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Hedge fund industry body promotes Aussie talent

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... continuing to support industry growth and development over what are likely to be two fascinating years for markets as quantitative easing ceases and more powerful technologies continue to transform practices," Chadwick said. AIMA Australia general manager ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... the price stability target by introducing forward guidance for policy rates, and to enhance the sustainability of "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control." The first forward guidance under the new expanded monetary ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments launched a new fund that uses active quantitative strategies powered by machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... the price stability target by introducing forward guidance for policy rates, and to enhance the sustainability of "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control." Yes Virginia, the BOJ has added another tool to try and coax ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... stewardship when it rolled out one policy stimulus after another to try and get to that elusive 2% inflation. There was quantitative easing in 2013 and expanded in 2014, QE with negative interest rate in January 2016 that later became "Qualitative and ...

Former PIMCO chief boosts Aussie fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... engagement established by Mackenzie - a former QIC chief strategist - in 2014. QIC's former head of equities Rob Wood and quantitative strategist David Priest are also on the Jacobi leadership team.

VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... Australia as a pricing and client strategy analyst, and at Rice Warner as an actuarial analyst. At VanEck, he will build quantitative models for portfolio management and investment performance analytics and attribution, in supporting the trading of equities ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
The chief quantitative strategist for AXA Investment Managers' equities business has jumped to a $46 billion superannuation fund. HESTA has appointed Michael Kollo as its general manager quantitative solutions and risk, effective July 30. He was ...

UBS chief investment strategist leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Prior to UBS, Cassidy was an equity strategist at J.P. Morgan for about eight years. He worked at Ord Minnett as a quantitative research analyst before this. The departure was reported in a daily newspaper yesterday. Cassidy completed a Master of Business ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Latest research shows less than one-third of family offices are using quantitative models to determine asset class allocations and position sizes. At the same time, equity allocations remain unchanged. These are the key takeaways from the most recent ...