David
Spaulding, CIPM, is an internationally recognized authority on investment
performance measurement. He’s the president of The Spaulding Group,
and founder and publisher of The
Journal of Performance Measurement®.
He consults to clients
throughout the world on investment performance issues. In addition,
he teaches classes on performance measurement and attribution.
Dave is the author
of three books: Measuring Investment Performance (McGraw-Hill,
1997), Investment
Performance Attribution (McGraw-Hill, 2003)and The
Handbook of Investment Performance (TSG Publishing, 2005). He is
a contributing author of Performance Measurement in Finance (Butteworth-Heinemann,
2002)and is a co-editor and contributing author of Readings
in Fixed Income Attribution (TSG Publishing, 2007).
He’s served on numerous industry committees and is currently a
member of the NAIPC (North American Investment Performance Committee),
three GIPS committees (Process Working Group, Intellectual Property
Working Group, and Promotion & Awareness Subcommittee), and co-chairs
the Performance Measurement Forum’s Hedge Fund Working Group.
Dave served in the
United States Army for five years, where he earned the rank of Captain.
He held various leadership positions with the Field Artillery, while
serving with the 25th Infantry Division (Schofield Barracks, HI) and
the Field Artillery School (Ft. Sill, OK).
He earned his BA
in Mathematics from Temple University, his MS in Systems Management
from the University of Southern California, and his MBA in Finance from
the University of Baltimore. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate
in Finance and International Economics at Pace University.
Dave spent six years
in local politics including a four-year term as Mayor, Township of North
Brunswick (NJ), a community of 38,000 people. As the chief executive
officer for the township, he was responsible for over 250 employees
and a budget in excess of $30 million.
