Investment Performance Analytics, Measurement, and Confident Marketing. GIPS® Support and Verification.
Senior-led support to strengthen your performance calculations, reporting, controls, and governance.
Blueprint GRC helps investment firms build and maintain credible, well-controlled performance programs. Whether you need an independent review, additional operational capacity, regulatory or marketing support, or guidance on GIPS compliance, our experienced performance professionals provide practical solutions tailored to your business.
Investment performance impacts far more than a firm’s reported returns. It supports investor communications, marketing, regulatory compliance, operational oversight, management reporting, and the credibility of the investment process.
Blueprint GRC provides flexible performance consulting and review services to investment managers, asset owners, wealth managers, private market firms, OCIO providers, and other financial services organizations.
We help clients evaluate calculation methodologies, strengthen controls, improve reporting processes, manage composite and portfolio data, address regulatory requirements, and supplement internal resources.
Our engagements are led by senior performance professionals who bring deep technical experience together with a practical, relationship-based approach.
Performance Program Reviews
Performance Program Reviews Blueprint GRC conducts targeted and comprehensive reviews of investment performance programs, helping firms evaluate whether their methodologies, processes, controls, documentation, and reporting practices remain accurate, consistent, and fit for purpose.
Reviews may cover calculation methodologies, data flows, policies and procedures, governance, composite administration, benchmark practices, fee treatment, error correction, reporting controls, and alignment between calculated performance and investor-facing materials.
Each assessment is tailored to the firm’s structure and objectives. At the conclusion of the review, we provide practical findings and recommendations that internal performance, operations, compliance, and investor relations teams can use to strengthen the program.
Performance Analytics and Operational Support
Performance Analytics and Operational Support We provide hands-on assistance with recurring and project-based performance responsibilities, helping firms supplement internal expertise, manage periods of increased workload, or strengthen existing processes.
Support may include composite maintenance, account assignment reviews, data validation, strategy and benchmark analysis, performance calculation oversight, report preparation, procedure implementation, and customised analytics.
Engagements can be structured as temporary coverage for planned leave or system projects, support during organizational growth or transition, or an ongoing outsourced or co-sourced arrangement.
SEC Marketing Rule and Marketing Review Support
SEC Marketing Rule and Marketing Review Support Investment performance is frequently one of the most heavily scrutinized elements of marketing and investor communications. Blueprint GRC helps firms evaluate whether performance information is calculated, presented, and supported appropriately.
Our services include reviews of advertisements, presentations, pitch books, factsheets, websites, requests for proposals, and other investor-facing materials. We assess performance methodologies, time periods, extracted performance, hypothetical performance, related and representative accounts, gross and net presentations, fees, disclosures, and supporting records.
Reviews may focus on the SEC Marketing Rule, other applicable regulatory expectations, GIPS requirements, or a firm’s internal policies and approval procedures. We can also work alongside compliance, legal, marketing, investor relations, and external counsel.
Investment Performance Reporting Consulting
Investment Performance Reporting Consulting Blueprint GRC helps firms address complex questions relating to performance measurement, presentation, reporting, and governance.
Our consultants can advise on calculation methodologies, reporting conventions, fee and expense treatment, benchmark selection, portfolio and composite structures, performance disclosures, investor requests, new product launches, system conversions, and emerging industry practices.
Support may be provided through a defined consulting project, customised training, hourly assistance, or an ongoing retainer that gives internal teams access to senior performance expertise as questions arise.
Performance Certifications and Independent Reviews
Performance Certifications and Independent Reviews Blueprint GRC provides independent reviews designed to give firms, investors, distribution partners, and other third parties greater confidence in reported performance.
The scope can be customized to address time-weighted returns, internal rates of return, performance fees, gross-to-net calculations, model performance, composite results, specific products, or other performance presentations.
These engagements are well suited to firms seeking an independent assessment without pursuing full GIPS compliance, as well as firms responding to due diligence, platform, model marketplace, fundraising, or distribution requirements. Following our review, we can provide an agreed-upon report, certification, or findings memorandum appropriate to the engagement.
Private Markets and IRR Assessments
Private Markets and IRR Assessments Private market performance presents distinct calculation, reporting, and disclosure challenges. Blueprint GRC helps firms evaluate whether internal rates of return, multiples, cash flow data, fee treatments, and related performance information are calculated and presented consistently.
Our reviews can address fund, investment, portfolio, or composite-level performance and may include an assessment against applicable GIPS provisions, regulatory expectations, contractual requirements, or industry practices.
These assessments can support fundraising, investor due diligence, private placement materials, track record presentations, product launches, and the development of more consistent internal reporting procedures.
GIPS Verification & Consulting Services
GIPS Verification & Consulting Services For firms and asset owners that claim, or are considering claiming, compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards, Blueprint GRC provides practical support throughout the compliance lifecycle.
We assist with readiness assessments, definition of the firm or asset owner, composite and pooled fund structures, policies and procedures, calculation methodologies, report preparation, recordkeeping, controls, training, and remediation.
Where independence requirements permit, Blueprint GRC also provides annual GIPS verification and performance examinations. Our senior-led approach is designed to deliver a rigorous and efficient process together with clear communication and practical recommendations.
Firms that do not currently intend to claim compliance may also use the GIPS standards as a best-practice framework when strengthening performance calculations, documentation, governance, and investor reporting.
About the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
About the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) The Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) are voluntary, ethical standards for calculating and presenting investment performance based on the principles of fair representation and full disclosure.
Investment performance is a fundamental part of all investing, and it is relevant to every investment and to every investor. It is important for the evaluation of progress against objectives, the selection of managers, and the calculation of incentives. Investment firms and asset owners that adopt the GIPS standards display their commitment to ethics and transparency and instil investor confidence.
To ensure continued relevance, the GIPS standards are developed by the CFA Institute in partnership with industry experts and GIPS standards sponsors from around the globe.
Source: CFA Institute website
Why Performance Compliance/Governance Matters
Reliable performance reporting requires more than an accurate calculation. Firms also need clear methodologies, consistent data, effective controls, documented oversight, appropriate disclosures, and alignment across investment, operations, compliance, marketing, and investor relations teams.
A well-designed performance program can help a firm:
- Present results accurately and consistently
- Respond more effectively to investor and consultant due diligence
- Support regulatory and marketing reviews
- Reduce operational and key-person risk
- Improve accountability across internal teams
- Prepare for growth, new products, or system changes
- Demonstrate a commitment to transparency and sound governance
Blueprint GRC helps firms assess where their current program is working well, identify areas for improvement, and implement practical solutions appropriate to their size, strategy, and resources.
Source: GIPS Standards website
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