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Webinar: Composite Descriptions
Manager, Greg Hogan discusses how to address the new Composite Description requirement. The 2010 version of the GIPS® standards requires firms to make a bevy of updates to policy documents and composite presentations. During client consultations to discuss the 2010 updates, the area that has dominated recent discussion is how to meet the Composite Description requirement. The reason for this is because, unlike the other changes throughout the Standards, this requirement can be interpreted differently amongst advisors. Greg is going to cover key considerations that will serve as a guide for firms who are grappling with this new requirement and will highlight several key areas:
- Difference between composite “Description” and “Definition”
- Considerations prior to updating composite descriptions
- Information that should be included
Please contact our Client Relations Group for more information or a copy of the recording and slides: crg@ashlandpartners.com
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Webinar: How to Answer an RFP
Senior Verifier, Rosellen Bounds discusses how to respond to challenging questions regarding GIPS compliance as well as areas of concern from an SEC perspective. She highlights several key areas, including:
- Applicable GIPS provisions
- Specific examples of do’s and don’ts
- Supplemental gross performance
- SEC Hot topics
- Q & A
Please contact our Client Relations Group for more information or a copy of the slides: crg@ashlandpartners.com
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Webinar: GIPS Total Firm Assets
Please join Managers, Geoffrey Hecht, CIPM and Carrie Zippi as they discuss total firm assets and what they mean from both an SEC and GIPS perspective. We’ll examine how total firm assets are defined, reasons for inclusion or exclusion of certain assets and appropriate ways to present this type of information. We will highlight several key areas:
- Definitions
- Additional GIPS Q&A
- Discretionary Assets
- Nondiscretionary Assets
- Advisory Only Assets
- Presentation Examples
Contact our Client Relations Group for more information or a copy of the slides: crg@ashlandpartners.com
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Webinar: Supplemental Information
Please join Jason Mancuso and Yoko Murakami, CPA as we discuss what supplemental information is, how it is used and how to appropriately present supplemental information for GIPS purposes. We will focus on the following areas:
- Definition of supplemental information
- Rules of thumb
- Using supplemental information
- Specific examples of what is not supplemental and what is
- Q&A
Contact our Client Relations Group for additional information or a copy of the slides or handout: crg@ashlandpartners.com
View Recording
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Webinar: 2011 GIPS® Conference Overview
Join Ashland for this webinar discussing highlights from the October 2011 GIPS Conference in Chicago, including topics such as:- Trends in Investment Reporting
- Challenges in Performance Reporting to Private Wealth Clients
- Maximizing the Value of Being GIPS Compliant
- Getting Everyone at the Firm Involved
- Capitol Hill: Life after Dodd-Frank
- GIPS Helpdesk Live: Q&A answered at the conference by CFA Institute representatives
Speakers:
- Geoff Hecht, CIPM
Manager - Greg Hogan, CIPM
Manager - Julia Reyes
Manager
Moderator:
- Kimberly Cash, CPA, CIPM
Partner
Contact our Client Relations Group for additional information or a copy of the slides: crg@ashlandpartners.com
View Recording
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Webinar: The US Regulatory Foundation of GIPS
Please join Partner, Timothy Peterson, CFA, CAIA, CIPM as we deconstruct the GIPS Standards to reveal their statutory origins. We’ll examine how US laws, SEC Rules 206 and 204, and certain groundbreaking “No-Action” letters shaped the way GIPS is today. We will highlight several key GIPS areas:
- Fundamental Requirements
- Material Misstatements
- Policies and Procedures
- Portfolio Recordkeeping
- Requirements
- Fees & Expenses
- Significant Events
- Portability of Investment Performance
- Composite Construction
Contact our Client Relations Group for additional information or a copy of the slides: crg@ashlandpartners.com
View Recording
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Conference: 2011 Ashland Client Conference
Agenda & Session Descriptions
Registration Form
Event Highlights:- Keynote Speakers:
- Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler
- Workshop leader Holly Miller, co-author of The Top Ten Operational Risks: A Survival Guide for Investment Management Firms and Hedge Funds
- Conduct on-site due diligence on your verification provider or bring your CCO
- Presentations geared for compliance and performance professionals of all experience levels:
- Essential performance and GIPS compliance training for New Hires at our Pre Conference Performance Academy
- CCOs get up-to-date insights on Dodd-Frank developments and other hot topics shared by guest speakers at Frontline Compliance and HedgeOp
- Special breakouts for IT compliance topics, Hedge Fund and Real Estate insider insights, Advanced GIPS issues and CIPM candidate challenge areas
- Individual consulting with your verification team with a focus on efficiencies
$395 if registered on or before April 30, 2011
$495 if registered on or after May 1, 2011
Cristy Kell, Executive Assistant
cristy@ashlandpartners.com
541.864.1642
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Webinar: Regulatory and GIPS Compliance for Hedge Funds
Join Ashland for an event designed specifically for hedge fund and alternative asset managers. Bill Mulligan, CEO of HedgeOp Compliance, LLC, and Tim Peterson, CFA, CIPM, CAIA, Partner at Ashland Partners & Co. LLP, will present on the new regulatory requirements facing the industry. In addition, the subject of GIPS compliance for alternative managers will be discussed, including the recently released Exposure Draft of the Guidance Statement on Alternative Investment Strategies and Structures currently out for public comment.
Highlights of the session include:
- Registering your firm
- Ongoing compliance
- Duties and Requirements
- What to expect
- Marketing for Hedge Funds
- Regulatory Requirements
- GIPS Compliance
- What does compliance with GIPS mean?
- How does it affect marketing?
- Requirements and responsibilities of a GIPS compliant firm
Contact our Client Relations Group for additional information or a copy of the slides: crg@ashlandpartners.com
View Recording
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Webinar: 2010 GIPS Conference Overview and Panel Discussion:
A Two Part Event
Session 1: Overview of 2010 GIPS Conference
Recorded on October 7th, 2010
Session 2: Panel Discussion / Live Q&A Forum
Recorded on October 14th, 2010
FREE for Ashland Clients - Please contact our Client Relations Group at crg@ashlandpartners.com to request a copy of the recording.
Non-client guests will be charged a $150 fee per webinar to attend.
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Hypothetical and Noncompliant Returns:
Challenges and Acceptance in the Market Place
Recorded on August 31, 2010
Presented by Ashland and Southport Harbor Associates, LLC*: A solution-oriented presentation on how best to work with hypothetical, prior firm and noncompliant performance histories. Highlights of the session include:
• A GIPS Framework: What is Supplemental information? Additional information? Model information?
• UMA Business: A Growing Advisor Option outside the GIPS Framework
• Portability: Tips to Bridge the Portability Gap for SEC and GIPS compliant performance
• Investor sentiment toward noncompliant returns and non-portable vs. portable performance track records
• FINRA Statutes: Prohibition of marketing hypothetical returns under FINRA statutes.
*Southport Harbor is a third party marketing and consulting firm that helps new and existing firms make the jump into the institutional marketplace, set up operations, and attract capital.
View Presentation:
http://www.ashlandpartners.com/documents/SHA_AP_presentation.ppt
Recording is Free - View Recording
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Implementing the GIPS 2010 Error Correction Policy
Recorded on: December 10, 2009
Kim Cash, CPA, CIPM was a guest speaker for the
PAICR Provider Webinar, hosted by Accent Technologies.
This webinar expanded upon PAICR’s September discussion on the GIPS 2010 Error Correction Policy.
Key issues addressed in this call include:
Follow-up on national Error Correction Policy surveys
Industry definitions for materiality thresholds
Best practices in tracking who received what presentation using software, spreadsheets or Outlook.
Implementation solutions, including best practices that can 1) reduce the chances of presentation errors and 2) help you efficiently respond and comply with the policy when errors are discovered
Recording is Free - View Recording
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Highlights from the 2009 GIPS® Standards Annual Conference
Recorded on: September 29, 2009
Featuring:
Tobin Cochran
Carl Bacon, CIPM
Kim Cash, CPA, CIPM
Amy Jones, CIPM
Jason Millard, CFA, CIPM
If you are unable to make the annual conference in Boston or would like to further discuss conference topics, please join us for front row seats to Ashland’s GIPS Conference Highlights webinar. In one concentrated hour, this webinar will touch on the major topics covered at the conference. This year, we’ve added an extra half-hour Q & A session.
Webinar highlights will include:
- Conference overview
- Review of upcoming proposed GIPS 2010 changes
- SEC update on current issues and areas of regulatory focus
- Discussion of key Q & A from the conference
Recording is Free - View Recording
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Navigating the New Compliance Environment
Recorded on: March 27, 2009
GIPS® 2010
Speaker: Carl Bacon
- New compliance statement
- Additional risk disclosures and statistics
- Fair valuation principles and hierarchy
- Expanded provisions to include existing clients
The New Regulatory Environment
Speaker: Tim Simons
- Reinvigorated enforcement program
- Increased frequency of SEC exams
- A focus on where investors are at risk
- Increased overlap between SEC and GIPS® requirements
The Changing Face of Due Diligence
Speaker: Timothy Peterson
- What are your investors going to expect of you?
- Independent 3rd party reviews – who, and when?
- RFP’s, consultant searches, and you
- Key questions you must be prepared to answer
View Recording : $195, includes a signed copy of Carl Bacon’s latest book, “Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement & Attribution, Second Edition.”
Click here to Purchase Recording
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Risk-adjusted Performance Measurement
Recorded on: September 16, 2008
Presented by Carl Bacon
A concentrated session for professionals who wish to increase their technical knowledge and gain a broader understanding of the complete range of risk-adjusted performance measures most commonly used in the investment industry today.
Topics include:
Risk-adjusted Performance Measurement
Return Distributions
Risk-adjusted Measures for Hedge Funds
View Recording: $49
Click here to register and access recording
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Basic Attribution
Recorded on: June 26, 2008
Presented by Carl Bacon
This intensive seminar, including Excel worked examples, provides a thorough introduction to basic performance attribution, including:
- The Brinson Model/Brinson, Hood &
- Beebower/Brinson & Fachler/Interaction
- Arithmetic & Geometric Models
- Security level analysis
- Buy hold and transaction based analysis
View Recording: $49
Click here to register and access recording
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Fair Valuing Investment Assets
Recorded on: June 5, 2008
Featuring Michael S. Caccese, Partner, K & L Gates and Xavier Urpi, CIO, Cypress Asset Management; moderated by Kimberly A. Cash, CPA, CIPM and Timothy F. Peterson, CFA, CAIA, CIPM
How do a manager and a broker get to a fair price on a distressed asset that the manager isn’t planning to sell? The GIPS standards Executive Committee is planning to expand the definition of market value in the Standards’ glossary to include the notion of fair market value for all assets. This session will cover SEC considerations and practical challenges of fair market value pricing, as well as best practices for valuation policies, and plenty of time for Q & A with a panel of experts.
View Recording: $49
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Debt: A Primer on the (Under)rated Asset Class
Recorded on: December 4, 2007
Join industry experts Ron Olmstead and Phil Sindel from Olmstead Associates, for a test-drive of their Understanding the Securities Industry seminar. The seminar program is perfect for professionals new to the industry or seasoned staff constrained by the limits of their specific job functions and wanting to know more about the parts and players in the overall financial markets.
View Recording: $49
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