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Quantitative Analysis Related News
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In a whiz, hedge fund falters

September 14, 2006


From New York Daily News:
They're mathematical whizzes who turned their skills on Wall Street, beating the market with chalkboard-filling equations.

Called quantitative analysts, they run hedge funds using secret analytical formulas that can bring huge returns to their super-rich investors. But when it goes wrong, these eggheads are left with egg on their faces, their endless calculations crushed under a flood of red ink.


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Northern Trust Taps Top Talent For Quant Team

September 13, 2006


From MutualFundWire.com:
Northern Trust Global Investments has tapped talent from three top money managers to expand its global quantitative management team. Joining the team are Mark Sodergren, new senior portfolio manager and researcher, previously a portfolio manager at BGI; Scott Hammond, portfolio manager with the international index team, previously a portfolio manager at BoNY; Greg Behar, investment strategist, previously with Deutsche Asset Management as a portfolio specialist; and Jacob Weaver, new head of the London and Tokyo-based global index portfolio management team;he was promoted from a position within NTGI's quant team.

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Mellon Equity Associates Launches Quantitative 130/30 Strategy

July 9, 2006


From CNNMoney.com:
Mellon Equity Associates, an investment subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, has launched its Extended Alpha Large Cap Core strategy, a 130/30 equity product that aims to outperform the Standard & Poor's 500(R) Index through the use of short sales.

Mellon Equity's quantitative strategy takes its name from its ability to overweight the most attractively ranked stocks by buying up to 130 percent of the total portfolio value. The additional 30 percent exposure to favored stocks is funded with proceeds raised by shorting securities considered to be overvalued.


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Advanced strategies to wealth

June 18, 2006


From RockyMountTelegram.com:
A growing number of investors are looking for advanced strategies to build wealth, manage risk and meet their financial goals for retirement. For many of these investors, quantitative investing is becoming increasingly popular.

Pinpointing patterns.

Quantitative investing is used by professional portfolio managers who develop cutting edge mathematical models to identify patterns among decades worth of stock prices and other financial market data. The ultimate goal is to find previously successful investment strategies and apply that knowledge to help consistently outperform the market over time. For example, investors might examine 50 years worth of stock returns and learn that company stocks with strong earnings relative to their market capitalizations – the total value of a company's stock – consistently outperformed other shares during that time. The managers would then try to find stocks with those characteristics in today's market and buy them.


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Explore The Role Of Quantitative Techniques In Modern Risk Management

June 18, 2006


From BusinessWire:
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60050) has announced the addition of “Estimating Risk” to their offering.

Andy Garlick's book explores the role of quantitative techniques in modern risk management. Risk management has grown in importance in most organisations in the last 20 years, but in many remains simply a matter of processing lists of risks and actions. The author argues that this fails to make the most of the techniques available and that organisations can improve their risk decision making by using risk models.


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Trust machines over men: New age investment modus operandi

November 21, 2006


From The Money Times:
The markets are heading north again after the frightening plunge. Investors who stay put are smiling all the way to the banks. The SIP (systematic investment plan) mutual fund investors is one class that benefited through the trough. Reason: SIP falls under the realm of quantitative-based funding, which is the present day mantra of investing.

Fund houses, hedge funds and institutional investors have taken the application of quantitative models in investment decision making to a new high. Quantitative models use fuzzy logic, neutral networks, genetic alogrithms, fractal methods and clustering techniques. It should not come as a surprise that three out of ten hedge funds are purely quantitative model based funds.


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Deutsche Asset Management’s Quantitative Strategies Group Launches Two Long/Short Strategies for Institutional Investors

November 16, 2006


From BusinessWire:
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) continues to expand its quantitative investment offerings with the launch of a long/short market neutral US equity strategy and a 120/20 long/short US Large-Cap strategy. Both are available to institutional investors on a global basis.

“These investment strategies allow us to remove the long-only constraint and take a strong view on stocks we don’t like,” said Janet Campagna, Global Head of Deutsche Asset Management’s Quantitative Strategies Group. “Loosening the constraints allows us to take a balanced and more diversified approach to consistent performance than traditional strategies, with the potential for greater excess returns with little incremental risk.”


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Quantitative Investing and 'Enhanced' ETFs

August 15, 2006


From Seeking Alpha:
One topic on which we have been focusing on recently is the rise of quantitative investing. Due in part to their recent success and the halo-effect of many new strategy-driven ETFs, quants have acquired a new-found respect on Wall Street. In the Financial Times there are a trio of items on the this trend.

Deborah Brewster reports on the rapid growth occurring at Barclays Global Investors (best known for their iShares ETFs) who manage money exclusively via quantitative methods. The rise in quant funds, including hedge funds, is in direct contrast to the 1990s where discretionary methods prevailed.


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Fund teams put faith in quantitative investing

August 13, 2006


From MSNBC:
Barclays Global Investors, the fund management unit of Barclays, is one of several groups – including Goldman Sachs and Bridgewater Associates – benefiting from the rapid growth in quantitative investing.

This style of money management has recently been growing at more than 20 per cent a year, twice the pace of the rest of the industry.


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Bear Stearns Hires BKF Capital Teams

June 28, 2006


From MSN Money:
Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. said Wednesday it hired two portfolio management teams to bolster its equity management capabilities.

The unit of Bear Stearns Cos. hired both teams from BKF Capital Group. The first, a quantitative equity team includes managing director Michael Rosen and analyst Lindsey Houghton.


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Quantitative Analysts Have Fastest Linear Programming Optimization, Classification Neural Networks, and Visualization Tools From Visual Numerics(R) IMSL(TM) C# and JMSL(TM) Numerical Libraries for Portfolio Modeling

June 14, 2006


From Market Wire:
Visual Numerics, Inc., celebrating 35 years of producing leading numerical analysis and visualization software, today announced the availability of the IMSL C# Numerical Library version 4.0 and JMSL Numerical Library for Java™ Applications version 4.0. These libraries now include the world's fastest, most robust high performance dense linear programming optimizer in pure Java and C#, the most sophisticated classification neural network technology in a broad numerical library for data mining and business intelligence, and 3D charting capabilities. The combination of these features is optimal for capital market companies who need to build advanced applications capable of performing portfolio optimization, trading systems analysis and risk modeling on a wide variety of computing platforms.

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Quantitative Services Group LLC Participating in the 59th Annual CFA Conference - Zurich, Switzerland May 21st - May 24th

May 22, 2006


From TMC net:
QSG is participating in the 59th Annual CFA Conference: "Reaching for the Investment Management Summit" which is being held at the Kongresshaus Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, May 22nd through Wednesday, May 24th.

Tim Sargent, CFA, President says, "QSG's participation at the CFA conference marks the launch of our international product line. This is a natural evolution of our very successful US analytical service and comes from 2 years of extensive research and development. Whether it be stock selection, strategy development or trading analysis, we can help the international investor find an edge in their investment process. Our international research products help institutional money managers develop the best global investment strategy across 40,000+ global securities using our library of over 250 factors."


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Federated goes quantitative

May 12, 2006


From InvestmentNews.com:
Federated Investors Inc. of Pittsburgh jumped on the quantitative bandwagon today when it announced that it was acquiring Cambridge, Mass.-based MDT Advisers, a division of MDTA LLC, at a purchase price of up to $240 million.

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Vanguard Broadens Active Quantitative Offerings with Introduction of Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund

April 20, 2006


From BusinessWire:
Vanguard announced that a subscription period for the new Vanguard(R) Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund commenced today. During this period, the fund will invest in money market instruments to accumulate sufficient assets to construct a representative, diversified portfolio. This approach is expected to reduce initial transaction costs. The subscription period will end on or before May 5, at which time the Fund's long-term investment strategy will be implemented.

Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund will seek to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in small-capitalization U.S. stocks. Vanguard's Quantitative Equity Group will employ computer-driven models to invest in stocks in the Morgan Stanley Capital International U.S. Small-Cap 1750 Index, a benchmark representing broadly diversified small U.S. companies offering a good balance between reasonable valuations and attractive growth prospects relative to their peers.


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Banc Of America Securities Names Robert Almgren Head Of Quantitative Strategies For Equities

April 18, 2006


From Trading Markets Live!:
Banc of America Securities (BAC | charts | news | PowerRating) said it appointed Dr. Robert Almgren Head of Quantitative Strategies for Equities. The company noted that Almgren joined BAS in 2005 to focus on developing algorithmic trading strategies for thinly traded and small- capitalization stocks and this appointment would expand his responsibilities to encompass all automated client trading methodologies.

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Quantitative Mutual Funds Take The Emotion Out of Picking Stocks

April 5, 2006


From The Wall Street Journal:
Quantitative mutual funds let computers make the calls. Unlike traditional mutual-fund managers, who typically study a company's products, competitive position and management team before buying its stock, quant fund managers take their cues from models. These models process all sorts of data relating to a stock, such as projected earnings growth, price-to-earnings ratio and past stock-price performance.

To find out more about how these models pick stocks, The Wall Street Journal's Eleanor Laise chatted with Harindra de Silva, president and portfolio manager at quantitative firm Analytic Investors Inc. The firm's Old Mutual Analytic Defensive Equity Fund has delivered a 10.2% ...


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Ranieri leads $10 mln financing for /ROOT Markets

January 31, 2006


From Reuters:
ROOT Markets Inc., a recently formed market to match lenders with consumer data collectors, on Tuesday said it completed its first financing, a $10 million round led by Lewis Ranieri, the famed former head of Salomon Brothers mortgage trading division.

Ranieri, who is credited with developing the securitized loan market at Salomon Brothers, now owned by Citigroup, aims to apply the same model to the consumer financing "leads" market, said Seth Goldstein, /ROOTS founder and chief executive.

The New York-based market links mortgage lenders with companies who have collected data on consumers interested in obtaining mortgages or other financial services. Such consumer data is obtained when consumers indicate their interest by entering personal data into Internet portals.


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Hub Strategy Should Play to Korea’s Strengths

January 30, 2006


From The Korea Times:
The Korean government has made positioning Korea as a financial hub for Northeast Asia a priority. Is the goal desirable? Is it achievable? Standard & Poor's would answer 'yes' on both counts, but the 'yes' depends on Korea focusing on areas on which it has a comparative advantage, while it is also encouraged to pursue deeper financial markets for its own sake.

No student of the economic history of the past half-century would bet against the ambitions of the Korean people. Who would have thought 50 years ago that Korea would be a global leader in steel, shipbuilding, or automobile manufacturing? Then, semi-conductors and mobile phones did not exist. Although it is not fashionable to speak of national characteristics, who can deny that the Korean people have a “can do” attitude and when they put their collective mind to something, that something is attained?

Moreover, this ambition seems particularly well suited for the population’s skill set. Korean high school and university students excel in global tests measuring quantitative skills, such as mathematics or engineering. Koreans have been taking and passing the chartered financial analyst exams in record numbers. Korean university students are more likely than their Japanese or Chinese counterparts to possess good English language skills.


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FinLab SA Announces its First North American Office and the Appointment of Mr. Kristofer T. Kelleher as Director of Sales

January 26, 2006


From PR Web:
FinLab SA provides advanced software products and services to investment professionals making asset allocation decisions on Hedge Funds, Fund of Hedge Funds and Traditional Funds.

Mr. Denis de Pentheny O’Kelly CEO of Finlab SA said “given that nearly 50% of the $1.1 trillion hedge fund market and a major portion of the traditional fund market are based in the US, this makes it a key strategic initiative to develop our presence within the US. The acceptance of our product Packhedge™ by investment professionals globally and more especially in the US, meant that we needed to deploy locally based resources to exploit the potential that such a large market affords. Finlab SA already has built a substantial base of US clients which provides an ideal platform upon which to launch new products and services to current and prospective clients. We intend over the coming year to build a best in class organization in North America that will sell, market and support our products in what is the most mature and largest of markets in the world for hedge funds and traditional funds.”


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HedgeFund.net Enters Into Hedge Fund Data Agreement with Imagineer Technology Group

January 23, 2006


From Yahoo! Finance:
HedgeFund.net, a division of Channel Capital Group Inc., and software solutions company Imagineer Technology Group announce an agreement through which HedgeFund.net's proprietary database of hedge fund information is now available for use within Imagineer's Web-based due diligence platform.

HedgeFund.net's database has information on more than 5,200 hedge funds, funds-of-funds and CTAs worldwide.

"We are pleased to provide out data to Imagineer for use by their clients," said Donald C. Cacciapaglia, chairman and chief executive officer of HedgeFund.net. "As hedge funds are increasingly becoming the asset class of choice for sophisticated investors, those investors need as much data on as many different hedge funds as possible. Imagineer's customers will now have access to a broad range of data on hedge funds."


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Dealing with fund manager churn

January 22, 2006


From Business Line:
With India emerging as the hot new destination for global investors, the stock market is soaring. Investors have enjoyed a long, uninterrupted spell of breathtaking returns from their equity funds. But a buzzing stock market has also had an unexpected offshoot; it has set off a game of musical chairs within the funds management community. Fund management teams of mutual funds are witnessing much higher churn in their ranks than before.

Over the past two years, Kotak Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, PruICICI Mutual Fund and Birla Mutual Fund have lost two or more senior members from their management team. It is natural for investors to wonder if the fund's performance will be affected by the exit and entry of key managers. We analysed the phenomenon over the past five years and spoke to a few fund CEOs for their perspective, before addressing common investor worries.


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The Quantitative Services Group LLC (QSG) Adds Experienced Analyst to its Equity Research Group

January 19, 2006


From Business Wire:
Quantitative Services Group, LLC continues its rapid growth with a new addition to their equity research group, Kirk Wang joins QSG as a Quantitative Analyst. Mr. Wang has worked for the financial services industry for 6 years. He holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Science and is currently pursuing his MBA at the University of Chicago.

QSG is a leading provider of systematic equity analysis for institutional investors. Mr. Wang will be responsible for enhancing the firm's technology driven equity research process. This process leverages a wide variety of analysis techniques that translate into a broad array of investment signals. QSG recently introduced their International research capabilities, which nearly doubled the size of their indicator library (600+ factors). Mr. Wang will support the custom investment solution needs of QSG's client base of the world's largest asset managers and hedge funds.

"Increasingly the investment management industry depends on sophisticated technology," stated Mr. Wang. "QSG's combination of advanced financial research, technological innovation and strong client relationships, I believe, is an ideal model for the investment management industry." Continued Mr. Wang, "I'm excited to be part of QSG increasingly global presence."


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Thompson Financial buys Chicago software company

January 4, 2006


From TMC Net:
Stamford-headquarted Thomson Corp. has agreed to acquire Quantitative Analytics, Inc., a Chicago company that provides financial database software to institutional investors.

The privately-held company will be folded into Thomson Financial's Investment Management unit, said Eric Frank, a global managing director at Thomson who heads the company's investment management business.

"It's very much a hand-in-glove acquisition," Frank said. "We've known the company for a long time. We share many customers in common."

All of Quantitative Analytics' 50 employees, including its management team, will become part of the Thomson Financial's Investment Management group, which primarily serves institutional investors such as hedge and mutual funds. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.


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