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Performance measures must align with portfolio use and features. Avoid Sharpe and similar ratios due to flaws; consider alternatives like trimmed alpha, median returns, and value at risk. CAGR is ...

Every student of management knows that performance measurement is an essential element of effective management. To paraphrase the great management scholar Peter Drucker, you can't manage something if ...

Industry Insights from Thomson Reuters Institute, a part of Thomson Reuters. Hours billed and revenue in the door are still the metrics by which the majority of law firms measure success. And why not?

Let’s say a client asks you, “What was the best-performing fund last year?” Or perhaps they want to know, “What was the performance of the S&P 500 last year?” Processing Content Before answering, it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HHS has released a proposed rule that sets new performance measures for organ procurement organizations in the ...

As they say, you manage what you measure. Accordingly, an entire industry has developed around performance measurement and performance management. Popular tools include the Balanced Scorecard, ...

For a financial performance measure to be good, it should generally rise when good things happen and decline when bad things happen. And it should motivate high-quality decision-making. This may seem ...

A review by the American College of Physicians (ACP) of performance measures designed to evaluate quality of care for those adults suffering from pain found three of six measures relevant to internal ...