StatPro Group » Blog http://www.statpro.com Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:49:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Art of Perfection: Convincing JP Morgan http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-convincing-jp-morgan/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-convincing-jp-morgan/#comments Thu, 18 May 2017 13:07:26 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164711 “Just like the ideal employee, the right performance system will come ready equipped with a proven skill set and the ability to change according to the demands made on it over time.” J.P. Morgan is buying a new office building in Dublin to accommodate up to 1,000 new staff. While many may be relocating from... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-convincing-jp-morgan/feed/ 0 The Art of Perfection: Creating the Perfect Brain http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-creating-the-perfect-brain/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-creating-the-perfect-brain/#comments Thu, 11 May 2017 14:52:24 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164682 “Just like the BRAIN research, the middle office needs to pinpoint attribution or risk and be able to show how a series of events impacted the final performance figures.” The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. It... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-creating-the-perfect-brain/feed/ 0 The Development of Smart, Intelligent Platforms http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-development-of-smart-intelligent-platforms/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-development-of-smart-intelligent-platforms/#comments Thu, 04 May 2017 13:00:31 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164680 “Many asset managers are also starting to take advantage of the development of smart technology solutions when it comes to performance measurement and analysis by their middle offices.” The rapid pace of technological development in areas like artificial intelligence and robotics is certainly capturing the public’s imagination at present. A string of recent studies have... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-development-of-smart-intelligent-platforms/feed/ 0 The Art of Perfection: Heston’s Black Forest Gateau http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-hestons-black-forest-gateau/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-hestons-black-forest-gateau/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:00:32 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164677 “Like Heston’s gateau, time and effort must be put into sourcing quality ingredients or data whose attributes are accurate, well regarded and consistent.” In The Art of Perfection series we are exploring what asset managers can learn from the worlds of art, science and studies into the human body. In this issue: how the scientific... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-hestons-black-forest-gateau/feed/ 0 The Art of Perfection: Avoiding Apophenia http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-avoiding-apophenia/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-avoiding-apophenia/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:00:30 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164564 In The Art of Perfection series we are exploring what asset managers can learn from the worlds of art, science and studies into the human body. In this fourth issue: finding “meaning” when it’s not really there. The experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data was coined apophenia by the German... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/the-art-of-perfection-avoiding-apophenia/feed/ 0 Hot Topic: Workarounds and the Cost of Delay for Asset Managers http://www.statpro.com/blog/hot-topic-workarounds-and-the-cost-of-delay-for-asset-managers/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/hot-topic-workarounds-and-the-cost-of-delay-for-asset-managers/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:00:28 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164568 The quicker a mistake is spotted, the sooner it can be fixed. But if a middle office error goes unnoticed until it reaches the front office, there could be serious repercussions. When reputations and performance are at risk, what’s the best way to minimize the impact of data anomalies? Take a look at the SlideShare... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/hot-topic-workarounds-and-the-cost-of-delay-for-asset-managers/feed/ 0 How to grow something which is global already – Working towards GIPS® 20/20 http://www.statpro.com/blog/how-to-grow-something-which-is-global-already-working-towards-gips-2020/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/how-to-grow-something-which-is-global-already-working-towards-gips-2020/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2017 08:00:44 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164589 Although the success of  GIPS® is undeniable, the main goal of the standard is for all asset managers to comply. The GIPS® 20/20 update will include two main focus areas: Increasing the global adoption of GIPS®: The first is ongoing and a recent achievement for the CFA Society is the recent addition of Saudi Arabia, which is... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/how-to-grow-something-which-is-global-already-working-towards-gips-2020/feed/ 0 StatPro Workflow Issue Four: Q1 2017 http://www.statpro.com/blog/statpro-workflow-issue-four-q1-2017/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/statpro-workflow-issue-four-q1-2017/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:34:06 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164513 Key issues for the middle office in asset management firms today. In an ever-changing environment where costs are under scrutiny and service level expectations are rising, what can asset managers do, not just to keep up, but to get ahead? In issue four of Workflow magazine you’ll find: GIPSⓇ – fair representation, full disclosure The... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/statpro-workflow-issue-four-q1-2017/feed/ 0 GIPS® 20/20 Video Series: What and Why with Carl Bacon CIPM, GIPS® Executive Chairman & StatPro Chairman (part 1 of 5) http://www.statpro.com/blog/gips-2020-video-series-what-and-why-with-carl-bacon-cipm-gips-executive-chairman-statpro-chairman-part-1-of-5/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/gips-2020-video-series-what-and-why-with-carl-bacon-cipm-gips-executive-chairman-statpro-chairman-part-1-of-5/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:00:44 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164409 With the planned update to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®), to which more than 1,600 firms now subscribe to, it is important to know what changes will come and what impact they will have. The goal of the GIPS® 20/20 update is twofold. The first is to consolidate the standards by compiling all the existing... Read more » Read more...

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]]> http://www.statpro.com/blog/gips-2020-video-series-what-and-why-with-carl-bacon-cipm-gips-executive-chairman-statpro-chairman-part-1-of-5/feed/ 0 By the Numbers: Launching our Next Generation Performance Solution http://www.statpro.com/blog/by-the-numbers-launching-our-next-generation-performance-solution/ http://www.statpro.com/blog/by-the-numbers-launching-our-next-generation-performance-solution/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:00:40 +0000 http://www.statpro.com/?p=164390 On September 28th 2016, we launched Revolution Performance, the latest expansion to the StatPro Revolution platform. In our brand new infographic we depict how we took Revolution Performance on the road to 13 cities around the world, starting it all off in London. Revolution Performance is our new cloud-based performance measurement and data management solution,... Read more » Read more...

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