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Jul 15, 2020
4 min

Corona crisis forces investment data rethink

Making well-informed investment decisions isn’t easy at the best of times, but throw in a pandemic and a decade worth of quantitative eas...

VWAP and TWAP algos surge in volatile markets

Wietske Blees

Jun 5, 2020
4 min

VWAP and TWAP algos surge in volatile markets

Record breaking volatility has significantly altered trading and execution strategies, a series of webcasts hosted by Fund Business has h...

Buyside urged to address benchmark reform

Wietske Blees

Jun 1, 2020
5 min

Buyside urged to address benchmark reform

Australian buy-side institutions are being urged to get a clear handle on their exposure to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) bef...

Wietske Blees

May 22, 2020
5 min

Rebalancing in volatile markets

Extreme market events often trigger rebalancing requirements, particularly in funds that apply strategic asset allocation (SAA) policies....

Model vs Scenario: investment risk modelling in a crisis

Wietske Blees

May 18, 2020
4 min

Model vs Scenario: investment risk modelling in a crisis

If investment risk professionals spent 2019 preparing for volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous markets, 2020 is proving to be the y...

APRA heatmap puts spotlight on investment implementation

Wietske Blees

Feb 13, 2020
2 min

APRA heatmap puts spotlight on investment implementation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) ‘heatmap’ of MySuper performance numbers, published for the first time in Decembe...

To streamline or to outsource: the question facing trading desks in 2020

Wietske Blees

Jan 28, 2020
3 min

To streamline or to outsource: the question facing trading desks in 2020

Margin pressure, regulation and an increasingly sophisticated investor base continue to provide challenging operating conditions for asse...

Wietske Blees

Nov 3, 2019
5 min

2020: A year of ‘ations

Consolidation, rationalisation and regulation, but also innovation, transformation, internalisation and cooperation are some of the ‘atio...

Buyside derivatives users face “cliff edge” of initial margin requirements

Wietske Blees

Oct 31, 2019
5 min

Buyside derivatives users face “cliff edge” of initial margin requirements

Australian buyside firms are being urged to get up to speed with new derivatives regulations set to significantly shake up existing proce...

Efficient execution key to survival in tough markets

Wietske Blees

Oct 24, 2019
3 min

Efficient execution key to survival in tough markets

Buyside trading desks are under growing pressure to cut costs or deliver profits, the annual FIX conference in Sydney has heard. Speaking...

Toughest climate in decades requires strategic changes, IFM CEO says

Wietske Blees

Oct 14, 2019
3 min

Toughest climate in decades requires strategic changes, IFM CEO says

Today’s investment landscape is the toughest environment that Brett Himbury, CEO of IFM Investors, has seen in a career spanning 38 years...

Asset managers look to index derivatives as volatility spikes

Wietske Blees

Oct 4, 2019
4 min

Asset managers look to index derivatives as volatility spikes

Asset managers are increasingly looking to derivative strategies to enhance risk profiles and protect against surprise market moves. Whil...

Q&A: Doug Talbot on operational efficiency, technology and managing complex change

Wietske Blees

Oct 4, 2019
5 min

Q&A: Doug Talbot on operational efficiency, technology and managing complex change

After nearly two decades of leading technology, data and strategic change programs at AMP Capital, Doug Talbot, formerly Director of Stra...

Q&A: Dr Alistair Rew on data, technology and AMP Capital's Cortex Investech strategy

Wietske Blees

Aug 15, 2019
6 min

Q&A: Dr Alistair Rew on data, technology and AMP Capital's Cortex Investech strategy

Dr Alistair Rew, Global Head of Investech, AMP Capital, talks to Fund Business about data, technology and the Cortex Investech strategy

Rethinking investment risk: are you prepared for a sting in the tail?

Wietske Blees

Jun 3, 2019
6 min

Rethinking investment risk: are you prepared for a sting in the tail?

A decade ago, the global financial crisis triggered a rethink of the accuracy and predictability of statistical pricing and risk-forecast...

Multi-factor investing gains traction among superfunds

Wietske Blees

Feb 23, 2019
7 min

Multi-factor investing gains traction among superfunds

Factor investment strategies are on the rise among Australian asset owners, with multi-factor strategies proving particularly attractive....

Preparing for Brexit: ASIC urges global firms to review AFS licensing arrangements

Wietske Blees

Feb 11, 2019
3 min

Preparing for Brexit: ASIC urges global firms to review AFS licensing arrangements

With the prospect of a no-deal Brexit drawing nearer, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is urging firms with global op...

Wietske Blees

Dec 4, 2018
5 min

Data governance: no one size fits all

Quality data is increasingly seen as key to asset management, but building a solid data governance framework is easier said than done. Ac...

Innovation and efficiency: in search of the holy grail

Wietske Blees

Oct 26, 2018
4 min

Innovation and efficiency: in search of the holy grail

In a climate of rapid technological innovation, deciding which technologies to adopt, when to innovate and when to pass on potential new ...

Wietske Blees

Oct 22, 2018
2 min

Trust slump bottoms out… perhaps

Trust in the financial system at the advisor level had halved in the run-up to the Royal Commission, according to research by CoreData, b...

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