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Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... limbo till 2017. With British economic activity seemingly on the wane once again and its credit rating expected to lose its AAA status this year, this is one plan Cameron should have just kept hidden in his skull. Do the other Europeans care? Sure they ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... is about to do a Standard & Poor's. Fitch warned America that it's got its scissors out, ready to snip an A off Uncle Sam's AAA rating. According to David Riley -- head of Fitch's sovereign-rating team - "If we have another one-minute to midnight deal ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... July to August of that year due to the impasse on the budget ceiling and Standard & Poor's took away one A from America's AAA credit rating. This time it's complicated by the Republicans wanting to tie spending cuts - they've already compromised on Obama's ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... contributed to LGS's receipt of this latest Award include: Specific allocation of up to 15% of the portfolio in primarily 'AAA' rated 'green' or 'climate' bonds issued by agencies such as the World Bank, European Investment Bank or Asian Development ...

Ex-Kangaroo and Storm adviser banned for non-compliance

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... financial adviser with Storm Financial Ltd between May 2006 and June 2009 and is currently an authorised representative with AAA Financial Intelligence Ltd. An ASIC investigation found that between 20 November 2007 and 10 December 2010, Mr Fullerton-Smith ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... know the one, the credit-rater who gave what later turned out to be rubbish CDO's and other structured securities glowing AAA's back in the days; and the one the Federal Court of Australia found guilty of negligence and "misleading and deceptive" when ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... time. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Warning my butt. Standard & Poor's not only warned but actually took away one A from Uncle Sam's AAA-rating on the 5th of August last year over the same issue. Instead of dropping, the S&P 500 index has risen by 14.9% from ...

CareSuper scoops SelectingSuper awards

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... administration. Award winners were selected from more than 120 eligible funds and products that have achieved a SelectingSuper AAA quality assessment by Rainmaker. The awards were sponsored by the insurer MetLife. The SelectingSuper award winners are ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Representatives blocked the route to raising the debt ceiling. As a result, ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut the US's coveted AAA credit rating. With the election thought to be one of closest contests since George W Bush beat Al Gore in 2000, many ...