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Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... investment management firms lag behind Japan when it comes to using machine learning in investment strategies, a new Bloomberg survey shows. The poll of 450 participants comprising traders, portfolio managers, analysts and market data practitioners in ...

Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... be the reason why unlike China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking a different posture against Trump. According to Bloomberg: "In his first policy speech since President Donald Trump renewed pressure on Japan to sign a bilateral trade deal, Prime Minister ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... than 18,000 fixed income securities across both emerging markets and major developed countries. The fund will track the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate ex SRI Exclusions Index, hedged to Australian dollars. Vanguard Australia head of product ...

SS&C acquires software firm from TPG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... direct responsibilities include oversight of SS&C's infrastructure technology. Prior to this role, Caiafa was part of Bloomberg's CTO office, where he led efforts in infrastructure, automation, monitoring and security. Prior to that, he was on the original ...

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... securities will have an overlay of rates, currency, inflation and credit market positions. It will aim to outperform the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. Cameron Hume co-founder and chief investment officer Guy Cameron said the fund is designed ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The Shanghai Composite index's drop into bear market territory may have elicited some negative Trump thoughts, but China's response - through the accompanying depreciation of the yuan may have been "I'm taking you with me." Such is the ugliness ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... market's reaction suggests that recent China's efforts at stemming the outflow of funds is not working. According to Bloomberg: "Investors have largely ignored government measures to support market sentiment, including a weekend reserve-ratio ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg... Developing nations including Turkey, Indonesia, India and Argentina have raised rates, while Brazil's central bank has ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... gone by where Chinese regulators implemented trading halts, restrictions against stock sell orders and according to Bloomberg, "Individuals and day traders make up about 80% of the trading volume. Fueling the bubble and collapse in China's equities ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...