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Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... stake in high conviction investment manager, Sigrun Asset Management. Sigrun is a quant manager that uses behavioural finance and traditional valuation strategies to select stocks. As a result of the deal, Nick Basile, Ascalon chief executive and Nelson ...

Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... investors on an emotional roller coaster ride - but the deepest trap lies in their irrational 'fear', notes a behavioural finance expert. US-based Russell Investment Group senior portfolio strategist, Stephen Wood, acknowledged the current global equity ...

Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... accepted, would change the basis for future work in both fields and further reinforce the growing study areas of behavioural finance, a topic increasingly being used by super funds and market strategists to bridge the gap between the quantitative and ...

Attitude determines financial altitude: Plum

... increased savings program unless they fill up the forms to opt-out. The reasoning behind it is that, according to behavioural finance theory, people can be classified into five categories from the 'avoiders', or those who won't do anything about their ...

Plum treads its own path past $8b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... administration, the business putting its success down to a focus on member retirement outcomes and the incorporation of behavioural finance into product development. Managing director, Mike Fitzsimons, said that since coming to life in 1998 the business ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

... scheme at any time. The Australian Superannuation Funds Association (ASFA) has welcomed the move and said that behavioural finance research from the US shows that this 'soft compulsion option' approach encourages people to save more. "Research commissioned ...

New survey debunks age-old investor behaviour views

... then you're better off investing in growth assets," he added. The report also reinforced long-held views on behavioural finance such as that men trade more frequently than women, wealthier investors have a higher proportion of their portfolio in riskier ...

S&P rates Advance's MIR managed funds as very strong.

... MIR's disciplined investment approach, characterised by a successful combination of academic research and behavioural finance concepts, differentiates MIR from the majority of other managers," says Gullo. Advance recently appointed MIR Investment Management ...
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