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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 ...

Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... 4000 securities. Ausbil chief executive Ross Youngman said: "Our global small caps team applies both fundamental and quantitative approaches to finding companies with a growing earnings outlook that are either poorly covered by analysts, or are yet to ...

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 ...