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Investor confidence drops in April: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
State Street's investor confidence index has decreased to 92.9, down 6.6 points from March's revised reading of 99.5. The index, which was developed in partnership with FDO Partners, measures investor confidence or risk appetite quantitatively by analysing ...

ART responsible investment specialists jump to Redpoint

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... responsible and impact investment capabilities, blending the deep global knowledge that they bring with our active quantitative approach," he said. "This expertise will enable us to provide our clients with strategies that have a positive financial ...

Boys' clubs cost companies: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... data is clear: more gender diverse leadership teams deliver better performance outcomes," author study and senior quantitative portfolio manager Joanna Nash said. "To understand the impact of gender diversity on company performance and investment returns ...

Investment Trends, Finura Group partner

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
Investment Trends will join forces with Finura Group to deliver quantitative research for clients who want deeper insights into financial services technology. The venture was prompted by recent Investment Trends research, indicating digital technology ...

Popularity soars for managed accounts

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... said. Taking place between December 2021 and January 2022, the 13th edition of the report was conducted via an online quantitative survey for 669 Australian-based financial advisers.

Northern Trust creates new APAC quant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Northern Trust has established a new team of quantitative specialists for Asia Pacific, to be led out of Melbourne. Scott Bennett has been appointed as head of quantitative investment solutions, Asia Pacific, and will lead the new quant team. Bennett ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... in fossil fuel producers as having long-term risk. "I think gender is the next frontier," Hobbs says. In 2019, a quantitative study from S&P Global looking at the Russell 3000 index found that firms with female chief executives or chief financial officers ...

Mingshi Investment Management to launch local offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... research, with world class trading and risk management arguably have an edge right now." Founded in 2010, Mingshi is a quantitative manager with about US$3 billion in assets under management.

JANA makes five senior appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... investment research. The leadership shuffle at JANA also includes the external appointment of Chris Worthington as head of quantitative analysis and risk. Worthington joined from NZ Super where he was senior investment strategist, asset allocation. "In ...

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
According to new quantitative analysis, higher inflation in Australia is set to have a negative impact for ASX investors. SigTech, a quantitative technology company, provided analysis on how various inflation levels over the past 50 years have impacted ...