Do I have to???

I got a call from another verifier who was wondering if GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) 2010 requires firms that object to the use of annualized standard deviation to still show this measure, even though they have (a) documented why standard...

Why do we multiply returns?

I’m teaching our Fundamentals of Performance Measurement course for a client this week and have been asked some interesting questions by the students. One asked why we multiply returns in order to link them. Questions like this require, I believe, a bit of...

Do the letters mean anything?

Does it really mean a lot if someone has a string of letters after their name, such as PhD, CFA, CIPM, CPA, CAIA, FRM,…? Well, I strongly believe that the answer is “yes”! First, each set of letters represents an achievement. They indicate that the...

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