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Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... the yield curve, and in particular on sovereign bonds with a maturity of between one and three years. No ex ante quantitative limits are set on the size of Outright Monetary Transactions. The liquidity created through Outright Monetary Transactions will ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... response. Not to me being read on The Street, but to CNBC's question as to whether "a major" program of buying assets, or quantitative easing, is warranted. So there! QE's come and gone! Then again, Mr. Bullard's not a voting member of the FOMC - he's ...

New analyst for AB Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... delighted to appoint an analyst of James' caliber to our value team, which now includes four fundamental analysts and one quantitative analyst in Sydney supported by fundamental analysts in London and New York," said Ross Kent, chief executive officer ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... paradox states that the more equity markets rise - and European bond yields fall - on expectations of central bank quantitative easing announcement/action, the greater the likelihood that there won't be any QE. Why else do you think, the Fed and the ...

BlackRock expands fixed income team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... strength of this approach," Miller said. The model-based investing exploits investment opportunities by applying quantitative analysis to economic relationships and behaviour. Miller said the BlackRock view is that it is an investment mode particularly ...

Bentham expands investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... portfolios' risk. At Bentham, Niu will assume responsibility for maintaining portfolio risk systems and providing quantitative risk support to the portfolio management team. "We are very excited to announce the appointment of Daniel and Calvin and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... meeting minutes by the US Federal Reserve overnight disappointed traders hoping for an indication that another round of quantitative easing was on the way. European markets were fixed amid the announcement of austerity measures in Spain. The Dow Jones ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... But it's a larger setback for retail funds that have long argued fund selection should not be done on the basis of quantitative measures such as performance, fees or insurance premium value. The subtlety is employer workplace super becoming centred around ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... 2011, growing by 3%. However, The United States Federal Reserve recently opted not to embark on another round of quantitative easing - dubbed QE3 - which would have seen it engage in an aggressive bond-buying spree, driving up the value of American equities. ...