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IFM Investors hires chief economist

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... experience across Australian, New Zealand and Asian economies, with a focus on financial markets, risk, investment and quantitative research. Joiner was most recently chief economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Australia, where he worked closely ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... companies by the end of 2017. The BoJ has been left with little choice but to invest in stocks having already pursued quantitative easing via bond purchases and also negative interest rates. "To critics already wary of the central bank's outsized impact ...

HESTA reduces equities carbon footprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... proprietary methodology in factor-based investing helped HESTA deliver a leading-edge investment strategy." "This new quantitative equity solution met HESTA's specific requirements, and we can apply the same expertise to provide similar customised solutions ...

Mercer appoints Acadian for SRI mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... consultative partnership with Mercer and added that Acadian "aims to be a leader in this field, having been the first quantitative manager to become a signatory of the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)." "This year, we were ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... Japanese government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Despite the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) latest policy initiative - termed "Quantitative and Qualitative (QQE) Monetary Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" - announced following its 28-29 January Board meeting ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Quantitative easing. Negative interest rates. Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US ...

SSGA Aussie equity fund added to Asgard platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... been added to the Asgard eWRAP platform. The benchmark-unaware Australian equity fund is managed by SSGA's active quantitative equity team, and has achieved a total 10.69% return over five years (net of fees). It is also available through BT Wrap, CFS ...

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Launching in Australia this week is a crowd-sourced quantitative hedge fund that was originally conceived as a way to "hack Wall Street". US-based Quantopian is an investment firm that provides an open platform where anyone can research, back test and ...

Industry fund doubles investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... outcomes for our members," Bell said. The fund's new hires include: Dr. Marius Matei joining in the role of senior quantitative analyst (asset allocation). Matei joins from University of Tasmania. Dr. Adam Shao joining as senior quantitative analyst ...

Hostplus appoints investment strategy head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... senior consultant (and worked extensively with Hostplus). During his time there, Clerk held roles including head of quantitative analytics, information technology and custody. Prior to JANA, Clerk was an analyst at the Department of Treasury and Finance ...