John Simpson, CIPM

John has been with TSG since 2005 where he heads up our firm’s Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) verification practice. John has consulted with, and conducted hundreds of GIPS verifications for both asset managers and asset owners. He also teaches classes on performance measurement, attribution, risk, and GIPS, and conducts software searches, operations, and technology related consulting assignments. John is a regular speaker at industry conferences and society programs. He is the co-author of TSG’s Guide to the Performance Presentation Standards (TSG Publishing, 2012) and has written numerous articles. John crafted and conducted TSG’s CIPM prep courses (no longer offered). John is currently a member of the GIPS Verification Subcommittee, and has previously served on the United States Investment Performance Committee’s After-Tax Working Group and the Advisory Committee to the GIPS Pooled Fund Working Group.

Prior to joining TSG, John spent 20 years with Integrated Decision Systems, a New York-based software vendor that provided portfolio accounting and performance measurement solutions to the investment industry. He was the Product Manager for their GIM Performance and CALiPER investment performance & analytics systems. John was responsible for the enhancement “road maps” for the performance systems with the primary responsibility of aligning the product’s goals with customer needs and market demands. He also acted as chief business analyst in specifying performance analytics and portfolio accounting functionality. John holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from UCLA, where he was a member of their 1987 NCAA national championship volleyball team.