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Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... before, this time is different. In his speech, the governor laid out the case for another interest rate reduction or quantitative easing, or both, perhaps as soon as the next board meeting in November. "When the pandemic was at its worst and there were ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... investment goals. They are attracting sophisticated investors who expect very clear and detailed reporting, both quantitative and qualitative," he said. AXA IM head of core client group, Australia Michelle Lacey said there are many different approaches ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... his PhD in Finance from the London School of Economics and has extensive industry experience in the application of quantitative statistical methods at Blackrock, Fidelity, AXA Rosenberg and HESTA. "The increasing scale and sophistication of capital markets ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... investing in global markets, according to Realindex. In a research paper titled Value is dead, long live value, Realindex quantitative analyst Wang Chun Wei takes aim at criticisms of value investing. "We don't believe that value investing is dead, just ...

Ausbil drops fees on global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... year and removed both the RE fee and normal capped expenses. The fund holds a portfolio of about 220 stocks, using a quantitative multi-factor based model on the SRI universe. It has had a good year of performance, returning 7.6% (after fee but before ...

Multi-strategy fund launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
A boutique Australian investment manager has launched a fund that uses sophisticated quantitative and foreign-exchange trading strategies. The Ferguson Hyams Multi-Strategy Fund was made available in mid-August and managed by Bermuda-registered Incu ...

Lazard launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... York and Paris. Lazard said the fund employs a fundamental, bottom-up approach that uses rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis to drive security selection, complemented by a top-down process that "guides tactical positioning". "Investors have ...

Hostplus can't be killed: Sicilia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... director of consulting Kim Bowater at the ASI 2020 virtual conference in a panel hosted by Northern Trust head of quantitative research and client solutions ANZ Scott Bennett. Later in the conversation, he said Hostplus was more worried about the shape ...

Iress appointed mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... parties. Lincoln Indicators chief investment officer Tim Lincoln said the firm saw a significant opportunity to adapt quantitative models for the US market but needed the process to be as simple as managing Australian funds. "We have had a great experience ...

Realindex appoints former BlackRock executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... equities manager Realindex Investment has appointed a former BlackRock executive to the newly created role of senior quantitative portfolio manager. Joanna Nash has 13 years' experience in quantitative investment and joins from Acadian Asset Management ...