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Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... higher-than-market-average dividend in the next 12 months, meet quality/risk criteria from both a fundamental and quantitative perspective, have appropriate levels of debt and have adequate liquidity and size." Going beyond that, the research argued ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... see OMI appoint two new senior research fellows/associate professors in machine learning with a specific focus on quantitative finance. Commenting on the expansion Anthony Ledford, Man AHL's Chief Scientist and Academic Liaison, said: "Man AHL has been ...

Acadian appoints VP

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... tax-effective income strategies. Mehra was previously a portfolio manager at Macquarie Funds Group. Prior to this he was at quantitative analyst with both Macquarie Funds Group and Citigroup in Sydney. Commenting on the appointment, Acadian Australia ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... institutional investors as one of the few remaining ways to eke out a return. Explained simply, factor investing is a quantitative strategy providing exposures to risk premia which academic research has shown to have persistently outperformed over the ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... said once again, that the RBA has done what the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - with their quantitative easing and negative interest rates -- could only aspire to... a lower currency to boost growth and defeat deflation. Perhaps ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... spend, Milligan suggests. "Policy makers around the world are debating whether the normal rules of interest rates and quantitative easing have come to an end," he continued. "Of course monetary policy can do more but if it is going to we need to start ...

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 ...