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Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... particularly concerning as this eventuated amidst a backdrop of rising company profits aided by the BOJ's qualitative and quantitative easing policy (QQE) that depreciated the Japanese yen vis-A -vis its competition. Business investment dropped by 1.3% ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... said that under direct questioning at the committee's inquiry, Rowell conceded that "it is very difficult to put any quantitative measure" on the benefits that she was asserting.

Industry fund to double investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... with new team members expected to specialise in research, retirement outcome modeling, investment operations and quantitative research. Mine Wealth + Wellbeing chief investment officer David Bell said the fund will not be internalising its asset management ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... on long/ short equity. His previous role was at International Asset Management, where he researched and conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis on a broad range of hedge fund strategies and assisted in managing bespoke client portfolios that ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... therefore that does lead to decisions which ultimately have benefits for members. But it is very difficult to put any quantitative measure of those benefits." Industry Super Australia chief executive David Whiteley also addressed the Senate hearing and ...

Pengana grows team ahead of fund launch

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... the launch of the Global Equities Market Neutral Fund at Christmas. The fund has been built in partnership with US quantitative manager PanAgora Asset Management and will introduce new quantitative strategies for Australian advisers and retail investors. ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... market that does not like uncertainty and that is anxious to test the effects of the hike in a country that has left quantitative easing behind. With some predicting that rates will raise gradually and to a lower point than what was expected initially ...

SQM gives high marks to William Blair fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... Blair Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund has been awarded 4.25 stars from SQM because of its "effective blend of quantitative methods," which SQM's statement said were "grounded in well-known principles such as discounted cash flow and purchasing power ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... tax rates (though they could still be lower). This could remove the bias toward favoring higher income earners. The quantitative impact will depend on the calibration of these measures."