Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 421 - 430 of 1129 results for "quantitative"

Sole fund closed by Australian equities manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... underlying and "fundamental valuation" support via the Integrity Sustainable Valuation Process, incorporating both quantitative discipline and qualitative judgements. According to the online announcement, the fund exceeded its benchmark by 2.1% per annum ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... interest rates are extraordinarily low by historical standards, and some areas of the globe still have quite substantial quantitative easing in place," Costello said. "The biggest thing which will affect financial markets over coming years is as interest ...

Morgan Stanley appoints Australia research head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... manager at Macquarie. Morgan Stanley said Pirenc's new role "underscores the growing strategic importance of data and quantitative research." In an internal memo, Morgan Stanley managing director William Greene explained: "In our tradition of recognising ...

Vanguard appoints Australian active team head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Vanguard appointed the head of its Australian quantitative equity group (QEG) as part of an expansion to its Melbourne team. Michael Roach will lead the Australian QEG, having previously been a quantitative equities portfolio manager for Vanguard in ...

Modern Silk Road presents investment jewel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... initiative and provide investors with exposure to the likely growth associated with this theme," Quantifeed senior quantitative strategist Gaudi Schneider said. Stocks considered in the portfolio are inverse volatility weighted which often results in ...

Passive versus active is crippling: QIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... exploiting desired risks and avoiding undesired ones," King said. "With the Global Financial Crisis and subsequent quantitative easing era as live stress tests, we show that there is value in allocating dynamically across sub-asset classes and that active ...

Vanguard recruits former industry fund CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... equities investment solutions for clients. In this role, McLaughlin works closely with Vanguard's Equity Index Group and Quantitative Equity Group. McLaughlin departed the $768 million industry fund in February of this year after three-and-a-half years ...

Vanguard global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... chief investment officer and responsible for $3.8 trillion in assets managed by the fixed income, equity index, and quantitative equity groups across more than 300 mutual funds and ETFs. Davis led the fixed income group since 2014 and prior to that served ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... management service via the internet and mobile devices with the help of internet technologies, big data analysis, quantitative financial models and algorithms." In May, the institute announced it will add AI and big data in its exams. A spokesperson ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... automotive technologies around the world or are expected to benefit from it in the near future" Quantifeed senior quantitative analyst Gaudi Schneider said. The portfolio also invests in incumbent car manufacturers like Ford as they invest in the development ...