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Plato hires from Macquarie quant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... continues to expand its research capabilities with a focus on long/short strategies. Lowe steps into the role of senior quantitative analyst. He has over 15 years' experience in investment management, joining Plato from Macquarie Quant Hedge Funds where ...

What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... can expect $90,000 while those with 10 years plus experience are paid a median of $225,000. The same is true for quantitative analysts who can expect to begin their career earning around $95,000 and move up to $240,000 with a decade of experience. Portfolio ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... does not apply to the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) with negative interest rates (in January 2016) and expanded further to "with yield curve control" ...

Antares hires from Gandel family office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... funds. Prior to this, he was an analyst at Antares and Goldman Sachs. Antares has also promoted Gehan Gunawardena to quantitative analyst. Gunawardena joined Antares in 2017 as a performance and risk analyst, and has international experience as a software ...

WTW launches first Australian-domiciled fund, names RE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... excess returns. "We know macro events are weighing on markets - trade wars, Brexit, recessionary influences, potential quantitative easing - leading to a high level of uncertainty," Goss said. "To outperform the market sustainably, there is a need to ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... facility rate down to 0.25% and the deposit facility rate to down to negative 0.4%. Not to mention, the ECB's quantitative easing launched in March 2015. Looking back, these allowed the Eurozone economy to stabilise - GDP growth reached a high of ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest survey data disprove Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe's optimism ...

Robeco launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... addition in portfolio construction." Robeco manages $302 billion in assets globally, $117 billion of which is in quantitative investment strategies.

GSFM scoops up MLC's stake in Redpoint

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
GSFM said it has completed the acquisition of MLC Asset Management's 49% stake in boutique quantitative equities specialist Redpoint Investment Management. The deal will see the two firms managing over $17 billion, with Redpoint continuing to control ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... better outcomes to Australian investors." To be recognised by Zenith, funds must pass a rigorous qualitative and quantitative screening, examining the manager's investment philosophy, expertise of the investment team, investment process, portfolio construction ...