I am really thrilled to announce the winners of The Spaulding Group’s GIPS Policies and Procedures Contest. GIPS®, the Global Investment Performance Standards, requires compliant firms to have written policies and procedures. And preparing these P&P is often one of the most challenging aspects of achieving and maintaining compliance. We thought it would be fun […]
Read MoreGIPS compliance brings more than opportunities Since its introduction nearly 20 years ago, the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) has brought with it much more than greater marketing opportunities, piece of mind, and improved operations. Just its mere mention can invoke fear, angst, nervousness, trepidation, and similar unpleasant responses. I suspect that this is not […]
Read MoreNOTE: today’s post is from a guest blogger, Marshall Smith, CIPM. Marshall is the Chief Product Officer at First Rate. It originally appeared on LinkedIn, and we were so impressed with it that we asked Marshall if we could post it here, as well. He graciously agreed. We talk to wealth managers on a regular basis […]
Read MoreBacon vs. Spaulding … the time has come for a showdown! Carl Bacon, CIPM is a well known figure in the world of performance and risk measurement. And over the years, he and I have engaged in a few discussions covering a variety of topics. This has included a few “Battle Royales” at our annual […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to crafting your GIPS(R) Policies & Procedures, one of the first things you need to settle on is what your STYLE will be. Recall that GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) requires written policies & procedures. This task is often felt to be one of the most difficult aspects of compliance. Last year, […]
Read MoreWith this post, I feel that I am risking a charge of blasphemy, as I dare to take on what appears to be something sacred: The benchmark criteria. What criteria? You know, those seven (now eight) items that the CFA Institute has championed for quite some time. They’re addressed in both the CFA and CIPM […]
Read MoreWe’ve recently learned that some GIPS(R) verifiers have both their clients and employees in handcuffs. And, to this we have a simple question: why? Handcuffing GIPS verification clients A number of firms have expressed interest in switching their verifications to The Spaulding Group. There are several reasons for this, including: We only use senior level […]
Read MoreIn the spirit of the GIPS(R) standards, let’s begin with a bit of “full disclosure.” I’m one of the 17 Americans who have yet to use Uber. Furthermore, I’m not a fan. And why is that? Well, taxi owners in New York City must spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to obtain one of the […]
Read MoreWe are just one week away from our [almost] all day training webinar titled “Performance Measurement Trivia & Oddities.” This class will definitely teach you quite a bit: we guarantee it! We’ve already had folks sign up for individual, site, and global licenses! I taught this webinar in Sydney last month, where I’ve been doing workshops for the past few years. […]
Read MoreToday, being the last Monday of the month, is “Performance Measurement Think Tank” day! We hold our Think Tank calls the last Monday (unless it’s a holiday, in which case the date will shift) of each month. We’ve hosted the Performance Measurement Think Tank for a few years now. It’s a membership group (we limit […]
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