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Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... approximately 500 emerging market companies. This is coupled with Acadian's systematic style of investing, which includes quantitative models and algorithms to make investment decisions, a method Acadian has applied to the sector since 1994. Based ...

WTW promotes local staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... where she spent three years as a senior asset allocation strategist. Loutcheva previously worked with TCorp's quantitative modelling and applied statistical analysis team as well as Dimensional Funds Advisers. Meanwhile, Heidi Hargrave and Michael ...

Anthony Doyle quits Schroders, rejoins Pinnacle

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... client channels. Before landing at Schroders - where he oversaw the firm's global equity alpha strategy and global quantitative equity products - he spent nearly three years at Firetrail as its head of investment strategy. There, he worked closely ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... appointed global head of applied AI and data science at JP Morgan, the financial services giant. After a long career in quantitative research strategy, Hlavaty is making a switch to an internal technology role where he is tasked with harnessing the power ...

Active Super PM opens asset consultant

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... be out of reach," he said. Pholsena has served as the former chair of the membership committee of the Institute of Quantitative Research in Finance and worked as a quant at FuturePlus Financial Services and AMP Capital.

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... formula used did not work in 2020 during the Covid pandemic - when government bond yields behaved unpredictably due to quantitative easing and other factors. Challenger chief executive Nick Hamilton said the proposed change promises to be the most significant ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... research team with two hires. Based in Sydney, Tom Marty and Alex Kiechle-Cornish will report to Ron Guido, senior quantitative portfolio manager and head of alpha research. The duo is tasked with enhancing the research and insights that support RQI ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... 'high-growth' managers, moderate growth managers failed to beat the benchmark. The asset consultant also found that quantitative managers stood out as a rare bright spot, benefiting from diversified portfolios and effective risk controls. In the Australian ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... management in strategic decision-making. She spent the last eight months working at TCorp on contract, carrying out quantitative portfolio modelling and research on defensive and credit assets. Supported by strong economic and investment data analysis ...

Cbus recruits lead for new core equities portfolio

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... domestic fundamental strategy is the next step for Cbus, having in recent years established a suite of fundamental and quantitative internal equities capabilities in domestic and global equities," Gavin stated. "This new strategy has relatively few capacity ...