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NY family office compared to hedge fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... status as a registered adviser with the US Securities and Exchange Committee. The first two planned funds will be quantitative equity funds investing in the Russell 2000 index and European stocks, according to the report. Bronson additionally plans to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... watered down that expectation." He said the speech had also re-ignited hopes the Fed would engage in a third round of quantitative easing to stimulate the economy. Mr Hollows said the Australian dollar was likely to remain above the 105 US cent mark ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... Abidi, director of sustainability and responsible investment at IFM. IFM has said it is using MSCI ESG Research's quantitative dataset to support the integration of ESG into the investment process.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... US Federal Reserve, he said. "The Fed's statements to confirm a recovering US economy and the decreasing need of quantitative easing gave investors reason to take up US dollars," Mr Audencial said. BHP Billiton was down 44 cents, or 1.24 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... Tuesday. Market watchers believe the recent uplift in the US economy will be enough to stop the recent policy of quantitative easing. The large miners were trading relatively flat, while Australia's big retail banks were weaker. ANZ was off 18 cents ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... flows into assets perceived as safe have pushed the risk premium significantly lower, according to the firm, with quantitative easing absorbing a significant share of government bond supply while the stock of safe assets reduced due to the European sovereign ...

Perpetual announces institutional appointments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... recruited to build 'new generation' customised fund solutions leveraging asset allocation, manager selection and quantitative investment. "Our expanded capability across debt, credit, multi-asset and equity markets allows us to build solutions that are ...

Aus Ethical names new chief investment officer

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... portfolio construction, strategic and tactical asset allocation, asset consulting, rating agency process management and quantitative analysis. "I am very pleased to be appointing David to the role. He has a broad base of experience that is well suited ...

Dimensional grows fixed income team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... in fixed income. Koch was with Suncorp for ten years and has experience in researching, building and implementing quantitative models and in managing fixed interest strategies. In his new role, Koch be part of an eight-strong portfolio management team ...

Lonsec adds three to research team

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... its investment consulting team with newly created roles. In one newly-created role, Anh Nguyen has joined Lonsec as quantitative analyst, providing quantitative research and developing research models and tools. Prior to joining Lonsec, Nguyen was part ...