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Plato launches net zero fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... while maintaining a net zero carbon footprint," Allen said. The strategy is underpinned by the firm's proprietary quantitative systems, he added. "For example, Plato's Red Flags Model which incorporates more than 100 ESG red flags, including ...

Economists expect a rate rise: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... be in for a shock when their mortgage costs start to climb." Capital Economics' Ben Udy said the RBA will end quantitative easing, a process where the central bank creates new cash to decrease, or ease, the cost of borrowing, in February. "While ...

Frontier recruits two senior consultants

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... works as a senior consultant in the alternatives and derivatives research team. Swaak was most recently a director of quantitative finance solutions at Deloitte and worked for the likes of QIC, Macquarie and SJS Family Office. Former United Nations PRI ...

New boutique at Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... Treharne and Thomas Ciszewski. Lu is assistant portfolio manager to Gor, as well as working on government and credit quantitative modelling. Meanwhile, Feldman is a quantitative analyst focused on machine learning, Treharne is a quantitative analyst ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... actively integrating sustainability as well as incorporating 50 years of factor investing research." The fund uses a quantitative stock selection strategy which ranks stocks according to sustainability criteria as well as expected future relative performance ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... were brought forward only a few days before. Consider these: In October, the Bank of Canada announced the end of its quantitative easing programme. This was followed very, very soon after by the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to "discontinue ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Bank of Canada (BOC) stopped (right now, thank you very much - sorry that was the Spice Girls singing in my head) quantitative easing at its 27 October meeting because: "The main forces pushing up prices - higher energy prices and pandemic-related supply ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... that the spend was in the best interests of beneficiaries," APRA said. "Overall, there has been a distinct lack of quantitative analysis, both ex-ante and ex-post, guiding these important decisions." APRA said it is considering whether further action ...

U Ethical hires fixed income PM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... from research and data management to portfolio construction, compliance and implementation. Lin has experience in quantitative analysis and funds management, specialising in Australian fixed income, global credit and global sovereign debt strategies. ...

Leadership changes at Vanguard Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... Prior to joining Vanguard in 2013, Burns worked for seven years at Jacobs Levy Equity Management, a US provider of quantitative equity strategies for institutional clients. In another leadership change, Alexis Gray has been appointed as head of the Investment ...