In the 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 investment options, let us take a closer look at the middle ground: factor investing.

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 data management, there are a number of factors to consider during the evaluation process. So what questions should you ask potential vendors when looking at different performance systems?

The immortal and ironic words of Vinny Jones in the title make us laugh as he renders his lines impassively in “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”. We are supposed to think that his character is so cool he has no emotions: nothing rattles him.

Whilst performance attribution plays a critical role in the analysis of any portfolio, calculating performance 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.

Gary Casagrande explains why using a single platform to focus on saving time, money, and preventing risk is a huge key to success within the financial services industry.

The idea that the risk and return characteristics of global assets can be neatly decomposed into common driving factors is highly appealing to today’s demanding investors.

For many years, investment management professionals have discussed risk and performance as being ‘two sides of the same coin’ and the convergence of the two functions within asset managers. Risk is managed in order to achieve performance. Indeed, in many firms, risk and performance professionals…

Calculating accurate performance attribution in the fixed income markets is a crucial element to success. Not only is fixed income attribution vital to inform, support and defend investment decisions, but sales and marketing personnel use the data for client acquisition and retention activities.

This post highlights some key takeaways from an interview with Damian Handzy, Global Head of Risk at StatPro at the 2018 FTF Performance Measurement Europe Conference in London.

We’ve taken a look back at 2018 in the back office to predict what’s in store for these teams and their operations as we continue forward in 2019.

This post is an excerpt from an article in the most recent volume of the Journal of Performance Measurement written by Carl Bacon, CIPM, StatPro Chief Advisor, Ian Thompson, Ph.D., Global Head of Portfolio Analytics at StatPro, and Pierre van der Westhuizen, Head of Performance at StatPro.