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MLC stars in NAB $4.2bn profit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
NAB's acquisition of Aviva, double digit insurance premiums growth and improved investment markets have helped MLC and NAB Wealth become key contributors to the bank's $4.2 billion net profit this year. NAB announced this morning a 19.3 per cent increase ...

S&P rerates former 452 funds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... August following the shock departure of key 452 capital executives. Prior to the downgrade, they were rated with "three stars" Now, with the transition of the portfolios from 452 Capital and Integrity Investment Management complete, the products have ...

S&P reinstates ratings on AMP funds

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Standard & Poor's Fund Services has upgraded three AMP Capital Investors responsible investment leaders (RIL) funds to 'Three Stars' after they had been placed on hold in May due to concerns over high staff turnover. Following a subsequent review and ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... separates the research and advisory parts of its business." Hoven said that they have rated a number of new strategies 'two stars' and have 'sell' recommendations on others. "We continue to believe that the manager-pays model, with conflicts properly ...

452 Capital mandates at risk

RUTH LIEW AND JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... of its investors. And in late developments, S&P fund services has downgraded the 452 Capital suite of funds from "three stars" to "sell" with van Eyk Research also downgrading the firm's products from "BB" to "hold."

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star 'new' rating to the UBS Property Securities Fund. The ratings house placed the fund 'On Hold' in October 2009 when its co-portfolio managers resigned and management was transitioned to the ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services assigns a three-star rating to the newly-launched ING Alpha Plus Australian Equity Fund. The fund is a long-only active manager that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high-conviction portfolio. "Though the ...

BTIM hires new portfolio manager, Swift departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... Balanced, Wholesale Balanced Returns and Wholesale Future Goals 'on hold'. All three funds were previously rated 'three stars'. The ratings firm said they would meet with Wild and the diversified team to review the hold ratings soon.

LGS spearheads green makeover of old buildings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... of these upgrades have already exceeded expectations, with the buildings targeted to move to a NABERS energy rating of 5 stars, in line with new building performance. The $2 million-plus grant follows a series of green upgrades to LGS' $500 million direct ...

NRL stars join Auscoal Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony 'Butts' Butterfield and ex-Queensland State of Origin player, Adrian Vowles, have joined Auscoal Super's business relationship team. Butterfield and Vowles will join the industry super fund's relationship team in ...