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Iress scores dealer group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... automated risk-based compliance model, allowing us to monitor all advice activity for key risks and using this as quantitative inputs to the file review and adviser audit process," FYG general manager Andrew Wootton said. "As a result, we can more efficiently ...

Acadian hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... president of research and associate portfolio manager. He will be responsible for researching Australian and global quantitative equity portfolios and for assessing key drivers of fund performance. Wong joins Acadian from Macquarie Investment Manager ...

J.P. Morgan names new APAC equity strategy head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... this new expanded APAC role. Steed's new role will see him work with J.P. Morgan's global and Asia equity quantitative strategists and fundamental country and sector heads in Asia equity research. He will also lead the marketing and branding ...

Your Future, Your Super reforms closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... benefits to members and as part of the decision-making process, trustees must consider a threshold that needs a "robust quantitative and qualitative evidence to support their expenditures". If the expenditure goes towards systems, risk management, governance ...

CFM fund to wind up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... into negative territory and fund size stagnates. The CFM Institutional Systematic Diversified used a multi-strategy quantitative approach to target positive returns over the long term with a low correlation to traditional asset classes Its responsible ...

Bloomberg indices to rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... Bloomberg acquired BRAIS in August 2016. Also part of the acquisition, Bloomberg was the calculation agent for Barclay's quantitative investment strategy index business and strategy indices. Other fixed-income benchmarks like the US, Euro, Asia Pacific ...

Implemented Portfolios adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... Warr Hunt and Sherrin Partners. He was on the faculty of the University of New South Wales, teaching and researching quantitative finance and optical fibre technology. Executive chair Greg Kirk commented on the appointment, saying: "This is a significant ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... said. "While the team is well supported by BlackRock's global platform and can leverage capital markets, risk and quantitative analysis, and ESG teams, we would prefer them to focus on one strategy." The fund's investment process focuses on high ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... invest." Kennedy said that while COVID-19 was certainly he factor that pushed the Central Bank to take the leap of quantitative easing measures, the country was already heading in that direction. "While the academic research is not settled on the relative ...

RBA cuts rate to new historic low

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... rate down to 0.10% for the first time in history. Not only that, but RBA governor Philip Lowe announced a ramp up of quantitative easing measures, bringing in a new era of monetary policy in Australia. The RBA decided to reduce the cash rate to 0.1% ...