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Dark pools effective at reducing volatility spikes: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Liquidnet research has shown that volatility of securities is reduced by over 103% in the minute before a block trade when using the firm's anonymous dark pool. The Liquidnet Block Study examined roughly 32,000 block trades - that is, trades executed ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Financial advisers are increasingly recognising the benefits of machine learning for investors, according to Man AHL. Encouraged by the rise of big data and evolving technologies, Man says the artificial intelligence solution is developing into a powerful ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
US durable goods orders The latest update on total new durable goods orders could easily be taken as a positive for, despite a flat (0% growth) outcome in August from July, this was better than market expectations for a 1.9% decline and could be attributed ...

Worst 'fat cat' funds have high fee diet

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... fund must perform poorly compared to peers over one, three and five years and by more than 10% over the five years. The research revealed these so-called fat cat funds accounted for $59 billion in assets under management and $777 million per year is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 104.1 in September from an upwardly revised 101.8 in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for a dip to 99.0 and is the highest level since the ...

Praemium chair to retire, intended successor revealed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... he is a non-executive director of Bank Australia, Yarra Valley Water, Bottlecycler Australia and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Loveday said: "Praemium has been substantially restructured over the last four to five years and is now in a position ...

Masterfunds grow despite underperformance of platforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... overall masterfund market grew by $21.4 billion over the last financial year, according to data from Strategic Insight. The research house, formerly known as Plan for Life, has released its annual analysis of wrap, platform and master trust managed funds ...

Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... issue, a growth engine," Thomson Reuters chief product and content officer, financial and risk Debra Walton said. "Our research shows that companies that make investments and focus on ESG matters can have a stronger stock performance and better long-term ...

CBA innovates to help customers avoid late fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... the efficiency of the payment process. The new features are in response to an online study, undertaken in August by ACA Research on behalf of the Commonwealth Bank, which shows that $286 million was spent last year in late fees as a result of payment ...

Hedge fund award winner appoints senior investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Australia, where he was also a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he was an executive director - institutional research sales at Goldman Sachs Australia. He also worked in London for Goldman Sachs International. BLSEM principal Richard Fish said ...