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BT unveils manager line up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Dimitra Voutas Alternative Assets: Chris Thompson Other key senior investment appointments include Sidney Chong as quantitative research manager and Adrian Trollor as investment sustainability manager. Stewart Brentnall will lead a dedicated project ...

BT Global Macro gains three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... Simon Scott, Standard & Poor's fund services analyst, said the fund's team is appropriately qualified and has the quantitative knowledge to run the product. "The strategy is quantitatively based, but further filters and qualitative overlays are applied ...

FTSE buys US pensions benchmark corp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... indices and provide greater performance and risk analysis. FTSE also appointed PBC owner, Tom Nadbielny as the firm's quantitative research director. Nadbielny will manage the firm's London, New York and Hong Kong research teams. "Index users are seeking ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... recessions. Just like recent actions taken by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, the BoE is going the way of quantitative easing. The British central bank announced that it would begin purchasing up to 50 billion (US$71.5 billion) in assets ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... may have no other choice but to print money. It will make good on its word to expand its balance sheet and go for quantitative easing. The Fed indicated as much in its December FOMC meeting statement. As well, the US Central Bank put forward the idea ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Melbourne-based Janus Capital Asia is staying true to its quantitative analysis investment strategies to win mandates this year. John Landau, head of Australian operations at Janus Capital, there's been "a lot of strong interest" across Janus and Enhanced ...

VFMC restructures investment teams

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
The $36 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is combining its quantitative and equities team into a single entity as part of a sweeping reorganisation of the fund. VFMC chief executive and director Sydney Bone said the group is "reorganising ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... segregated range includes the US Systematic Small-Mid Cap 130/30 and a Market Neutral strategy. Both use the firm's proven quantitative platform and proprietary investment models. The strategy is managed by Pedro Marcal, who has been with Nicholas-Applegate ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... sinking feeling in the UK economy suggests that the BoE would soon go the way of the Fed by enacting its own policy of quantitative easing. The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to cut rates by 50 bps to 2 per cent this week. A bigger-than-expected ...

Enhanced Investment Technologies wins award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
Florida-based Enhanced Investment Technologies Investment Management (EITIM) has snagged the 'Quantitative Investment Manager of the Year' for 2008. EITIM, which was awarded a $476 million mandate in September by ipac, was named best quant manager at ...