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Citi builds pension team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... director Michael Jackett-Simpson. "Given Stuart's transition management credentials, fixed income experience and quantitative skills we believe that he will add further insight and experience, leading to better client outcomes."

End heavy weighting in US equities: Tempo AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... 10% higher than the average non-US market over the past five years," he said. However, high valuations, the end of quantitative easing (QE) and a rising US dollar could put an end to the cycle. "The US market has benefitted from being the least ugly ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... of valuation, rather than the fundamentals being difficult." However, the manager sees opportunities in Europe: "Quantitative easing will force investors to seek income in the equity market and the property market." Henderson's Global Equity Income team ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... have seen a net positive flow into global products on the back of an increasing interest in the market for European quantitative easing." He noted that Europe is "one of the growth areas for investors interested in increasing their overseas exposures." ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The great quantitative easing experiment has escaped the high levels of inflation that many experts predicted it would bring, but it has also failed to bring much growth, says Janus Capital chief investment officer of equities and asset allocation Enrique ...

PIMCO sees opportunity in EU bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... a lot of people have taken precautions, so we see it as a buying opportunity," he said. Worah argued that the ECB quantitative easing program will benefit "European peripheral bonds," mainly Spain and Italy. "A program of this magnitude likely would ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... and the Nikkei-225 index are concerned, the BOJ is correct in saying in its last monetary policy statement that, "Quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) has been exerting its intended effects..." Not quite so for its other claims. Last time ...

Small cap fund opens to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index after fees and costs over five-year periods. Phoenix applies quantitative screening and fundamental analysis to build a portfolio of 40 investments from a universe of more than 1,300 listed companies. ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BlackRock is seeing massive flows from Japanese clients into Aussie dollar bond funds as a result of quantitative easing in the Asian country. Investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller, told a briefing recently the flows in to Aussie ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Hong Kong and Singapore. Bracken attributed the change to the fact that those markets are starting to respond to quantitative easing initiatives implemented over the last few months: "We're seeing it in Europe, Japan and, oddly enough, in China. These ...