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Yarra Capital executive joins AUI board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... MBA from Columbia Business School, New York. Before moving to the USA, he worked at Boston Consulting Group, doing quantitative and financial analysis and managing clients and projects. AUI'S portfolio had a market value of $1.2 billion as atMarch 31 ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... than the FTSE Global All-Cap Index (AUD hedged) before fees, expenses and tax. Both will be managed by Vanguard's quantitative equity group (QEG) and target specific risk and return objectives via factor exposures, and are offered at a management expense ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... findings come from AMP Capital's latest survey of investment trends in the SMSF industry. AMP Capital undertook a quantitative survey of 700 AMP Capital SMSF investors alongside Investment Trends to derive the findings. The research revealed managed ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... GrowthX option claimed to "measure companies" while in reality 79% of the fund was tracking an index without any quantitative analysis in June, 2017, ASIC said. ASIC took issue with the fund's website copy: "We will fight to get you the very best assets ...

Active manager launches Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
A $109 billion quantitative investment manager is launching its new Australian equities strategy with an undisclosed amount in seed capital from Russell Investments. The Man Numeric Australia Core strategy will pick Australian mid to large cap stocks ...

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... now responsible for about $7 billion in assets under management, Mitchell said. Joining the investment team as a quantitative investment specialist is Kieran Rabbitt. He is the fourth hire among Antipodes' quant team and will be responsible for portfolio ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... In 2016, Platypus Asset Management decided to rebuild its ESG investment approach from the bottom up. Built by its quantitative investment team, the asset manager placed 45 factors into its Australian equities database and came up with three broad groups ...

Acadian appoints investments head from SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... working in our Boston office since October so it's great to finally have him on the ground with us." "He has a strong quantitative background, and - importantly for the ongoing development of our business in Australia - extensive experience of running ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Big data 2.0 remains in its early stages for quantitative asset managers as they attempt to be less dependent on history and evolve with more forward-looking risk considerations, especially around ESG and sustainable investing. This is the thoughts ...

Morningstar fuels fund ratings with AI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... intelligence to power its funds rating process to rate more than 10,000 products. The research house has launched Quantitative Rating, a machine learning and quant-driven system that boasts the ability to rate funds at six times the rate of a Morningstar ...