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Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Bank of Canada (BOC) stopped (right now, thank you very much - sorry that was the Spice Girls singing in my head) quantitative easing at its 27 October meeting because: "The main forces pushing up prices - higher energy prices and pandemic-related supply ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... that the spend was in the best interests of beneficiaries," APRA said. "Overall, there has been a distinct lack of quantitative analysis, both ex-ante and ex-post, guiding these important decisions." APRA said it is considering whether further action ...

U Ethical hires fixed income PM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... from research and data management to portfolio construction, compliance and implementation. Lin has experience in quantitative analysis and funds management, specialising in Australian fixed income, global credit and global sovereign debt strategies. ...

Leadership changes at Vanguard Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... Prior to joining Vanguard in 2013, Burns worked for seven years at Jacobs Levy Equity Management, a US provider of quantitative equity strategies for institutional clients. In another leadership change, Alexis Gray has been appointed as head of the Investment ...

Clime continues to shed directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... MoneyMe. Kollo is currently the chief economist at Faethm AI and previously worked at HESTA as general manager of quantitative solutions and risk, and was the deputy head of equities at Rosenberg Equities. Chair John Abernethy said that he is "pleased ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... strategy; a socially responsible investment and a small-cap strategy. The most recent mandate awarded to IFM is a quantitative strategy, which is both an active and passive strategy to investing in the top 50 Australian stocks, deputy chief investment ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... (62.5%) of economists surveyed by Bloomberg that expected "the Reserve Bank of Australia will defer scaling back quantitative easing". It's a brave and bold move but all the same, a good one. This is because delaying "taper" would convey a sense ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... rising wages could contribute to inflation. He argued that down the road, a bit of inflation will be "normal" as the quantitative easing policies from central banks that are being seen around the world is "not normal" and cannot continue indefinitely. ...

UK pension funds commit to manager diversity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... just gender to improve on disclosures, with results to feed into a progress report to inform engagement. It includes quantitative questions on gender across all levels of a business and how this plays out in terms of promotions, employee turnover, tenure ...

Redpoint launches equity income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... domestic investors driven, in part, through the receipt of tax credits associated with dividend income, he said. "Our quantitative approach combines multiple perspectives, including income capture, stock selection, ESG sustainability and tax awareness ...