Jack Treynor to Speak At Inaugural Investment Performance Forum.SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Jack L. Treynor, editor of the Financial Analysts Journal from 1969-1981, author, writer, educator, will give the keynote address for The Institute of Performance Measurement's first forum on December 3, 1998, at the Marriott Hotel Financial Center, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The interactive Forum will foster discussion on a host of investment performance measurement topics, including career issues, AIMR AIMR See Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). verification, Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS GIPS - /gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see gillion). In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel machines and one sequential processor built with Josephson devices. ), attribution, and Jack Treynor's topic: trading risk. Firms registered to date include: Axiomatic Systems, Banc One Investment Advisors, Brinson Partners, Chase Manhattan Bank The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The bank is headquartered in New York City. , Clay Finlay, Credit Suisse Asset Management, DPG mbH, Dresdner RCM Global Investors, First Rate Investment Systems, Glickenhaus, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, J. & W. Seligman & Company, Norwich Union Investment Management, Prudential, Schroders, SEI Investments, STW Fixed Income Management, Templeton Global Investors, Thomson Investment Software, US Trust Company and Wilshire Associates. "The caliber of the firms attending speaks volumes about the pent-up interest for this kind of a dynamic exchange," said David Spaulding, founder and president of The Spaulding Group (TSG). "We are delighted to have the opportunity to provide the catalyst. And, we are extremely honored that such a legendary figure in our industry as Jack Treynor is helping us inaugurate these gatherings." Treynor is also well-known in the financial community for his fundamental contributions to the Capital Asset Pricing Model Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) An economic theory that describes the relationship between risk and expected return, and serves as a model for the pricing of risky securities. , Modern Portfolio Theory Modern portfolio theory Principals underlying the analysis and evaluation of rational portfolio choices based on risk return trade-offs and efficient diversification. modern portfolio theory See portfolio theory. , contributions to the development of risk-neutral valuation, investment analysis, performance measurement and analysis of trading issues. He has written more than 40 articles, co-authored The Financial Reality of Pension Funding Under ERISA See Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA See Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). (1976), contributed to The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance and to numerous anthologies. He is a recipient of AIMR's Nicholas Molodowski Award, the James R. Vertin Award of the ICFA Research Foundation, the Roger F. Murray Prize from the Institute for Quantitative Research as well as the Financial Analysts Journal's Graham and Dodd Graham and Dodd Authors of Security Analysis, one of the more well known and durable works dealing with investment philosophy. Graham and Dodd stressed the importance of value investing, that is, buying shares of companies with undervalued assets and plaque for the best paper published in the FAJ in 1981. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance. Space is limited. Those wishing to attend the Forum can call The Spaulding Group at 732-873-5700, or visit our web site at www.spauldinggrp.com. Other planned Institute services include training programs and certification programs. More details will be available soon. The Institute of Performance Measurement is a division of The Spaulding Group. TSG is a management consulting, research, and publishing firm that serves the money management industry in the areas of computer technology, operations, performance measurement, reporting, and marketing. |
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