Do you use “pride capitals”?
If you’re in business, you probably use capital letters more than grammar geeks recommend. I confess. I was guilty of overcapitalizing titles until Prof. Albert Craig, my Ph.D. thesis advisor, drummed the rules into me. I learned to write “Goto Fumio, home minister” instead of “Goto Fumio, Home Minister.” Titles should be capitalized only when […]
Top 5 tips for investment performance advertising
Knowing the rules for advertising your investment performance is your key to staying out of trouble with the regulators. Here are some of the tips I gathered from “Performance Advertising 101: Regulatory Do’s and Don’ts” presented on Sept. 23 at the CFA Institute’s GIPS conference by Rajan Chari of Deloitte & Touche, who focused on […]
RFP dilemma: What should my colleague do?
You may have the answer to my colleague’s investment management RFP dilemma. Here’s his question: “When preparing an RFP response (one in which you repeat the question, then provide the answer) should you correct the original author’s spelling or grammatical error?” Also, should you worry about offending the client if you correct an error? What […]
SEC’s update to CFA Institute’s GIPS conference
One of the SEC latest initiatives resonates with the experience of Lucile Corkery, Associate Regional Director for Examinations, Boston Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s enhancing the licensing, education, and oversight of back office personnel. Corkery and her colleague, Melissa Clough, senior staff accountant, discussed a list of SEC initiatives on the first […]
Thank you, Maine CFA Society!
The Maine CFA Society got into the spirit of my Sept. 17 presentation on “How to Write Investment Commentary People Will Read.” They skewered me for using an unnecessary adverb in a sample sentence. That’s the enthusiasm I enjoy when I teach CFA charterholders to write more concise, compelling investment commentary.