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Performance Measurement Takes Pole Position at Buy-Side Firms

The evolution of sophisticated tools around performance analytics have solved problems but created new challenges

Joe Kavanagh, head of performance measurement and risk analysis at KBI Global Investors
Joe Kavanagh, head of performance measurement and risk analysis at KBI Global Investors.

Far from being a curiosity, claimed Joe Kavanagh, head of performance measurement and risk analysis at KBI Global Investors during his keynote address, performance measurement is now one of the most critical departments of an asset-management firm. The benefits have come in three parts.

“Technology made the job a lot easier,” he said. “Increases in the volume of work have been easily handled.” 

Computing power has also contributed, as the pace of development in analytical processes has

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