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Former Hostplus marketing head joins Frontier

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... (ASFA). Frontier has also appointed former Frontier employee Michael Sofer to the real assets research team and the quantitative solutions group. He will also take on client responsibilities. Sofer left Frontier in 2012 to work as a financial analyst ...

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Tuckwell, who was reportedly worth $775 million in 2012, said that potential tapering in the US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program does not deal with the problem. "It's one thing to actually slow down the bond purchases, but where's the repayment ...

Weak tenant demand hurts Aussie property outlook

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... retail and edge-of-core properties." The report added that the inevitable rise in bond yields following the end of quantitative easing in the US, real estate will perform well relative to other asset classes, especially fixed income.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... buying program should be wound up by the end of this year. US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signalled last month that quantitative easing (QE) could end by mid-2014, depending on economic circumstances, which caused a plunge in the Australian dollar. In ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Angus Bell. While recent comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke have signaled a possible tapering of quantitative easing before the close of 2013, the spectre of rising bond yields should not cause investors undue concern, Bell said. ...

Fresh-faced Altair attracts ING and AMP talent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Australian equities business, attracting talent from big names including ING Investment Management and AMP Capital. ING quantitative analyst Cindy Liu will become senior quantitative analyst at Altair. This comes hot on the heels of the appointment of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... home sales. The chief of the US Federal Reserve's New York branch, William Dudley, also weighed in to emphasise how quantitative easing, a massive bond-buying stimulus program, would continue if the economy does not live up to current forecasts. Mr Radford ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... around 70% of the long side of the portfolio, help to ensure adequate diversification." The rating house also said the quantitative elements of the process and the approach to risk management (particularly the use of stop losses and ETFs) help mitigate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... last week's announcement the Fed could start winding back its $US85 billion-a-month cash stimulus program, known as quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... last week's announcement the Fed could start winding back its $US85 billion-a-month cash stimulus program, known as quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC ...