First Rate Proud to Sponsor GIPS Standards Annual Conference
Posted on Fri, Oct 21, 2011
First Rate, a leading provider of performance measurement solutions in the financial services industry, today announced that it will be sponsoring and attending this year’s GIPS Standards Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois on October 27-29, 2011. 
As the finance industry continues to grow more globally interconnected, investors are increasingly seeking standards of investment performance measurement and reporting that are reliable and comparable across all markets.
“First Rate is excited to sponsor the GIPS event,” said Todd Brunskill, Managing Director of Marketing. “GIPS allows us to learn more about the best practices, key issues and major developments in performance measurement, making it a must attend event for any performance professional.”
The GIPS Standards Annual Conference is hosted by the CFA Institute to help performance and compliance professionals gain an understanding of investment performance standards and measurement issues, learn about recent or proposed changes to the GIPS Standards, understand how to ensure firms maintain compliance, and meet other performance specialists from around the world.
For additional details about the GIPS event, please refer to http://www.cfainstitute.org/learning/products/events/Pages/10272011_52959.aspx