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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 ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... has blamed the relatively poor performance of active managers in recent years on the market distorting impact of quantitative easing and says talented stock pickers will come good again soon. S&P Dow Jones recently published its semi-annual Index Versus ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... developed a systematic approach to assessing which countries are prone to political shock, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. "Our analysts are evaluating reams of data that is collected on the ground and through open-source methods ...

BAEP chief executive retires

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Management and ING Investment Management. He leaves the business managing over $4.8 billion in FUM. Bennelong director, quantitative research Keith Hwang and investment director Julian Beaumont will take over Cuddy's restructured role. "I have thoroughly ...

Principal fund upgraded by Lonsec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Investors Australia, Grant Forster, said the fund's upgraded rating highlighted an effective blend of qualitative and quantitative processes in strategy and portfolio management. "The specialist capabilities of the team have been critical in evolving ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... slightly against the greenback, to $US1.0590 from $US1.0489 on Friday. LONDON - European stocks rallied on optimism over quantitative easing in the eurozone, with Frankfurt topping 12,000 points for the first time. Germany's leading stock market index ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... president Mario Draghi must be uttering to himself as he began spending the first euro of his a,-60 billion a month quantitative easing programme today. Details about the ECB's first buys are still unavailable but Bloomberg reports that it started small ...