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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 ...

Altius flags key appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... Global Asset Management. Before CFSGAM, Wong was a portfolio manager at Commonwealth Investment Management and a quantitative analyst, equity strategies at Citigroup Asset Management. Altius also appointed Jing Jia as an assistant portfolio manager. ...

XTB appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... tailored fixed income model portfolios and separately managed account solutions. "Incorporating both qualitative and quantitative techniques, Ian has already successfully designed a range of fixed income model portfolios. His portfolios seek to optimise ...

Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Quantitative analysis can play a role in bottom-up active management despite its detractors, according to Robeco Boston Partners senior analyst Daniel Farren. Speaking to Financial Standard, Farren referenced the "three circles" philosophy Boston Partners ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... to be informed when asked, 'what is it?' and 'how much?' Further to the campaign, MetLife is currently undertaking quantitative research to determine members' level of knowledge behind insurance within their super. Stewart added: "One in five Australian ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... companies in its Global Equity Fund, even if said exposure still trails the cap-weighted index. SSGA global active quantitative equities chief investment officer Olivia Engel said the tech companies it's focusing on are generally mature, with strong ...