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Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... a change in government could potentially add more wobbles to an already twitchy local market. However, JP Morgan quantitative analyst Thomas Reif, who has been studying the market returns pre and post election since 1901, concluded that whatever the ...

Rocketing small caps slow big cap funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... forces that was causing the drag on the portfolio," she said. Di Mascio said the analysis, performed using their quantitative analysis software, was the first time either the super fund or the manager had been able to identify and articulate the problem. ...

SSgA launches Global Total Equity Returns in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
Harnessing investor appetite for products focusing on risk management, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is launching their Global Equity Total Return product into the Australian market. Arlene Rockefeller, CFA and senior managing director of global ...

SG Hiscock and Stockland win PIR awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... retirement and residential developments. Mark Wist, PIR head of research said the awards are based on a blend of detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis that assess risk adjusted returns, governance, disclosure and processes behind the manager. ...

Planners test new share trading blueprint

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... said Tricom's head of wholesale, Graham Parkes. Parkes said the software would offer advisers access to a range of quantitative data from sources such as Aegis, Thompson and Huntleys, and allow them to tailor shares to the investor's risk profile.

FuturePlus appoints new chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... keeping a strong focus on maintaining its enviable levels of wide ranging expert services," he said. He said annual quantitative studies revealed FuturePlus had one of the highest levels of member satisfaction of any superannuation related business. ...

Big improvements in Australian corporate governance: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... and Dibbs Abbott Stillman Lawyers. What is different about this latest report however is that it's not just another quantitative study counting up the number of independent directors but a triangulated review of 67 companies whose public CG statements ...

The long and the short of JANA

... "JANA's manager research process and selection criteria are very comprehensive and include both a qualitative and quantitative assessment. In particular, Lonsec views JANA's commitment to conducting a number of 'face to face' meetings with portfolio ...

AX investing takes hold

... developments in the new style. "But this probably reflects Australian investors being very experienced in shorting, quantitative investing, and the very intense concentration in the Australian indexes." While Morgan Stanley estimates that globally there ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... worked at the Australian Graduate School of Management as a senior lecturer in finance and at Macquarie Bank as a quantitative analyst in foreign exchange derivatives. Her work has also been published in a number of leading academic journals. In a release ...