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OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... certainly, government commitment and also potentially the trajectory for public sector debt". "Australia is fairly unique among AAA-rated sovereigns in that its external position is very weak," he said. "What that means is that to retain the AAA rating ...

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... complex products. Church groups, charities and 91 Councils in Australia launched a class action against S&P's decision to give AAA ratings to complex derivative products sold by Lehman Brothers in the lead up to the global financial crisis. The Federal ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan, and more specifically for the US - Standard & Poor's downgrade of its credit rating from AAA to AA+ -- both US benchmark equity indices have never looked back to 9 March 2009 since. In spite of all these shocks ...

Synchron pushes for providers' direct payment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... and product providers have already paid the licensee for those services." The joint submission notes that the collapse of AAA Financial Intelligence in early 2013 resulted in losses to advisers of a reported $300,000. In turn, the collapse of Australian ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... hedging. It was announced today that the fund ranked second globally for its sustainable investment practices and maintained its AAA rating as part of the Climate Institute's Asset Owner's Disclosure Project (AODP). This project assesses how 458 of the ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... best-practice." Griffith University professor and whistleblowing researcher A.J. Brown asked for improvements and changes to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... there is a reliable revenue stream and fair return from investments." Nahan's comments come after the WA government lost its AAA credit rating in September.

SelectingSuper award nominees announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... Russell, Sunsuper, Super SA, SuperConcepts, SuperIQ, UniSuper and Zurich. Page said all superannuation funds quality assessed as AAA by SelectingSuper are eligible for the awards while the SMSF Administrator of the Year award and long term performance ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... an election mandate to go ahead with such a project. Baird also reaffirmed the NSW Government's commitment to retaining its AAA rating. Victoria is the only other state with the top credit rating.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... was rattled early in Wednesday's session as ratings agency Fitch placed the US on warning for a downgrade from its top-level AAA assessment. But at close in Europe, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 0.47 per cent to set a new record close at 8,846.0 points. ...