asset Class
Darwin M. Bayston, CFA, AVS Underwriting LLC
Douglas R. Lempereur, CFA, CIPM, Franklin Templeton
Anthony Pecore, Ph.D., Franklin Advisers, Inc.
The Characteristics of Factor Portfolios
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI
Tailoring Manager Allocation to Market Conditions Using Alpha Optimization: Part 1
Eric A. Stubbs, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Enrique Jaen, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Winter 2010/2011
VOLUME 15 – NUMBER 2
Beyond Brinson: Establishing the Link between Sector and Factor Models
Ben Davis, Ph.D., MSCI
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA, MSCI
Getting to the Heart of Investing – Financial Stewardship That Meets Client Objectives
Patrick Fowler, TSG
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
The Journal Interview
Todd Jankowski, CFA, CFA Institute
An Analysis of the Aggregate method to Calculate Composite Returns
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
New High Performance Computational Methods for Mortgages and Annuities
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Tailoring Manager Allocation to Market Conditions Using Alpha Optimization: Part 2
Eric A. Stubbs, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Enrique Jaen, Ph.D., RBC Wealth Management
Spring 2011
VOLUME 15 – NUMBER 3
Properties of the IRR Equation with Regard to Ambiguity of Calculating the Rate of Return and a Maximum Number of Solutions
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft
Wolfgang Marty, Ph.D., Credit Suisse
A Sector Based Approach to Fixed Income Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, Intuitive Performance Solutions
The Journal Interview
Dean LeBaron, CFA, Batterymarch Financial Management
The Performance Measure You Choose Influences the Evaluation of Hedge Funds
Valeri Zakamouline, Ph.D., University of Agder
Golf and the Art of Portfolio Performance Measurement
Larry Campbell, AIF, Morgan Keegan & Company
Measuring Investment Returns of Portfolios Containing Futures and Options
John C. Stannard
Summer 2011
VOLUME 15 – NUMBER 4
Portfolio Leverage Ratio
David Asermely, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
Structuring Family, Wealth, Governance, and Global Family Entities:
Basic Requirement of Performing Reporting for Meaningful Interpretation of Results
Tania Neild, Ph.D., InfoGrate, Inc.
Douglas S. Rogers, CFA, Ascensio Asset Management, LLC
The Journal Interview
Howard Marks, CFA, Oaktree
Currency Hedged Benchmark Replication: Challenges and Improvements
Jordan Alexiev, CFA, State Street Global Markets
Steve Fenty, State Street Global Global Investments
Jay Moore, CFA, State Street Global Markets
A New Empirical Method for Yield Curve Attribution
Maria de Sousa Vieira, Ph.D., Thomson Reuters
A New Measure for the Investment Management Industry:
Time- & Money-Weighted Return (TMWR)
Joseph D’Alessandro, Real Estate Insights
Fall 2011
VOLUME 16 – NUMBER 1
A Case for Fixed Income Holdings-Based Attribution:
Techniques for Achieving Cleaner Results
Edward Ha, CIPM, PineBridge
Fatal Flaws of the Sharpe Ratio or How to Make Yourself Look Good
Don M. Chance, CFA, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
The Journal Interview
Jenny Tsouvalis, OMERS
The Myth of GIPS- Money-weighted Returns for Client Performance Reporting
Trevor Davies, CFA, CIPM, BNY Mellon
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Globalization of an Asset Manager and Working in Global Teams
Mark Goodey, Aviva Investors
An Introduction to the Efficient Construction of Intuitive and Transparent Equity Multi-Factor Models
Bill Wynne, Axioma
Edward Rackham, Ph.D., Los Angeles Capital Management
Fall 2011/Winter 2012
VOLUME 16 – NUMBER 2
A Framework for Evaluating Hedge Fund Risk
John M. Longo, Ph.D., CFA, Rutgers Business School
A New Method for Evaluating a Portfolio’s Downside Risk
Charles Gabriel, EMA Softech
Andrew Lawson, Ph.D., EMA Softech
Mark Huamani, JPMorgan
The Journal Interview
Sandra Hahn-Colbert, CFA, O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC
Expanding Our Market Vocabulary
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford Investment Management Company
On the Stability of Performance Measures Over Time: An Empirical Study
Giovanna Menardi, Ph.D., University of Padova, Italy
Francesco Lisi, University of Padova, Italy
Geometric and Arithmetic Approaches to Attribution Linking are Equivalent
Andrei Reztsov, Ph.D., Australian Centre for Commercial Mathematics
Spring 2012
VOLUME 16 – NUMBER 3
A General Framework for the Business Requirements of an Investment Performance Measurement System
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford
High Frequency Equity Performance Attribution
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
The Journal Interview
Frances Barney, CFA, BNY Mellon
Differences in Fund Trackers’ Performance Rankings:
A Mean-Variance Perspective
Michael Jay Stutzer, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Asset Allocation vs. Security Selection: Their Relative Perspective
Renato Staub, Ph.D., William Blair and Company
Brian Singer, CFA, William Blair and Company
Universal Advisor Performance Standards
David Spaulding, TSG
Ryan Alfred, Brightscope
Summer 2012
VOLUME 16 – NUMBER 4
Rethinking Portfolio Risk in Asset Management
Charles T. Hage, Mohican Financial Management LLC
A New Choice in Multi-Period Investment Performance Attribution:
Effective Return versus Geometric Smoothing
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA, Inc.
The Journal Interview
John Longo, Ph.D. CFA, The MDE Group
Risky Business: Why Right-Risking, Rather than De-Risking, is Key for Pension Plans
Paul Sweeting, Ph.D., CFA, JPMorgan Asset Management
Analyzing Diversification Effects, Sector Allocations, Market Conditions, and Factor Tilts in Advanced Equity Beta Strategies: The Case of Efficient Indices
Felix Goltz, Ph.D., EDHEC-Risk Institute
Dev Sahoo, EDHEC-Risk Institute
Flows and Woes: The True Costs of Sport Trading Policy
Matthew Lyberg, CFA, CIPM, Acadian Asset Management
Alexander Dunegan, State Street Global Markets
Fall 2012
VOLUME 17 – NUMBER 1
Measuring Risk for Venture Capital and Buyout Portfolios
Susan Woodward, Ph.D., Sand Hill Economics
The Toolkit to Analyze a Pure StockPicker
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford
The Journal Interview
Annie Lo, CIPM, CFA Institute
A Simple Approach to Fund to Funds Performance Measurement
Spiros Koutsogianopoulos, CIPM, SS & C Technologies
A Conceptual Framework for the Development and Verification of Attribution Models including Arithmetic Attribution Models
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft, Inc.
Winter 2012/2013
VOLUME 17 – NUMBER 2
What’s Wrong with Multiplying by the Square Root of Twelve
Paul Kaplan, Ph.D., Morningstar Canada
A Case for Arithmetic Attribution
Mark R. David, CFA, Essex River Analytics
The Journal Interview
Phil Page, Cardano
Absolute Return Equity Risk Attribution and Forecasting
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Larry Harris, Ph.D. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Spring 2013
VOLUME 17 – NUMBER 3
Semi-Closed Solutions in Yield Curve Attribution
Maria De Sousa Vieira, Ph.D., Thompson Reuters
Adding Derivatives to Absolute Return Attribution
Ricky Cooper, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Tingting Li, Illinois Institute of Technology
The Journal Interview
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, Hartford
Performance Evaluation and Prediction – Part 2
Larry Harris, Ph.D., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Turnover Performance
Laurent Cantaluppi, Ph.D., Cantaluppi & Hug
Summer 2013
VOLUME 17 – NUMBER 4
Effective Return of Portfolio Positions
G. Peter Todd, Ph.D., CFA, Parilux Investment Technology LLC
Fixed Income Attribution: The Constant Quest to Explain Residuals
Bai Gu, CFA, Investment Measurement Services, Inc.
The Journal Interview
Joseph McDonagh, CFA, BNY Mellon
A Modification of the Modified Dietz Approach
Paolo Antonio Cucurachi, Ph.D., University of Salento
Ugo Pomante, Ph.D., University of Rome Tor Vergata
Mathematics Behind Multilevel Attribution: Keeping Apples and Oranges Separate
Dmitry Cherkasov, CIPM, RBC Global
Fall 2013
VOLUME 18 – NUMBER 1
Design Considerations for Performance Presentations
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, FRM, Hartford
Decomposition of Emerging Market Currency Risk: A Hedging Application
Gavin Francis, Insight
Erin Musli, Insight
Tom Cella, CFA, Insight
The Journal Interview
Peter Luntang Christensen, PFA Asset Management
Choosing the Right Solution of IRR Equation to Measure Investment Success
Yuri Shestopaloff, Ph.D., SegmentSoft Inc.
Alexander Shestopaloff, University of Toronto
The GIPS Standards & Asset Owners
David Spaulding, CIPM, TSG
Winter 2013/2014
VOLUME 18 – NUMBER 2
Operational and IT Consequences of Performance Reporting
Bruce Russell, Bridge
Measuring Performance in the Presence of Deposits and Withdrawals
Thomas Becker, Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Germany
The Journal Interview
Richard Mitchell, CFA, CIPM, OPSEU Pension Trust
Cumulative Frongello-Equivalent Attribution
Timothy Svenson, Ph.D., Funds SA
A Simplified Fixed Income Performance Attribution Model
Peter Simons, CloudAttribution
Anton Karadakov, CloudAttribution
Spring 2014
VOLUME 18 – NUMBER 3
What Characteristics Indicate Skill in Equity Management
Malcolm Smith, Inalytics
Puzzles in Risk and Performance
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
The Journal Interview
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
Portfolio Manager Control Considerations in Leveraged Senior Loan Performance Attribution
Sean Kelley, PPM America
Performance Attribution for Portfolios that Trade Futures Contracts
Philippe Grégoire, Ph.D., Orfival and Yves Hennard, CAIA, Union Bancaire Privee
Fixed Income Attribution: the Strength of the Full-Repricing
Grégoire Hug, BNP Paribas Securities Services and
Valérie Nicaise, BNP Paribas Securities Services
Summer 2014
VOLUME 18 – NUMBER 4
Puzzles in Risk and Performances: Part 2
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
Residual Interaction Compounding: A New Term in Multi-Period Arithmetic Attribution
Joseph D’Alessandro, CPA, Real Estate Insights
The Journal Interview: Jenny Lor
Jenny Lor, CIPM, FRM, CitiTrust Limited
Contributions of Initial Holdings and Transactions to Performance
Laurent Cantaluppi, Ph.D., Cantaluppi & Hug
Mind the GAP: Questioning the Investment Manager’s Stated Benchmark
Panagiota Balfousia, CFA
Exact Multi-Period Performance Attribution Model
Carsten Berg, Danske Capital
Fall 2014
VOLUME 19 – NUMBER 1
Attributing the Risk and Return of Benchmark Misfit
DeWitt Miller, CFA, FRM, Wurts & Associates,
Anil Rao, MSCI and
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA
Separating the Impact of Portfolio Management Decisions
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, FRM
The Journal Interview: Bernd Fischer
Bernd R. Fischer, Ph.D., IDS GmbH
Why Do We Abuse, Misue, and Confuse Standard Deviation
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM
Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall: A Primer
Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
New Prospect Ratio: Application to Hedge Funds with Higher Order Moments
Yasuaki Watanabe, Ph.D., Osaka and Kinki University
Winter 2015
Volume 19 – Number 2
Fixed Income Attribution with Carry Effect
Tianci Dai, CFA, CIPM, SS&C and
Mark Elliott, SS&C
The Associative Property of Attribution Linking
Yindeng Jiang, CFA, University of Washington and
Joseph Sáenz, Ph.D., University of Washington
The Journal Interview
William H. Starbuck, Ph.D., University of Oregon and New York University
New Look at Multi-Period Attribution: Solving Rebalancing Issue
Dmitry Cherkasov, CFA, CIPM, RBC Global Asset Management
Visualization, R, ggplot2, and Applied Finance in Performance Measurement
Rodolfo Vanzini, eXponential s.r.l.
Contribution Fundamentals
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Spring 2015
Volume 19 – Number 3
The Sharpe Ratio Revisited: What It Really Tells Us
Arun Muralidhar, Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
Comparing Ex-Ante Tracking Error Estimates Across Time
Neil Riddles, Riddles Investment Consulting, LLC
The Journal Interview
Dax Johnson, CFA, State Street
A Periodic Table of Risk Measures – Version 2
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro
Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratios: Part 1
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
Multiple-Period Attribution: Residuals and Compounds
Brian D. Singer, CFA, William Blair & Company,
Miguel Gonzalo, Adams Street Partners and
Mark Lederman
Summer 2015
Volume 19 – Number 4
Measuring a Manager’s Trajectory – a (Very) Simple Approach
Daniel Blum, JP Morgan
The Right and Wrong of Ranks: Why Short-Term Ranks are Poor Performance Proxies and What to do About It
Armin Grueneich, Ph.D.
The Journal Interview
Joe Nardulli, Northern Trust
Pension Fund Investment Performance – What Method to Use When
Peter O. Dietz, Ph.D.
Multi-Period Performance Attribution: Framework for an Allocation Effect Taking Active Weight Drift into Account
Bas Leerink, CIPM, Ortec Finance and
Gerard C.M. van Breukelen, CIPM, Robeco
Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratios: Part 2
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
Fall 2015
Volume 20 – Number 1
How to Select Investment Portfolios Using Performance Analysis
Timothy P. Ryan, CIPM, FRM, CAIA, Hartford Investment Management Company
A Best Practice Framework for the Measurement and Analysis of Investment Performance
Peter Ellis, Ph.D., Bi-Sam
The Journal Interview
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG, Inc.
Combining Approaches of Analysis: The Integrated Risk Indicator Matrix
Mark Goodey, CERT IoD, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and
Aatish Garg, CFA, J.P. Morgan
Introducing Aggregate Return on Investment as a Solution to the Contradiction Between Some PME Metrics and IRR
Dean Altshuler, Ph.D., CFA, Bard Consulting LLC and
Carlo Alberto Magni, Ph.D., University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Factor-Based Asset Allocation and Illiquid Investments
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
Winter 2015/2016
Volume 20 – Number 2
Liquidity Risk and Performance Attribution
Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
Risk and Asset Allocation Inclusive of Pension Funding, “Full” and Otherwise
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Information Services
The Journal Interview
Valérie Nicaise, BNP Paribas and Grégoire Hug, BNP Paribas
Process Attribution: Revisiting Equity Attribution and Decision Making
Andrew Kophamel, CFA and
Ben Wang, Ph.D., National University of Singapore
Multi-Level Geometric Attribution, Revamped
Dmitry Cherkasov, CFA, CIPM, RBC Global
Are All Market Indexes Created Equal?
Frances Barney, CFA, CIPM, BNY Mellon
Dax Johnson, CFA, State Street
Joseph Nardulli, Northern Trust
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Allen Cheng, CFA, FRM, IRAS, and
Jamie Verrengia, State Street
Spring 2016
Volume 20 – Number 3
Attribution Hears a Who! The Case for Decision Maker-Based Attribution
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
Performance Attribution of Money-Weighted Return without Rebalancing to Strategy Allocation
Rafael Bischof, Cantaluppi & Hug
Laurent Cantaluppi, Cantaluppi & Hug and
Regula Walser, Cantaluppi & Hug
The Journal Interview
Frank Sortino, Ph.D., Pension Research Institute
Performance Evaluation for Long-Term Value-Based Investors
Geoff Warren, Ph.D., Centre for International Finance and Regulation
An Advocacy for a Chief Performance Officer (CPO)
Ioannis Segounis, CFA, CIPM, Phocion Investment Services
Abnormal Returns
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro plc.
Ian Thompson, Ph.D. StatPro plc. and
Pierre van der Westhuizen, StatPro plc.
Summer 2016
Volume 20 – Number 4
On Measuring Performance Toward Retirement
Hal Forsey, Ph.D., San Francisco State University and
Frank Sortino, Ph.D., San Francisco State University
Using Brinson Attribution to Explain the Differences Between Time-Weighted (TWR) and Money-Weighted (IRR) Returns
Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
The Journal Interview
Pam Krueger, WealthRamp
On the Impact of Closet Indexing in Active Fund Management
Wai Mun Fong, National University of Singapore
Equity Attribution Smoothing Method for Non-Rebalanced Periods
Tianci (Austin) Dai, CFA, CIPM, SS&C
Risk-adjusted performance attribution: why it makes sense and how to do it
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Fall 2016
Volume 21 – Number 1
Fair and Transparent Performance Fee – Part One
Steinar Eikeland, Industrifinans Kapitalforvaltning
Highlights of the GIPS Conference
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Paul Smith, CFA, CFA Institute
Performance Analysis for Alternative Investment Classes
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
Performance Drawdowns in Asset Management: Extending Drawdown Analysis to Active Returns
Daryl Bradford, CFA, CIPM, Acadian Asset Management and
Daniel Siliski, CAIA, Acadian Asset Management
Making Sense of Geometric Linking
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Winter 2016/2017
Volume 21 – Number 2
The Case Against Time-Weighted Return for Alternative Investments
Timothy F. Peterson, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, Cane Island Alternative Investors
Puzzles in Risk and Performance: Part 3
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
The Journal Interview
Karyn Vincent, CFA, CFA, CIPM
Do You Have Compliance Overconfidence?
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
Fair and Transparent Performance Fee – Part Two
Steiner Eikeland, Industrifinans Kapitalforvaltning
What the COO Needs to Know About Performance Measurement
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Spring 2017
Volume 21 – Number 3
Performance Attribution for Passive Strategies
Dax Johnson, CFA, CIPM, State Street
Puzzles in Risk and Performance: Part 4
Marcus Hedbring, Rimram Consulting
The Journal Interview
John C. Bogle, The Vanguard Group, Inc.
What the CCO Needs to Know About Performance Measurement
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Portfolio Analytics with Leveraged Securities
Shervin Hanachi, Ph.D. CFA, Thomson Reuters and
Sason Torosean, Thomson Reuters
Annual Risk Measures and Related Statistics
Arno E. Weber, CIPM, Ortec Finance
Summer 2017
Volume 21 – Number 4
Residuals on Duration-based Fixed Income Attribution
João Sousa Dias, Eagle Investment Systems
GIPS 20/20
Carl R. Bacon, CIPM, Statpro
The Journal Interview
Nick Sharp, Ph.d., MSCI
Net-of-Fee Performance Calculations
Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D., Opturo and
Krista Harvey, CFA, CIPM, TIAA
A Measure for Evaluating the Distributions of Ex-Ante Forecast Returns
Masahito Shimizu, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Confronting the Challenges of Multi-Level Attribution
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Fall 2017
Volume 22- Number 1
An Upper Bound for Ex-Post Sharpe Ratio with Application in Performance Measurement
Raymond H. Chan, Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kelvin K. Kan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and
Alfred K. Ma, Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Time Contradiction(in Asset Management and Asset Pricing) Between Investor Decision Horizons and Time Needed to Establish Skill
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., George Washington University
The Roundtable Interview
Hicham el Bonne, Ortec Finance
Claude Giguere, Robust Technologies
Katie Kiss, Confluence
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro and
Neil Smyth, StatPro
The Persistence of PE Performance
Greg Brown, Ph.D., Frank Hawkins Institute of Private Enterprise
Wendy Hu, Ph.D., Burgiss
Kelly Meldrum, CFA Adams Street Partners
Raymond Chan, CFA, FRM, Adams Street Partners and
Tobias True, CFA, FRM, Adams Street Partners
The Role of Trading in Portfolio Performance Attribution
Henri Waelbroeck, Ph.D., Portware and
Carla S. Gomes, Ph.D.,
Performance Measurement Technology Survey – Detailed Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Winter 2017/2018
Volume 22- Number 2
The “Missing Link” in Benchmarking Private Equity Performance and a New Twist on “Alpha”
Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
Illiquidity and Performance Attribution: A Primer
Alexander Amati, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School and
Ben J. Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
The Journal Interview
Ben J. Sopranzetti, Ph.D., Rutgers Business School
Evolving Performance Attribution to Support Exploratory Excess Return Decomposition
Mike Canty, CFA, Capital Group Companies
Some Problems of the IRR in Measuring PEI with Performance and How to Solve it with the Pure-Investment AIRR
Carlo Alberto Magni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and
James R. Cuthbert, Sussex University
The GIPS Standards & Asset Owners
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG and
John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG
Spring 2018
Volume 22- Number 3
Investment Risk
Kyle Ringrose, Athena IOC
Parametric Risk and “Mean Return”
Which µ is for you?
Paule Giles, Teachins
The Journal Interview
Elske van de Burgt, CFA, Ortec Finance
An Optimization Approach for Content Determination in a Performance Attribution Report
Brian Craig, Ph.D., Lamar Univerisity;
James Curry, Ph.D., Lamar University;
Alberto Marquez, Ph.D., Lamar University;
Mathiur Rahman, Ph.D.. McNeese State University;
Lonnie Turpin, Jr., Ph.D., McNeese State University; and
Ryan Underwood, Ph.D., Lamar University
A Practical Journey through Risk for Performance Analysis
Marten Klok, Ph.D., CIPM
Transaction- vs. Holdings-Based Attribution: The Differences are not so Clear, but Quite Important
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Summer 2018
Volume 22- Number 4
Geometric Attribution and the Interaction Effect
Arno E. Weber, CIPM, Ortec Finance
The Journal Interview
Ken Grossfield, CFA, Strategic and
Nicole Wellmann Kraus, CFA, Strategic
Best Practices for GIPS® Policies and Procedures
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Fall 2018
Volume 23 – Number 1
On the Relation Between Money- and Time-Weighted Rates of Return and its Implications
John E. Woods, Ph.D.
Target Date Fund Benchmarks
Ronald J. Surz, PPCA Inc.
The Journal Interview
Michael S. Caccese, Esq., K&L Gates
Public Market Equivalents: Methods and Considerations
Timothy F. Peterson, CFA, CAIA, Cane Island Alternative Investors
Performance Measurement: Ripe for Disruption
Mark Goodey, Dip IoD, Eagle Investment Systems
Abnormal Returns: Part 2
Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro;
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro and
Pierre van der Westhuizen, StatPro
Winter 2018/2019
Volume 23 – Number 2
Portfolio Performance Evaluation: What Differences do Logarithmic Returns Make?
Ralf Hudert, CIPM, DWS Holding and Services;
Michael G. Schmitt, CFA, International School of Management and
Michael von Thaden, International School of Management
Seeing the RMD in a New Light: The Required Minimum Distribution and its Implications for Retired Portfolio Design
Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D., Utah Valley University
The Journal Interview
Matthew Liposky, PRIM
Expected Rate of Return of Investments with Uncertain Timing
Boris Klebanov, Ph.D.
Active Managers Without Complete Discretion: A Case Study Using Extensions of Various Attribution Models
Ted Heemskerk, CQF, FRM, De Nederlandsche Bank and
Gerard C. M. van Breukelen, CIPM, Robeco
Spring 2019
Volume 23 – Number 3
Portfolio Management via a Holistic and Efficiency-Driven Decision Process
Stephen Campisi, CFA
How to Best Annualize Rates of Return
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Brian D. Singer, CFA, William Blair and Company
Multi-Period Contribution Analysis – Part 1
Paul Giles, Teachins and
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro
High and Higher Accuracy Analytical Approximations of the Internal Rate of Return
Boris Klebanov, Ph.D.
Global Asset Management and Performance Attribution
Denis S. Karnosky, Ph.D. and
Briand D. Singer, CFA, William Blair and Company
Summer 2019
Volume 23 – Number 4
Risk-Adjusted Performance Attribution
Keld Asnæs, Sampension
The Kappa-Calmar Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratio for Capital Protection
Johannes C. Kloppers, Ph.D., Ashburn Investments
The Journal Interview
Carl Bacon, CIPM, Otos Ltd
Multi-Period Contribution Analysis – Part 2
Paul Giles, Teachins and
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., StatPro
A Method to Estimate Transaction Costs
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Combining Attribution Effects Over Time
David Cariño, Ph.D.
Fall 2019
Volume 24 – Number 1
Measuring the Contribution of SRI/ESG Investment Strategies
Philippe Grègoire, Ph.D., University of Louvain
The Next Step in the Evolution of Decision-based Attribution:
Micro or Rules-based Attribution (and the Atoms of Attribution)
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies LLC and
Sanjay Muralidhar, Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
The Journal Interview
Bas Leerink, CIPM, Ortec Finance
A Framework for Benchmarking Private Investments
Cambridge Associates, LLC (Free Download)
Jill Shaw,
Carlos Herrera, and
Christine Cheong
Reprinted with permission of Cambridge Associates, LLC. 2014. All rights reserved.
Portfolio Benchmarking: Best Practices for Private Investments
Cambridge Associates, LLC (Free Download)
Rich Carson and Jill Shaw
Reprinted with permission of Cambridge Associates, LLC. 2018. All rights reserved.
An Analysis of a Generalization of the Modified Dietz Rate of Return
Boris Klebanov, Ph.D.
An Optimized Approach to Linking Attribution Effects Over Time
Jose Menchero, Ph.D., Bloomberg
Winter 2019/2020
Volume 24 – Number 2
Finding and Retaining Quality Performance and Risk Talent
Frances Barney, CFA, BNY Mellon
Driving Force: How Performance Evaluation is Becoming an Engine of Investment Industry Growth
CFA Institute
The Journal Interview
Todd Juillerat, CFA, TSG
2020 GIPS Standards survey #1 Detailed Results
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Python in the Performance Team
Jonnathan De Jesus Luna, CFA, Members Trust Company
LANDMARK ARTICLE: Performance Measurement and Attribution with Leverage and Derivatives
Damien Laker, CIPM
Spring 2020
Volume 24 – Number 3
Risk Statistics in Performance Calculators: Suitable and Scalable?
Jose R. Michaelraj, CIPM, Meradia
Annualizing Returns, Contributions, and Attribution Effects
David Suarez, CFA, Refinitiv
The Journal Interview
Ashley Reeves, CFA, TSG
The Four Horsemen of the Investment Apocalypse: Pandemic, War, Corruption, and Climate Change
Dan DiBartolomeo, CIPM, Northfield Investment Services
Attribution-driven Investment Decision Processes
Arno Weber, CIPM, Ortec Finance
Helping Those Who Sell for You (and Others) Understand the Math
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Summer 2020
Volume 24 – Number 4
Performance Reporting Considerations: Environmental, Socal, and Governance Investment Strategies
Laurie J. Hesketh, CIPM, PMP, Meradia
The 70 Year History of Investment Consulting: 1950-2020
Ronald Surz, Target Date Solutions
The Journal Interview
Karyn D. Vincent, CFA, CIPM, CFA Institute
The 2020 GIPS Standards and the CIPM Program Curriculum
Jeanne Murphy, CFA, CAIA
Fixed Income Attribution: Focusing on Trading Effects Analytics, a Practitioner Hybrid Approach
Kun Hu, CFA, CIPM, FRM, BNP Paribas Securities Services
and Jingshan Wang, BNP Paribas Securities Services
Landmark Article: Primer on Fixed Income Performance Attribution
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
Fall 2020
Volume 25 – Number 1
Re-Engineering Karnosky-Singer: Utility, Versatility and Insight for Practical Multi-currency Management
Mark R. David, CFA, Meradia
What’s in Your Platform (of Funds)? A Message to Investment Management Firms
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
The Journal Interview
Steve O’Brien, RIMES
Mastering the Dimensions of Correlations
Hens Steehouwer, Ortec Finance
Ch – ch- ch – ch – Changes! Transitioning Roles from Head of Performance to Verifier
Jennifer Barnette, CIPM, TSG
and Todd Juillerat, CFA
LANDMARK ARTICLE: A Primer of Time-Weighted and Dollar-Weighted ReturnSteven J. Lerit, CFA, Stifel Financial Group
Spring 2021
Volume 25 – Number 3
Fixed Innterest Attribution: Toward a Generic Model
Paul Giles, Teachins
Simplified Investment Performance Evaluation
Dan DiBartolomeo, Northfield Information Systems
The Journal Interview
Michael Beck, CIPM, CAIA, Glenmede Trust
Withdrawls from a Retirement Portfolio: Three Primary Options
Craig Israelsen, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
The Risk of Choosing the Wrong Factors
Damien Handzy, Ph.D., Investment Metrics
Summer 2021
Volume 25 – Number 4
What is a Performance Book of Record (PBOR), and Why is it Important to Leverage Data as an Asset and Driver of Growth?
Richard E. Mailhos, Meradia
Is Your Asset Allocation Efficient?
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
The Journal Interview – State Street Office Hours Series: GIPS Standards for Asset Owners
Robert Paterson, CFA, FRM, CalPERS
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Karina Tanny, CFA, State Street
Risk-adjusted Performance Attribution: A Synthesis of Approaches
Jeffrey D. Fischer, Ph.D., Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Joe D’Alessandro, NCREIF
Investment Performance and the Money-Weighted Rate of Return: The Problem of Multiple Rates
Colin Noronha, The University of Washington
Gregory Noronha, CFA, The University of Washington
Fall 2021
Volume 26 – Number 1
Integrated Crypto; And Why That’s Good for Investors
Peter Horne, Northfield
A Framework for Multi-Level Attribution
Jacob Fairfield, RBC Global Asset Management
Dmitry Cherkasov, CFA, CAIA, CIPM
The Journal Interview
Rob Wrzesniewski, SEI
A Review of the New SEC Marketing Rules
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
Adjusted Modified Internal Rates of Return – Another Way to Calculate a Money-Weighted Rate of Return
Stefan J. Illmer, Ph.D., Illmer Investment Performance Consulting AG
Winter 2022
Volume 26 – Number 2
Hidden Errors in Regression-Based Attribution
Leigh Sneddon, Ph.D., CFA, Mayfield Investment Solutions, Inc.
The Spaulding Group’s 2020 GIPS® Standards Survey Results
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
The Journal Interview
Kathleen Seagle, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
Look Before You Leap: A Risk-Based Framework to Aid Middle- and Back-Office Outsourcing
Jose R. Michaelraj, CIPM, CAIA, Meradia
Practical Guideline for Funding/Solvency Ratio Attribution
Maarten Niederer, Ortec Finance
Spring 2022
Volume 26 – Number 3
Climate Risk and Carbon Neutral Performance Attribution
Philippe Grégiore, Ph.D., Amindis
The Spaulding Group’s 2022 GIPS® Composite Survey Survey Results
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
The Journal Interview
John Norwood, John Norwood Consulting and
David Yuska, CAPS, Inc.
ESG Integration – Sustainable Investing Techniques and Implications
for Performance Professionals
Gustavo Bernal Torres, CFA, Invartis Consulting
Fund Evaluation from a Portfolio Perspective: A Guide to Asset Owner Performance
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
Summer 2022
Volume 26 – Number 4
Tax-Smart Performance Measure
Andrew Kalotay
The Future of Investment Performance Analysis: Humans & Machines
Mark Goodey, Arria
The Journal Interview
Simon Filteau, CFA, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and
Jaclyn Moody, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
DeFi: The Financial Fabric of the Metaverse
Peter Horne, Northfield Information Systems
Thoughts and Clarifications on Risk-Adjusted Performance
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, The Spaulding Group
Fall 2022
Volume 27 – Number 1
Evaluating Benchmark Misfit Risk
Stephen Campisi, CFA, The Pensar Group
Highlights from the 2022 GIPS® Conference
Jennifer Barnette, CIPM, TSG, and
Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Todd Jankowski, CFA, CIPM, TSG
TAMPS, Third-Party Platforms, and Model Marketplaces
Noreen D. Beaman, Orion Advisor Solutions
Landmark Article – Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurement Issues in a Bear Market
Brian C. Thompson, Ph.D.
Best GIPS 2020 Policies & Procedures Contest Winner
LightPoint Portfolio Solutions
Winter 2022/2023
Volume 27 – Number 2
Investment Performance Analysis When the Distribution of Returns is Non-Normal
Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield Investment Services, Inc.
Measurable Ways for Performance Teams to Add Value ESG Investing
James Cardamone, FactSet
Let’s Clarify the Modified Dietz Return Methods
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Nir Kaissar, CFA, Unison Advisors, LLC and
Jennifer Barnette, CIPM, TSG
Measuring Target Date Fund Performance
Ron Surz, Target Date Solutions
TSG Time: Episode One Transcript – An Interview with David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG; Patrick Fowler, TSG; and Doug Spauldig, TSG
Best GIPS 2020 Policies & Procedures Contest Winner
Opus Investment Management, Inc.
Spring 2023
Volume 27 – Number 3
Future-Proofing the Front Offices
David J. Csiki, INDATA
Making Sense Out of Net-of-Fee Returns
David Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
The Journal Interview
Jocelyn Gilligan, CFA, CIPM, Longs Peak Advisory Services
The New Age of Buy vs. Build in Asset Management
FactSet
TSG Time: Episode Four Transcript
An Interview with Stephen Campisi, CFA
Stephen Campisi, CFA The Pensar Group; Patrick Fowler, TSG;
and Doug Spaulding, TSG
Best GIPS® 2020 Polices & Procedures Contest Winner
California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
Summer 2023
Volume 27 – Number 4
Historical Performance Metrics for Six Asset Allocation Models
Craig Israelson, Ph.D., Utah Valley University
Best of PMAR 2023: Talent Recruitment and Retention
Frances Barney, CFA, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing; Patrick Fowler, TSG;
Diane Robertson, T.Rowe Price; and Alex Shafran, CFA, Cohen & Steers
Fixed Income Attribution – Toward a Generic Model? Part 2
Paul Giles, Teachins
The Journal Interview: Building and Automating a Fixed Income Attribution Model to Enhance
Client Reporting at Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Phil Hardie, AIMCo and Fangzhou Chen, AIMCo
TSG Time: Episode Seven Transcript
An Interview with Elske van de Burgt, CFA
Elske van de Burgt, CFA, Ortec Finance; Patrick Fowler, TSG; and
Douglas Spaulding, TSG
What the COO Needs to Know About Performance Measurement: An Update
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM
Fall 2023
Volume 28 – Number 1
Data Quality Working Group – Report of Findings
Claude Giguere, Robust Technologies
Managing and Evaluating Regret Risk to Create Sustainable Asset Allocation Strategies
Stephen Campisi, CFA
The Journal Interview
Lindsey Beecroft, CFA, CDPQ
Investment Performance is a Data Management Challenge
Laurie Hesketh, CIPM, Meradia
Asset Owners’ Performance Measurement Survey – Detailed Results
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG; John D. Simpson, CIPM, TSG;
and Ashley Reeves, CIPM, TSG
Winter 2023/2024
Volume 28 – Number 2
“Relatively” in Finance: How a Simple Assumption Led to Many Crises
Arun Muralidhar, Ph.D., Mcube Investment Technologies LLC
Monetizing Excess Returns
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG and
Terry Honner, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
The Journal Interview
Leah Modigliani, Modigliani Capital Investors
A Decision-based Approach to Risk-adjusted Performance Attribution
Arno E. Weber, Ortec
Spring 2024
Volume 28 – Number 3
What Could have Been: The Presentation of Hypothetical Performance
Michael Caccese, K&L Gates and Lance Dial, K&L Gates
Using Model Fees to Report Net Returns, Contributions, and Model Fee Effect in Geometric Attribution
Ian Thompson, Ph.D., BNY Mellon and
Satheesh Jagannathan, CFA, CIPM, BNY Mellon
The Journal Interview
Shalonda Epps, CIPM, Xponance
A Practical Guide to the Performance Measurement Process: Reflections and Considerations
Luke Petrus, Ortec Finance and
Doug Chau, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation (UTAM)
The Evolution of the Performance Measurement Profession: Where We’ve Been; Where We’re Heading
David D. Spaulding, DPS, CIPM, TSG
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The Handbook of Investment Performance: a User’s Guide – 2nd Edition
David Spaulding, CIPM
The Spaulding Series: Pension Funds: Measuring Investment Performance
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