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Improve returns by picking losers: Triguboff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... Management. Speaking at the ipac Thought Leaders Event "Finding tomorrow's alpha", Tribuboff explained that both quantitative and qualitative approaches to investment can drive returns, at the same time, if managed effectively. "Both the quantitative ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... for the fund manager of the year award. S&P director investment consulting, Simon Ibbetson, said they took a purely quantitative approach to the nominations meaning that BT's poorer performing products pulled down their average too far to qualify for ...

It's Perennial all over again: Macoun

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... solution for boutique managers who struggle in other ownership structures. The new business will start with a new quantitative boutique fund manager, Plato Investment Management, run by former State Street Global Advisors head of Australian equities ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... institutional investors easy access to pure alpha returns from Asian equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative team in Australia, together with the global Advanced Research Centre, will use a similar investment process to SSgA's Australian ...

Small Macq delivers big returns

... year ended June 30, 2006. Portfolio manager Neil Carter said the fund's performance is underpinned by a rigorous quantitative research process where a universe of 1,500 small cap stocks is culled to about 350. "Then we look at a number of points. We ...

Financial Standard welcomes chief economist

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... an array of functions, beginning as a treasury analyst for a finance company, through to research management and quantitative analysis in general insurance, funds management, stockbroking and banking. Bell has spent more recent years consulting across ...

New Sydney FOHF entrant wins global award

... investment style, Stenham director Harry Wulfsohn said that over the years, they have moved away from being purely quantitative to one with a qualitative element. He added that the company has become more risk-adverse. 'The firm also looks at how much ...

In dividends we trust: AQR

... concluded that when it comes to making money, companies that pay dividends rule. Cliff Asness, former Goldman, Sachs & Co quantitative research guru, is the founding and managing principal of AQR Capital Management, the group which replaced Putnam Investments ...

Schroders announces new role and new product offering

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
... product sales roles in Japan and Australia and most recently as product specialist for the Deutsche Asset Management quantitative strategies group in the Asia Pacific and Middle East. Schroders CEO, Vipin Narula, said the new role was created along with ...

SSgA raises bar on absolute returns

... director of Absolute Return Strategies. On a separate news, SSgA signed a license agreement with a Massachussetts-based quantitative investment management company called AlphaSimplex Group for their dynamic allocation software program. Woods said that ...