Somerset,
NJ - September 28, 2005. The Spaulding Group (TSG) announced today
that it will offer a two-day class to prepare individuals for the
CGIPS certification.
"We
are especially well-suited to conduct this training" said Patrick
Fowler, Senior Vice President, Operations. "After all, we were
the ones who came up with the idea for certification and formed a
"blue-ribbon committee" to develop such a program. When
we learned that the CFA Institute was going to offer a similar program,
we opted to cease our efforts and turn our work product over to them,
to help facilitate their process. After all, the industry doesn't
need two certifications."
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.
Classes are taught by Spaulding Group founder and president, David
Spaulding; and John Simpson, Vice President, West Coast Operations.
Training classes have been held throughout the United States, as well
as in Europe, Australia, South Africa, and the Middle East. In addition,
in-house classes have been taught for numerous firms, including the
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Boston Advisors, Federated Investors,
Fidelity, First Union (Wachovia), Nicholas Applegate, Prudential Insurance,
Queensland Investment Authority, State Street, UBS Asset Management,
Wells Fargo Custody Services, Wilmington Trust, and the World Bank.
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 ppublishes The Journal of Performance
Measurement® , a quarterly publication they launched in 1996.
In 2004, we launched The
Spaulding Series - a series of books on various aspects of performance
measurement. We host the Performance
Measurement Forum - an interactive group for investment performance
professionals, with chapters in North America and Europe. We host
the annual Performance Measurement, Attribution and Risk Conference
(PMAR™) and this November will host the second annual 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. Other
details can be found at our website: www.SpauldingGrp.com.
