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Boutique to launch flagship fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... institutional investors this month. The boutique, which was initially founded in 2018, is specifically focused on quantitative small caps investing. The Blue Orbit Australian Small Caps Systematic Alpha Fund is benchmarked to the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ...

CFSGAM subsidiary names investments lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... provide systematic equity solutions. The appointment follows other recent appointments at Realindex, which includes quantitative analyst Wang Chun Wei and quantitative developer Sidney Chow.

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... commissions with direction from Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. On a periodic basis, ASIC said it will undertake a quantitative review of firms that pay grandfathered commissions and test the extent they have changed such arrangements. ASIC will then ...

Tribeca Alpha Plus leaks $600m, rebuilds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... who has been with the company for about five years and was previously at BlackRock, will take the lead role on the quantitative model after Peter Moore's departure. Tribeca has also hired a new compliance manager, starting September 2 as the incumbent ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... Jerome will not acquiesce to Trump's "demand" to chop rates "by at least 100 basis points, with perhaps some quantitative easing as well". Doing so would just heighten financial market anxiety. Jerome's task is not made any easier by the current ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... he? bend to Trump's recent demand to cut the fed funds rate "by at least 100 basis points, with perhaps some quantitative easing as well"? Obeying Trump's diktat would just erode the fed's credibility and independence while at the same time ...

ASIC to review end of grandfathering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... regulator will report on anything holding up the transition away from grandfathered remuneration. The review will be both quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative review will see entities known to pay grandfathered commissions under the regulators ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... strategies: a long/short Aussie equities fund and a "hedge fund-type" absolute return fund. The investment style combines quantitative analysis with human-led fundamental company research and an awareness of macroeconomics. Fenton is one of the longest-standing ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... "The Fed Rate, over a fairly short period of time, should be reduced by at least 100 basis points, with perhaps some quantitative easing as well. If that happened, our Economy would be even better, and the World Economy would be greatly and quickly enhanced-good ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... necessary: "We are prepared to do unconventional things if the circumstances warranted it". Negative interest rates? Quantitative easing? You name it! But these policy prescriptions/actions aren't "unconventional" anymore... they have become the ...