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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 ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... year to maintain over time ample reserve balances at or above the level that prevailed in early September 2019." Quantitative easing is that you? Broadly defined by Investopedia, QE is when the Fed (central banks) increases the money supply by "purchasing ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... trillion yen and about 90 billion yen, respectively". Yes Virginia, the BOJ maintained that it will "continue with "quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) with yield curve control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%, as long ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... Trust's asset management business manages more than USD $1 trillion. Most of this is in passive, liquidity-focused or quantitative strategies with a small amount in fundamental investing, primarily in the US in equities and fixed income.

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... monetary policy" - where many developed country central banks lowered interest rates to zero/negative and/or engaged in quantitative easing. While these prevented the "Great Recession" from turning into an even "Greater Recession" and lifted many world ...