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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 ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business degree at university are taught quantitative methods along with formulas and theories which are to be applied to an exam question or a report. But students wanting to gain ...

Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... decode raw data that is otherwise hard to compare across companies. For corporates, these scores offer a valuable, quantitative and normalised benchmark that will easily highlight their ESG performance." While the "ES" scores will focus on those companies ...

Advisers bolt to cash, gold

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... volatility. Gold pushed through the all-time high mark recently and is likely to maintain value for some time due to quantitative easing programs across the globe and ongoing risks from COVID-19." "Silver has traditionally followed gold closely and may ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... deliberations tomorrow. Will they, won't they? "Six of nine economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the RBNZ to hold its quantitative easing limit at NZ$60 billion ($40 billion) on Wednesday; three say the program will be increased," according to ...