First State Super has made two key changes to its leadership team ahead of a merger with VicSuper to create Australia’s second largest profit-to-member super fund, managing $120 billion in retirement savings.
Evidence suggests that further monetary stimulus will have limited impact and as a result there is a risk that deflation could take hold in some markets, says QIC investment chief, Allison Hill.
I chat with John, the founder of Quantopian, on how he got started in quantitative finance, where he sees the industry evolving and how he created a global community of intrinsically motivated coders to create unique solutions to the greatest intellectual
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A former Dallas Federal Reserve Bank adviser warns that a spike in bond market volatility and recent money market chaos could flag a looming credit crisis.
A self-proclaimed pragmatist with an investment operations background, Collins views his promotion to chief investment officer as an opportunity to boost returns by generating ‘operational alpha’.
In this first episode, we talk about everything from the history of quantitative investment, the myths of factor investing to how machine learning can help solve difficult problems in financial markets.
The prudential watchdog has promoted Smith to executive director of the country’s $2.9 trillion superannuation industry after joining the regulator just eight months ago from the private sector.
As Australia is heading towards having the lowest pension cost of any OECD country, we must be willing to be bold, think outside the square and so improve our overall retirement income system.
QIC and Royal Schiphol beat competitors to buy a 70 per cent stake in the Tasmanian airport for a reported $600 million.
As insurance companies grow, so too does the amount of claims they receive. Ultimately, this is a positive thing: more claims doesn’t necessarily indicate that more people are becoming sick or getting injured, but that increasing numbers are taking the time to assess their insurance needs, take out cover appropriate to their situation, and become better informed about what they might be eligible to claim for.
Treasurer Frydenberg’s long-awaited review of the retirement income system has been broadly welcomed by the industry. Here’s a snapshot of what some of the assets owners and advisers think.
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