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  • Archived

    Effective: 1 December, 2013 - 31 December, 2019
    Categories: Wrap Fee Portfolios
    Source: GIPS Executive Committee

    We manage small cap portfolios for three sponsors, using the same strategy. We place reliance on each sponsor’s aggregate information, effectively viewing each sponsor as a single portfolio. When reporting performance of the style-defined composite, how should we report number of portfolios and the measure of internal dispersion?

    If the firm is relying on the three sponsor’s aggregate information for disclosure and performance reporting purposes, the number of portfolios could be reported either as three or five or fewer. The firm may report a measure of internal dispersion using the annual returns from each of the three sponsors, or could choose to not present the disclosure and report five or fewer portfolios in the composite.

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