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SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... online via NetBank and allows employees to add, remove, manage and pay contributions without paperwork. CBA conducted quantitative and qualitative research to understand the needs of SMEs and visited a number of companies to establish "the most time ...

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... market predicts. We've held that view since September," he said, adding that each country's central bank policy of quantitative easing has "provided huge amount of accommodation and stimulation to the economics of these countries." He said that at the ...

Aberdeen set to buy UK fund manager SWIP

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... the best opportunities lie for Australian investors, we also speak to State Street Global Advisors' head of active quantitative equity for Asia Pacific Olivia Engel about her move from the Canberra suburbs to Sydney's frenetic finance world. We also ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Quantitative easing is having little direct impact on the market, according to Cato Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve ...

Direct investment growth changes landscape

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... signals significant changes in the behaviours, needs and asset allocation of investors," the CoreData report said. The quantitative and qualitative analysis from the 2013 Direct Investing report represent the findings from online research conducted between ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... unexpected consequences for the global economy. "As the recovery takes hold we are going to see some side-effects of the quantitative easing experiment and once the inflation horse has bolted it'll be too late for most investors," Hamlyn said. It's not ...

EQT adds ex-Frontier analyst, looks for more expansion

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... has joined from boutique asset consultant Atchison Consultants, where he was an investment analyst responsible for quantitative analysis, manager selection and portfolio construction. The EQT equities team includes two portfolio managers and four investment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Bullard's comments weighed on investor sentiment, as it came only days after US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke had suggested quantitative easing would continue, Australian Stock Report senior equities analyst Benny Sada said. "That really sowed some confusion ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... according to industry experts. Federal Reserve chairman Ban Bernanke said the US would continue its $85 billion a month quantitative easing a little while longer, amid concerns that the economy may not be quite out of the woods yet. The decision sent ...