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Capital Fund Management launches half-price hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
French alternatives manager Capital Fund Management (CFM) has launched a new product aimed at institutional investors with half the fees typically offered by hedge funds. The Institutional Systematic Diversified (ISD) Fund blends three quantitative ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... funds rate. Although I must admit, she made a boo-boo when she declared that "considerable time" after the purchase programme ends means "... "... you know, this is the kind of term it's hard to define, but, you know, it probably means something on the ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... was, you know, what got markets into a hissy fit. Now we know... with markets expecting to the Fed's asset purchase programme to end around September, six months hence means (gulp) March 2015. Seems to confirm reports that 13 of 16 Feddies expect the ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... the US Federal Reserve's total asset holdings since 2009 settles the debate on whether or not its quantitative easing programme worked or not. Maybe not well enough on the economy, but too well on the stock market. This is where I ask, request, beg our ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... an annual rate of A¥60 to A¥70 trillion. The kinder surprise. The BOJ announced a doubling of the low interest loan programme from A¥3.5 trillion to A¥7 trillion available to commercial banks and extend the deadline for loan applications by another ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Running one of the nation's most highly regarded training programs for financial advisers might seem like an unusual job for a former typist turned IT executive but Mark Smith found out that it is actually the most fitting role for AMP Horizons director ...

FPA-Cbus referral deal makes promising start

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... figure was "a bit above expectations, given that it's a quiet time of year." The FPA Professional Practice Referral Programme pilot was announced in October last year, and launched on January 1 this year. The pilot will run for six months in Queensland ...

Big fall one day, up and away the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... of central bank largesse in the final quarter of 2012 - the European Central Bank unveiled an open-ended bond buying programme - "Outright Monetary Transactions" (OMTs); the US Federal Reserve announced unlimited purchases of MBS and Treasuries at a ...