Cindy Kent

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Cindy Kent is a director of investment performance standards for CFA Institute. She is responsible for developing, promulgating, and maintaining the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS). Her primary roles include managing the global adoption and alignment of country-specific investment performance standards to the GIPS standards; developing educational and training products to promote the GIPS standards; and serving as staff liaison to the various committees addressing specific issues of the GIPS standards.

11 February 2013 · Market Integrity Insights

Stepping Toward Standardization: A Guide for GIPS-Related RFP Questions

By Cindy Kent

The basic principle and fundamental motivation in creating the GIPS standards — now officially adopted in 35 countries around the globe — is investor protection, and empowering those who advise investors with the key elements to analyze investment performance results in a comparative method. Read more

From Hedge Fund Guidance to New Handbook, Major Developments for the GIPS Standards

By Cindy Kent

A positive outcome of the recent economic turmoil is that investors are learning more about investment returns, risk, strategies, and the methodologies used by asset managers to obtain reported performance results. Cindy Kent discusses how the GIPS standards benefit investors by providing a universal set of guidelines that improves investment decision making. Read more