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Credit Suisse supercharges Japanese trades

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... investors. It means investors can capture trading trends much faster so fund managers can generate more alpha and quantitative trading systems can operate more efficiently. The firm set up trading servers within the Tokyo Stock Exchange building and ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... thought it would be challenging because major world central banks are getting itchy fingers in withdrawing their quantitative easing programs and/or pondering inching interest rates higher. We thought it would be challenging because - by populist demand ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... higher yields to continue attracting investors to fund this deficit. Even more so if the Fed's plan to unwind its quantitative easing program on April 2010 proceeds as scheduled. This argument may be rational but could also be fallacious if you consider ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... invested with an index manager - aside from using index provider State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to provide a quantitative overlay (to manage tracking error) over the fund's investments. Livanas said that the initial $10 million mandate comes from ...

Zenith rates Antares Lodestar fund 'recommended'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... fund is managed by nabInvest boutique, Lodestar Capital Partners, and uses a stock screening process that involves quantitative analysis and qualitative fundamental research to select stocks. The strategy allows the investment team to short sell and ...

BTIM adds to multi strategies team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... Funds. Eliot previously worked in London for the UBS Delta team (formerly known as CreditDelta) in an implemented quantitative finance role. This involved working with clients across Europe and Asia on a diverse range of projects such as portfolio transition ...

BTIM wins $450m into 130/30 fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... instos re-entering the hedge fund market. The fact that the fund practiced a fundamental long-short - instead of a quantitative - strategy has also appealed to investors. The total post-fee returns for the one year period was 23.56 per cent to September ...

State Super invests $270m in Epoch fund

COMNPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... Shareholder Yield strategy begins with a universe of more than 14,000 global equity securities. They combine a multi-factor quantitative research screen with fundamental analysis. The initial screen focuses on companies which are believed to be capable ...

AXA IM opens Framlington to instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... access AXA Investment Managers' other global equity manager, AXA Rosenberg, which combines fundamental research with quantitative implemention. This announcement comes after AXA Investment Managers appointed Mark Beveridge as global head of AXA Framl ...

Suntharam leads Perpetual quant business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Ganesh Suntharam assumes management of Perpetual's quantitative investments business. In March this year, Suntharam joined Vasant Khilnani as the joint head of the quant business. Suntharam has eight years industry experience and four years at Perpetual ...