Somerset,
NJ - January 31, 2006. The
Spaulding Group (TSG) has completed its offering of the first CGIPS
Principles Exam Preparation Classes, a class designed to prepare CGIPS
Principles Exam candidates. This test is offered by The CFA Institute.
Five classes were held over the past two weeks in New York, Boston,
Chicago, Los Angeles and London.
"We
are very pleased with the amount of interest there has been regarding
the CGIPS Principles exam" said Patrick
Fowler, Senior Vice President, Operations. "Our initial survey
indicated a strong desire from the industry to have a certification
and the response rate to date only reaffirms the surveys findings."
"While
putting the class together, we were both surprised by some of the
material being tested." said John
D. Simpson, Vice President. "This is not going to be an exam
that you can just walk into the test center, sit down and pass. We
encourage all CGIPS candidates, to allocate the proper preparation
time, otherwise the materials may surprise you."
The
CFA Institute's CGIPS
program is a two-exam process which will be offered for the first
time in March 2006. It is designed to recognize those performance
measurement professionals who have achieved a significant body of
knowledge and expertise in the areas of rates of return, attribution,
risk measurement, ethics, and, of course, the performance presentation
standards.
The
Spaulding Group's CGIPS
Principles Exam Preparation Classes are taught by Spaulding Group
founder and president, David Spaulding; and John Simpson, Vice President,
West Coast Operations. The Spaulding Group has conducted training
classes throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, Australia,
South Africa, and the Middle East.
With
offices in the New York City Metropolitan area and Los Angeles, The
Spaulding Group, Inc. is the leader in investment performance measurement
products and services. TSG publishes The
Journal of Performance Measurement, a quarterly publication
they launched in 1996, and hosts the Performance
Measurement Forum. The firm hosts the annual Journal of Performance
Measurement Performance Measurement, Attribution and Risk (PMAR™)
Conference and the Fixed Income Attribution (FIA™) Symposium.
Through the Institute of Performance Measurement, the firm offers
performance measurement training, including an introductory course
on performance measurement, a course on performance attribution, and
a performance measurement class specifically designed for plan sponsors
and consultants. The company was founded in 1990 by David
Spaulding and provides services and products to financial institutions
throughout the world. Other details about TSG's services may be obtained
from its website: www.SpauldingGrp.com.
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