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SEC consults direct to the public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... alternative approaches. The SEC said they recognise that retail investors are unlikely to have significant empirical and quantitative information but said they would welcomes any information they could provide.

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... financial institutions in the hope of bringing a cheap alternative to active management to Australian investors. Its Quantitative Enhanced Indexing investment solution is designed to be less expensive than employing a dedicated fund manager but with ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... stocks had tumbled after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's most recent monetary policy meeting suggested its quantitative easing may be halted. This, in turn, affected key commodity prices like gold, and caused the Australian materials sector to ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... we believe very strongly in solid, on-the-ground research conducted as part of a global effort which applies both quantitative and fundamental techniques to generate local and global research insights."

Anova wins tech industry recognition

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... 'best-in-class' in the CEB TowerGroup Wealth Management report. To compile the report CEB TowerGroup collected qualitative and quantitative data from interviews with industry experts, financial institutions and vendors. The Anova software, which provides ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... last week. Speculation is that the Bank of Korea would follow suit and the Bank of England would be increasing its quantitative easing limit soon. Benign or non-rising inflation in most countries ensure that this would remain the state of play for some ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
The State Street Investor Confidence Index has risen for the second consecutive month. Up 5.4 points from December's revised reading of 81.4 to reach 86.8, State Street Global Markets, the investment research arm of the financial services giant, said ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Acadian appoints new head of investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... more than 24 years' experience in the finance industry, the past 15 of which have been in senior Australian equity quantitative roles. Walsh joins Acadian from Baseline Capital, a quantitative investment management consultancy firm, which he founded. ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... impetus for diversification away from currencies such as the US dollar, and this is helping drive bond prices higher. Quantitative easing in the US, Japan and the UK has the effect of lowering global bond yields. "For Australia, this artificial suppression ...