
Turning the tables on passively managed funds
The headwinds for actively managed equity funds are formidable. After too many years where too few managers were able to beat their benchmark, investors are increasingly voting with their wallets. The

Equity Attribution Systems
Dan Potvin, Senior Business Development Manager, North America shares his views on equity attribution.

All Stressed Out
Whenever a momentous (or even not so momentous) event occurs, the horrible cliché of “this changes everything” is not far behind…

Third Countries Bullish for Passport to Europe’s €15.5 Trillion Asset Management Market
From a Third Country perspective, much work has been done in preparation for these talks so it’s difficult to imagine that nothing will come…

AIFMD & UCITS – A roundup from Luxembourg
On 22nd April, StatPro hosted a UCITS & AIFMD breakfast event at the Sofitel Luxembourg Europe. We welcomed a group of industry and expert speakers including Benjamin Gauthier, Governance, Risk and Co

What Muhammad Ali and Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Presenting
What can Muhammad Ali and Steve Jobs teach us about presenting? Muhammad Ali once said “I run on the road before dancing under the lights.”

The challenge of stress-testing liquidity risk
David Oakley highlighted in the Financial Times (13th March) how top investment groups are shock-testing their bond portfolios for the increased liquidity risk that is being perceived by the main fina

Effective data management for performance analysis
StatPro recently exhibited and presented as a gold level sponsor at this year’s TSAM Europe congress on 17th March 2015 at Lancaster hotel in London. TSAM is the leading event for developing efficient

Closet Index Funds – Caveat Emptor or Caveat Venditor?
To what extent is an active manager even trying to beat the fund’s benchmark? Is the manager running a so called “closet index” fund?

When Transparency is Really Opaque
With the January 31 filing deadline behind us and close to one thousand alternative investment fund managers having filed under AIFMD for the first time

StatPro Revolution Update – March 2015
Version 62 of StatPro Revolution has some important new features including a new market values based data model with data validation screens, enhancements to our Admin section and support for multiple

AIFMD – A brief review from London
On 19th February, StatPro held an AIFMD Roundup breakfast briefing at the City of London Club. 52 clients and prospects attended to hear from Benjamin Gauthier1, Governance, Risk and Controls Director