Our webinar on GIPS compliance raised some interesting questions that got us thinking: why should asset managers comply with GIPS? On the flip side of that coin, what is it about not complying with GI

What does the change mean for our existing/prospective clients and to StatPro’s hosted business model? 1. StatPro recently made a strategic decision to move our Toronto and Montreal on-site Data Cente

by guest blogger – David Spaulding, President of The Spaulding Group. Today we return with a look at changes to return and risk calculations. Return and risk calculations. There have been several chan

by guest blogger – David Spaulding, President of The Spaulding Group. Today’s post will discuss disclosing compliance. Disclosing compliance. The claim of compliance statement has been changed (see ¶

by guest blogger – David Spaulding, President of The Spaulding Group. Firms that claim compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) will soon be obligated to comply with the new

After a brief lull during the credit crisis performance (or incentive) fees are again becoming increasingly high profile. An excellent time therefore to pose two questions: Are they a good thing? An

I have just completed a 13 day 30,000 mile round trip of the world from London via Boston, New York City, LA, Sydney, Johannesburg, Cape Town and finally back to London. Far from being exhausting it w

What is the definition of insanity? Repeatedly doing the same thing but expecting different results – so goes one of the best lines of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. I loved the fir

UCITS IV was passed into law on 1st July and will take effect in July 2011. UCITS aims to provide fund managers with the ability to market a single fund in all the countries of the EU whilst only regi

The recent rise in house prices must be a false dawn and is likely to be followed by another crash. From 1999 to 2007 a massive supply of credit combined with relatively low rates and a limited supply

The Integrated Product Strategy of StatPro offers a wide range of functionality to our clients. Our existing services have been considerably updated and consolidated onto one platform – StatPro Seven.

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