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Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... used quant tools that we've developed over 25 years," he said. "In my past life I worked at Tudor Investments, which is a pretty-well known US hedge fund. If you'd told us about quant back then, we would've said, 'What do you mean? Quant stuff is for ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... designed to avoid any comparisons to its far more controversial 2014 predecessor. "This time the Government has played a pretty straight bat and stuck closely to its pre-Budget announcement themes of infrastructure and housing affordability. Superannuation ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... under. When the RBA released its monetary policy decision last week - unchanged policy - governor Philip Lowe painted a pretty picture of the global and domestic economies. "There has been a broad-based pick-up in the global economy since last year," ...

Future of ANZ Wealth uncertain amid profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... could be listing ANZ Wealth separately on the ASX as a capital raising solution. "This is going to take time; this is a pretty big decision. And this is more about cultural fit and a partnership, not just a sale," Elliott said. Given that ANZ Wealth's ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... 63.0%. If there's still slack in the US labour market, it's quickly dissipating... and this even before Trump has spent a pretty penny on his reflation promises. Even the Fed sees "expansionary fiscal policies" as an upside risk. But there's also the ...

ANZ updates position on wealth business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... wealth business is listed on the ASX and become available for people to invest in. "This is going to take time, this is a pretty big decision. And this is more about cultural fit and a partnership, not just a sale," Elliott said. "We're seeking really ...

Lonsec upgrades Flinders fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... on reporting season outcomes, co-portfolio manager Richard Macdougall said: "It's been a mixed bag and we have seen some pretty severe reactions to even a small miss in earnings expectations or a change in growth trajectory." "Some companies have re-rated ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The just-released "OECD Economic Surveys, Australia" provided a pretty growth picture of the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% ...

Forward thinking must underpin advice: Vanguard

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... a secure market for advice and clients will continue to need that counsel." "You've navigated your clients through some pretty crazy stuff, but it may get rockier still." In particular, Davis noted the rise in the populist belief that globalism was the ...

Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... Byres. Speaking at the A50 Australian Economic Forum in Sydney on Friday, Byres praised financial services firms for being "pretty quick to adapt new technology", but warned firms that they must learn to balance their investment between new and existing ...