It has repeatedly been mentioned that GIPS® 2020 is the biggest change in the standards since their introduction 20 years ago…
ESG interest takes center stage
Despite investors and pension fund members wanting to know more about the environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards of the companies they invest in, exactly how this...
The 2008 global financial crisis sent shockwaves through the financial community, leaving market participants reeling and forcing many companies to overhaul long-held practices and processes. It also prompted...
GIPS® 2020 has left many firms with questions as to what exactly is changing and how they should proceed once the update is live. In an effort to provide insight into these changes to the standards, we’ve...
GIPS® 2020 is coming and while many firms may be unaffected, it is the largest change to the standards since their inception in 1999.
In our 2018 FTF Performance Measurement Europe Conference recap blog we highlighted the impact of passive investment and fee compression on asset managers. As active managers move towards adding passive...
Evaluating any type of vendor can be an onerous experience, but evaluating a performance measurement system can be especially burdensome. Whether it be calculation type availability, accuracy of returns or...
Whilst performance attribution plays a critical role in the analysis of any portfolio, calculating performance (which is a necessary input to this analysis) plays an equally important role.
Research has found that far too many companies still conduct compliance monitoring manually, which naturally increases the risk of errors and reduces efficiencies.