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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Wednesday, which showed that some participants wanted the central bank to resume large-scale asset purchases, or quantitative easing, to boost the weak economy. The bond market extended Tuesday's losses. The yield on the 10-year Treasury advanced to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... welcomed. The BoE said it would pump another STG75 billion ($A120 billion) into the stalled British economy under its quantitative easing policy while the ECB will offer banks longer term concessional funding. In London, the FTSE 100 index of top shares ...

nabInvest buys equities start-up stake

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... its acquisitive streak by turning its attention to a Sydney based start-up, acquiring a non-controlling stake in quantitative based equities specialist Redpoint Investment Management. National Australia Bank's direct asset management subsidiary has been ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... to model construction. Furthermore, 78% believed that the 'quant meltdown' of 2007, which saw investors flee from quantitative hedge funds as the global financial crisis took hold, was not caused by investors using the same model. "It's not just the ...

Mercer awards three new mandates worth nearly $1 billion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Australian Core Portfolio now has five managers including Intrinsic, Perennial, Tyndall, Alleron and Ausbil Dexia. Quantitative asset managers Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership won the right to rule a $150 million mandate within the Overseas Shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... driven by expectations that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will say a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling American economy. Mr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central ...

nabInvest secures US firm stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... management firm, in a bid to expand its range of asset classes. Peridiem Global Investors, based in Los Angeles, applies a quantitative and fundamental analysis to alternative and traditional fixed income strategies and is lead by chief executive, Andrew ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Jackson Hole meeting, Mr Bernanke announced the second round of economic stimulus by the Fed. The policy, known as quantitative easing (QE), is when the Fed buys government bonds from commercial banks in an effort to free up funds and encourage banks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... will JB Hi-Fi and Argo Investments. Overseas, the US Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday where it will consider new quantitative easing to boost the US economy. China will also release important inflation figures on Tuesday that will guide whether it raises ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... managing director of the company. Regnan produces investment-ready ESG data on S&P/ASX200 companies, designed for both quantitative and fundamental analysis. "We would like to see a little more imagination applied to the way executive pay plans are designed ...