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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 ...

First State Super, CEFC back new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... projects. The ACT Index was jointly developed by BNP Paribas with ClimateWorks Australia, ISS ESG and The Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies at Monash University. It seeks to use five possible climate change scenarios to identify ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... push gold prices higher, he said. These include investors using gold as a hedge against inflation on the basis that quantitative easing will generate higher consumer price inflation, as well as investors seeing gold as an alternative to paper currencies. ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... management and governance will be a significant asset to our business." Blue Orbit was set up in 2018 and is focused on quantitative small caps investing. Its institutional distribution is led by Julie Andrews, formerly the head of institutional at Vanguard ...

Diversity screening option launched

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... can lead to less communication, increase group conflict, lower satisfaction and increased staff turnover. "From a quantitative perspective, corporate governance is a factor that outperforms, that is, companies with good corporate governance tend to perform ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... InvestSuite will launch four white-label products into the Australian market, including its Portfolio Optimizer (quantitative downside protection for investors), Self Investor (an online investment platform), StoryTeller (an automated reporting solution) ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... revolution that was the internet," State Street Global Advisors Australia head of portfolio management and active quantitative equities, Bruce Apted said. "How many of the now 'market darlings'... will be in the top 10 in 2030, and how many will still ...