About the Author
Carl Bacon, CIPM, is Chief Adviser to Confluence, a data and software development specialist providing services for the asset management industry. He also runs his own consultancy business providing advice to asset managers on various risk and performance measurement issues.
Prior to his current role, Carl was Chairman of StatPro, Director of Risk Control and Performance at F&C Management Ltd, Vice President Head of Performance (Europe) for JPMorgan Investment Management Inc., and Head of Performance for Royal Insurance Asset Management.
Carl holds a BSc Hons in Mathematics from Manchester University and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Performance Measurement. A founding member of both the Investment Performance Council and GIPS®, Carl is a chair of the GIS Committee, ex‐chair of the GIPS Executive Committee, and founder of The Freedom Index Company.
Carl is also the author of Practical Risk‐Adjusted Performance Measurement, Performance Attribution: History and Progress, and numerous articles and papers, and is the editor of Advanced Portfolio Attribution Analysis.
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