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Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... are also good for Australia - so is the weakening Australian dollar. Being one of the very few select countries still rated AAA says it all. But nah, Australia is doomed! We're already in an "income recession" and wishing ourselves into that formal definition ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... markets down with it - on reports that China would no longer accept as collateral for short term loans those bonds rated below AAA or those sold by issuers rated below AA. Not only this, there's speculation that the Politburo would dictate a "new normal" ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... end-2015. Westpac's rationale - Australian bonds yield premium over the US won't narrow because of investor demand for our AAA rating -- is as rational as Mr. Boyton's were when he made his prediction. But then wouldn't a strengthening dollar-A weaken ...

BetaShares funds awarded 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Australia 200 ETF (QOZ), the Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund (YMAX), the Australian High Interest Cash ETF (AAA), the US Dollar ETF (USD) and the Gold Bullion ETF - Currency Hedged (QAU).

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after it employed a number of former representatives of AAA Intelligence limited. PGW Financial Services has implemented a regime of supervision, review and audit by a compliance expert ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... $25 million in losses following investments in complex synthetic derivatives - CPDOs - that were arranged by ABN AMRO, rated AAA by S&P and sold by LGFS prior to the global financial crisis. The Full Court has extended the force of the original November ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... to appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of 91 council, charities and church groups which lost at least $180 million when AAA-rated investments went sour in the wake of the global financial crisis. The judgement clears the way for the not-for-profit ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... dollar by the end of this year. "The main driver of our bullish stance is our expectation that global demand for high-yielding AAA paper will result in further strong inflows to Australia." Makes plenty of sense 'eh Virginia? Australia's one of only ...

Federal Court finds S&P guilty in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... complex synthetic derivatives known as constant proportion debt obligations, or CPDOs, that were arranged by ABN AMRO, rated AAA by S&P and sold by LGFS in 2006. In her judgment, Justice Jayne Jagot said a reasonably competent ratings agency could not ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... sovereign debt crisis, the Jasmine Revolution, the Japan earthquake/tsunami, the US fiscal cliff and downgrade of its rating below AAA. And oh... economic growth in the biggest demanders of gold - China and India -- has slowed.