written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message transparent value llc type private industry financial services founded 2003 headquarters new york area served worldwide key people julian koski co ceo armen arus co ceo products mutual funds separately managed accounts services asset management owner private number of employees 200 website www.transparentvalue.com transparent value llc is a division of guggenheim partners llc specializing in the management of equity mutual funds and separately managed accounts . the firm is headquartered in new york city . contents 1 investment methodology 2 mutual funds 3 history 4 references 5 external links investment methodology edit transparent value developed the required business performance rbp methodology . the methodology uses fundamental analysis and elements of quantitative finance to select stocks . analysts use a reverse discounted cash flow analysis to determine the performance implied by the stock price . this performance is called the required business performance . using historical performance analysts then calculate the probability the company will deliver this performance . this probability is called required business performance probability . 1 the methodology was licensed to dow jones indexes and serves as the basis for the dow jones rbp indexes . 2 mutual funds edit transparent value currently offers seven mutual funds based on the dow jones rbp style series dow jones rbp directional series and dow jones rbp dividend series . 3 the first funds were launched in may 2010 . 4 history edit transparent value was founded in 2003 by julian koski and armen arus . in may 2009 guggenheim partners acquired transparent value . 5 references edit jorgensen bjorn 2008 required business performance methodology columbia business school white paper . dow jones indexes and transparent value llc launch the dow jones rbp large cap 130 30 ... . reuters . 2008 03 11 . retrieved 2012 08 06 . fund information . transparentvaluefunds.com . retrieved 2012 08 06 . guggenheim partners launches three transparent value mutual funds . fiercefinance . retrieved 2012 08 06 . rbp indexing investment manager . transparentvaluefunds.com . retrieved 2012 08 06 . external links edit transparentvalue.com djindexes.com rbp dowjonesrbpindexes.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transparent value & oldid 686649546 categories financial services companies of the united statescompanies based in new york cityhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2011all articles with a promotional tonearticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 october 2015 at 12 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view