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Book SynopsisThis timely book, Investment Performance Measurement will help investment professionals successfully analyze and manage their wealth. The CFA Institute is the largest association of professional investment mangers worldwide.
Table of ContentsForeword xi
Robert R. Johnson, CFA
Introduction 1
Philip Lawton, CFA, CIPM, and Todd Jankowski, CFA
PART I: OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
CHAPTER 1 Evaluating Portfolio Performance 11
Jeffery V. Bailey, CFA, Thomas M. Richards, CFA, and David E. Tierney
PART II: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
CHAPTER 2 Benchmarks and Investment Management 81
Laurence B. Siegel
CHAPTER 3 The Importance of Index Selection 189
Christopher G. Luck, CFA
CHAPTER 4 After-Tax Performance Evaluation 203
James M. Poterba
CHAPTER 5 Taxable Benchmarks: The Complexity Increases 217
Lee N. Price, CFA
CHAPTER 6 Overcoming Cap-Weighted Bond Benchmark Defi ciencies 233
William L. Nemerever, CFA
CHAPTER 7 Yield Bogeys 251
Brent Ambrose and Arthur Warga
CHAPTER 8 Jumping on the Benchmark Bandwagon: Benchmark Methodologies Are the Subject of Vigorous Debate 259
Crystal Detamore-Rodman
PART III: PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTION
CHAPTER 9 Determinants of Portfolio Performance 267
Gary P. Brinson, L. Randolph Hood, CFA, and Gilbert L. Beebower
CHAPTER 10 Determinants of Portfolio Performance II: An Update 277
Gary P. Brinson, Brian D. Singer, CFA, and Gilbert L. Beebower
CHAPTER 11 Determinants of Portfolio Performance—20 Years Later 289
L. Randolph Hood, CFA
CHAPTER 12 Equity Portfolio Characteristics in Performance Analysis 293
Stephen C. Gaudette, CFA, and Philip Lawton, CFA, CIPM
CHAPTER 13 Mutual Fund Performance: Does Fund Size Matter? 307
Daniel C. Indro, Christine X. Jiang, Michael Y. Hu, and Wayne Y. Lee
CHAPTER 14 Multiperiod Arithmetic Attribution 327
José Menchero, CFA
CHAPTER 15 Optimized Geometric Attribution 351
José Menchero, CFA
CHAPTER 16 Custom Factor Attribution 367
José Menchero, CFA, and Vijay Poduri, CFA
CHAPTER 17 Return, Risk, and Performance Attribution 387
Kevin Terhaar, CFA
CHAPTER 18 Global Asset Management and Performance Attribution 397
Denis S. Karnosky and Brian D. Singer, CFA
CHAPTER 19 Currency Overlay in Performance Evaluation 457
Cornelia Paape
PART IV: PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
CHAPTER 20 On the Performance of Hedge Funds 481
Bing Liang
CHAPTER 21 Funds of Hedge Funds: Performance and Persistence 501
Stan Beckers
CHAPTER 22 Hedge Fund Due Diligence: Putting Together the Pieces of the Mosaic Helps Reveal Operational Risks 513
Cynthia Harrington, CFA
CHAPTER 23 Putting Risk Measurement in Context: Why One Size Does Not Fit All 517
Cynthia Harrington, CFA
CHAPTER 24 Conditional Performance Evaluation, Revisited 521
Wayne E. Ferson and Meijun Qian
CHAPTER 25 Distinguishing True Alpha from Beta 591
Laurence B. Siegel
CHAPTER 26 A Portfolio Performance Index 605
Michael Stutzer
CHAPTER 27 Approximating the Confi dence Intervals for Sharpe Style Weights 619
Angelo Lobosco and Dan DiBartolomeo
CHAPTER 28 The Statistics of Sharpe Ratios 629
Andrew W. Lo
CHAPTER 29 Risk-Adjusted Performance: The Correlation Correction 653
Arun S. Muralidhar
CHAPTER 30 Index Changes and Losses to Index Fund Investors 669
Honghui Chen, Gregory Noronha, CFA, and Vijay Singal, CFA
CHAPTER 31 Information Ratios and Batting Averages 693
Neil Constable and Jeremy Armitage, CFA
CHAPTER 32 The Information Ratio 705
Thomas H. Goodwin
CHAPTER 33 Does Asset Allocation Policy Explain 40, 90, or 100 Percent of Performance? 719
Roger G. Ibbotson and Paul D. Kaplan
CHAPTER 34 Fund Management Changes and Equity Style Shifts 731
John G. Gallo and Larry J. Lockwood
CHAPTER 35 Managing Performance: Monitoring and Transitioning Managers 745
Louisa Wright Sellers
CHAPTER 36 Does the Emperor Wear Clothes or Not? The Final Word (or Almost) on the Parable of Investment Management 757
Philip Halpern, Nancy Calkins, and Tom Ruggels
CHAPTER 37 Does Historical Performance Predict Future Performance? 767
Ronald N. Kahn and Andrew Rudd
CHAPTER 38 Evaluating Fund Performance in a Dynamic Market 785
Wayne E. Ferson and Vincent A. Warther
CHAPTER 39 Investment Performance Appraisal 799
John P. Meier, CFA
CHAPTER 40 Thinking Outside the Box: Risk Management Firms Put a Creative Spin on Coupling Theory with Practice 815
Susan Trammell, CFA
PART V: GLOBAL INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
CHAPTER 41 Global Investment Performance Standards 825
Philip Lawton, CFA, CIPM, and W. Bruce Remington, CFA
APPENDIX A Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) 899
APPENDIX B Corrections to GIPS Standards 2005: Last Updated October 31, 2006 951
About the Contributors 953
Index 956
