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Effective: 1 November, 2012 - 31 December, 2019Categories: Model ResultsSource: GIPS Handbook, 3rd EditionFirm A wants to offer a new investment management style. To demonstrate its capability to manage assets according to the new balanced strategy, Firm A creates a new balanced composite and produces three years of performance history using hypothetical assets and a back-tested asset allocation strategy. Can Firm A present this hypothetical composite history as a composite in a compliant presentation?
No. Hypothetical and back-tested composite returns do not satisfy the requirements of the GIPS standards. Composite returns must only contain actual portfolios managed by the firm and must not include hypothetical or back-tested results. Firms may present hypothetical or back-tested results clearly labeled as supplemental information.
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