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BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... Outgoing AFA chief executive Brad Fox said: "The AFA/SI Life Company of the Year Awards are based on independent quantitative research conducted by Strategic Insight, actuaries and researchers, resulting from three separate investigations during the ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... with access to diverse markets such as South Africa, India, Poland, Egypt and Brazil. Utilising a combination of quantitative factors and deep due diligence, Remerga employs a strong focus on ESG factors when selecting stocks fit for investment. Remerga ...

Vanguard introduces low-cost active funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
Vanguard Australia is now offering three quantitative low-cost active funds as part of an expansion to its product offering. The three new funds: Vanguard Global Quantitative Equity Fund; Vanguard Global Value Equity Fund; and Vanguard Global Minimum ...

Nikko Australia appoints COO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... development. He joined Nikko AM New Zealand in 2000, and has acted as managing director, head of strategy, head of quantitative analysis and head of client services. He is a past chairman of the Investment Subcommittee of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries ...

State Street star promoted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... Advisors' most well-known fund managers will relocate to Boston to take up a leading role. Olivia Engel, head of active quantitative equity for Asia-Pacific, has been appointed as deputy chief investment officer of SSgA's global active quantitative equities ...

CFM trust rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... multi-strategy investment solution, which is supported by a high-quality team, with a long history in developing and managing quantitative alternative hedge fund strategies." Zenith also noted CFM's standing as a global leader in multi-strategy solutions ...

Regal FM COO to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... company this month following a transition period. Stephen Baldwin became Regal's COO in 2012, having previously been a quantitative portfolio manager there. Prior to Regal, he was a senior software engineer with Deutsche Bank, a program manager at Altium ...

Zenith rates CFM diversified alternative beta fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... multi-strategy investment solution, which is supported by a high-quality team, with a long history in developing and managing quantitative alternative hedge fund strategies.'"

Super fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... president and chief investment officer Stacey Nutt said the firm's investment approach begins with a sophisticated quantitative front end before looking at several behavioural biases and risks. "We can time our entry in to stocks by identifying cross-sections ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... trust, wrap and SMSF platforms. Her responsibilities involve investment menu design and strategy; qualitative and quantitative fund manager research and selection; implementation of manager additions, closures and terminations across all asset classes ...