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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 ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... economy's SOS by supplying lotsa lotsa greenbacks. Yes I know, I know. Everybody's still debating whether the Fed's quantitative easing worked. FOMC voting member Charles Plosser's remarks about debt ceiling could also apply to QE3. "It could be very ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... promoted to head up the Lonsec investment consulting team. On August 1, Anh Nguyen joins the research house as a quantitative analyst. On June 9, Zurich sold Lonsec to Financial Research Holdings (FRH). Jason Clarke, managing director, FRH, said the ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Hints of a third round of quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve emerged from the minutes of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting released overnight. The FOMC minutes from its June 21-22 meeting revealed that policy makers disagree on whether ...