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Ophir Asset Management expands investment team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... following recent stints at Ausbil Microcap Fund and Bennelong Australian Equity Partners. Prior to this, he was a quantitative associate with Bell Potter Securities. "We're very excited to welcome Josh to the team," Ophir co-founder and senior portfolio ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... around 0% and asset purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion - and promised that the bank will continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%, as long ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... its teams from subsidiaries THEAM and CamGestion with that of its multi-asset solutions division, the multi-asset, quantitative and solutions (MAQS) becomes the firm's fourth investment group alongside private debt and real assets, equities, and fixed ...

Mason Stevens expands fixed income, appoints SMA manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... after Mason Stevens expanded its fixed income SMA team with the appointment of Paul Wylie, whose role is to provide quantitative analysis on fixed income securities for retail fixed income SMAs. Wylie was previously head of credit solutions and strategic ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
A global quantitative investment manager has turned the clock to re-evaluate its momentum strategies, using expertise in machine learning to build better alpha-capturing trading systems. In his recent trip to Australia, Man AHL chief scientist Anthony ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... greater machine learning activity in financial services: the increasing complexity of data interaction; and the rise of quantitative investing. Bloomberg global head of machine Gideon Mann defines machine learning as software that incorporates "fairly ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... at around 0% and asset purchases at annual pace of ¥80 trillion - and promised that "the Bank will continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2 percent ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... in the second and third quartiles." His note summarises a presentation that was recently made to The Institute of Quantitative Research in Finance (Q Group) in Sydney.

Media powerhouse turns financial product provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... of investment products spanning long-biased absolute-return equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives and quantitative investment solutions. The firm currently holds US$16.4 billion in assets under management.

Asset managers must work on unique value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... is appealing," Powers said. From a capabilities perspective, asset managers are most commonly looking to develop quantitative or strategic beta strategies to complement their active offerings as they can be offered at a lower cost compared to active ...