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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... started buying 60 billion euros ($A84 billion) worth of bonds per month in the long-awaited purchase program, known as quantitative easing, aimed at warding off deflation and stimulating growth across the eurozone. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell ...

PM Capital CEO leaves, replacement announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Ben Skilbeck replaced Donohoe in February 2015, PM Capital said. Skilbeck was most recently a chief executive at quantitative research solutions provider Rismark. Before that, he worked in the United States and Australia for Merrill Lynch and Credit ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... euro's further tumble came after ECB chief Mario Draghi said the bank will start buying government debt in its new quantitative easing program on Monday. At closing, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.61 per cent to 6,961.14 points, as the Bank ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... monthly hereafter until September 2016. The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled the details of its trillion euro quantitative easing programme last night. Special thanks to Bloomberg for saving me work and publishing the details in dot points (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/here-s-how-ecb-qe-will-work). ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... are among the most robust in the world - and not just from an intellectual standpoint. They encompass far more than quantitative-based investment skills that too often take the fore in discussions about qualifications and education. Unless ethical components ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... is the Institutional Systematic Diversified (ISD) Fund. With a track record of just over a year, it blends three quantitative algorithm strategies comprising a long-term trend following strategy, an equity market neutral strategy and a strategy designed ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... 3.5%. The PBOC is fighting back. So is the European Central Bank (ECB) which kicks off its a,-60 billion a month quantitative easing programme this month. Deflation has deepened in the regions, dropping to minus 0.6% in January from minus 0.2% in December. ...

2014 IPO rally delivered volatility, low returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... on listing day and less than half had a return greater than the market's in their first month, SSgA head of active quantitative equity Asia Pacific Olivia Engel said. She noted that the average volatility of each IPO over $100 million was 1.8% from 30 ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Quantitative equities boutique Plato Investment Management has appointed a senior quantitative analyst from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Dr Jonathan Whiteoak will primarily be responsible for driving research into quantitative stock selection ...

Succession planning major issue for advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
A significant amount of financial advice practices have no effective succession plan in place, according to the Rubik Wealth/Business Health Future Ready VI report. The report aims to comprehensively analyse the health of Australian financial advice. ...