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S&P predicts investment grade status for NBFI sector

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
Standard & Poor's has said the financially strongest companies in the Australian non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) sector could potentially achieve investment grade status. However the sector remains dominated by a large number of non-investment-grade ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 1.5 per cent in August, to an average of 21,081 per week, the highest level since February and 0.3% higher than in August last year. "The modest upward trend in job advertising ...

ASIC approves Deakin AFS licence

Deakin Financial Services Group Ltd managing director Murray Hills has announced that the group's AFS License application has been approved by ASIC and will be effective from 1 October 2003. From this date, Deakin will transition to the new FSR system. ...

Growth funds just outperform balanced funds in August: Mercer

Growth funds are still struggling to outperform balanced funds, despite the strong recovery in global equity markets, according to the latest survey of pooled funds by Mercer Investment Consulting. The median growth fund returned 1.7% last month and ...

Morningstar awards three stars to Perpetual and Macquarie international equities

Morningstar has given a three star rating for Perpetual Investment Management's international equities management citing that the company's competitive advantage lies in its depth of 'on the ground' research analysts. The ratings house has said that ...

Aberdeen terminates equity income fund

Aberdeen Asset Management has wound-up its wholesale Equity Income Fund, the group has announced. In a letter to fund members, Aberdeen said the decision had been made after a review of its product range. Aberdeen said the fund essentially held the ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries edge lower

The All Ordinaries ended trading today on negative territory as the dollar also finished weaker losing half a US cent by the close. The dollar is currently trading at US$0.637. Meanwhile Tokyo's Nikkei index is enjoying its purple patch, gaining a little ...

Colonial POF launches five-year $150 million MTN issue

Colonial Property Office Fund today announced it had launched a five-year $150 million Medium Term Note (MTN) issue. The issue comprises a minimum of $100 million in fixed rate bonds and was launched with a pricing range for both tranches in the high ...

ASIC issues draft SRI guidelines

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has today released draft guidelines for the inclusion of information relating to labour standards and environmental, social and ethical factors in the product disclosure statements (PDSs) of ...

Lowly two stars for Advance's Goldman Sachs-managed international equities

Morningstar has awarded an uninspiring two stars for Advance Asset's Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) of Advance's international equities management. GSAM has been responsible for the Advance WorldWide shares Fund investment management since August ...