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Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Saudi Arabia is what The Economist calls " the central bank of the oil market." Like the Fed it could engage in "quantitative easing" but not when the country itself plunges into turmoil. Saudi Arabia could be the tipping point - it now embodies both ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... as erecting barriers to portfolio capital inflows. This is in direct contrast to the very low interest rates and quantitative easing programs currently engaged in by developed nations' central banks. The recent rise of food and energy prices - commodities ...

AE large cap lagging index: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
Large-cap Australian share fund managers had a difficult 2010 with most failing to beat even very modest index returns, Morningstar announced in its latest sector wrap. The research house found the average large-cap Australian share fund manager underperformed ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... a potential tax deferral benefit of 40-60 basis points per annum from this service whereas Towers Watson said the quantitative evidence that supports this theory is based on data from a bull market (2007). Therefore, share portfolios that lost money ...

Ratings firm expands fund coverage

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... reports to listed investment companies (LICs) in Australia. As part of the coverage, Morningstar will complete both quantitative and qualitative analysis for each CEF. It said it would look at five major factors of a CEF, including the fund's management ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... quarters of 2010 renewed risk appetites and propelled international equities to positive closings. That may be, but the quantitative easing policies implemented by the Fed, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England have thus far failed to generate meaningful ...

Continuum returns 12.4pc

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... investment process so rather than making fundamental calls on a daily basis, all our research goes into deploying our quantitative skills. It's a rules-based process and all the work goes into ascertaining what those rules should be," explained Brett ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... America are there," Mr Bishop said. "It's not tangible, but you can smell them, and the market is reacting to that. "Quantitative easing will keep the American dollar low-ish, and that is very good for commodities and that is very good for Australia." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... market surged 1.8 per cent to a two-week high on positive economic data from the US and China and the prospect of quantitative easing in Europe. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 89.6 points, or 1.95 per cent, at 4,676.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Plato appoints senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... portfolio manager. Kennedy's role will start in February next year and his responsibilities will include research into quantitative stock selection models, alpha generation, portfolio construction and ESG research. Prior to SSGA, Kennedy worked at Barra ...