Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement and Attribution, 2nd Edition

About the author

CARL BACON CIPM, is Chairman of StatPro, a data and software development specialist providing services for the asset management industry. He also runs his own consultancy business providing advice to asset managers on various risk and performance measurement issues.

Prior to joining StatPro, Carl was Director of Risk Control and Performance at Foreign & Colonial Management Ltd., Vice President Head of Performance (Europe) for J P Morgan Investment Management Inc., and Head of Performance for Royal Insurance Asset Management.

Carl holds a B.Sc. Hons. in Mathematics from Manchester University, is an executive committee member of Investment-Performance.com and also an associate tutor for 7city Learning. A founder member of both the Investment Performance Council and GIPS^®, Carl is ex-chair of the IPC Interpretations & IPC Verification Sub-Committees, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Performance Measurement.

Author of the first edition of Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement & Attribution published in 2004 as part of the Wiley Finance SeriesCarl is also Editor of Advanced Portfolio Attribution Analysis.