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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS^®)

 

What are the GIPS standards?
The GIPS standards are a set of standardized, industry-wide ethical principles that provide investment firms with guidance on how to calculate and report their investment results to prospective clients.
Find out more: Read a 20th anniversary article (PDF)

 

The GIPS standards provide:

• Firms with an ability to compete across the globe
• Investors with the ability to make comparisons

 

Who established the GIPS standards?

• CFA Institute created and administers the GIPS standards
• Organizations in 34 countries sponsor and promote the Standards