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Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... truly believes," says co-founder and chief investment officer, Dr Stephen Fisher. Fisher, an Australian, said, based on his PhD research and further research he conducted when running portfolios and investment teams for JPMorgan Asset Management, actively ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... practices. The study found that Australia is the only market not to have some form of mandated portfolio holdings disclosure (PHD). Though legislation was introduced in 2013, they are yet to be finalised. The earliest implementation will be July 1, 2016. ...

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... many years of institutional investment experience to strengthen the capabilities of the firm," Parker said. Warneford holds a PhD in Medicine and has had a career that includes medical research roles and extensive experience in analysing stocks and managing ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Australian, Asian and global equities, most recently as head of SSgA's Advanced Research Center in Sydney. Whiteoak has a PhD in Astrophysics and a first class honours degree in Science from the University of Sydney. Plato's founder and managing director ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... wealth fund based in Asia. Before that she worked an economist and head of Greater China research at JP Morgan. She holds a PhD from Stanford University. Asia-Pacific head of ISG Jeffrey Johnson said, "It is great to be able to welcome Dr Wang to the ...

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... do not follow unpredictable random walks. Its flagship managed futures fund boasts a 120-man team comprising a mixture of PhD post-grads and professors from a diverse range of disciplines including mathematics, statistics, climatology, actuarial science ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... original trade signal. This leads to significant losses that appear to outweigh the benefits of reduced transaction costs," CMCRC PhD candidate from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management Zhe Chen said. "Related to this, the research suggests that ...

Superannuation Research Cluster makes two appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... that both these people have the enthusiasm and right skills for the job. "The skill that Kassenboehmer has accumulated in her PhD studies and in the labour-market related research she has been involved with at the Melbourne Institute over the past two ...

Brokers tip stocks ahead of public announcement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... before the public release of the analyst reports in the study conducted by Professor Andrew Lepone, Dr. Jin Boon Wong and PhD candidate Ming Ying Lim. According to CMCRC, this evidence suggested that analysts were giving stock recommendations to clients ...

New investment paradigm governed by science: Winton

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... brainiacs to unearth more reliable returns. Its flagship managed futures fund boasts a 120-man team comprising a mixture of PhD post-grads and professors from a diverse range of disciplines including mathematics, statistics, climatology, actuarial science ...