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AMP Cap funds 'on hold' as Armor leaves

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... AMP Capital Equity fund and AMP Capital Australian Small Companies fund 'on hold'. Both funds were previously rated 'three stars' by the firm. "S&P considers the departure of Armor a significant loss to the AMP Australian equity team, given the size ...

ING Clarion wins inflows and award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... time. The ING Investment Management division is one of the few global property securities in Australia to be rated 'five stars' by Standard & Poor's. The team beat AMP Capital Investors, Cohen & Steers, Invesco Australia and MLC Investments to win this ...

EQT and Schroder get ratings upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
The EQT PIMCO Wholesale Diversified Fixed Interest fund was upgraded from four stars to five stars while Schroder Fixed Income fund's rating was also changed from three to four stars following a sector review by Standard & Poor's. The fixed interest ...

UBS property fund mgrs exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... affect the UBS Property Securities Fund and the UBS Global Property Securities Fund, both of which now have their three-stars rating by S&P on hold pending the transition. Kelly Napier, S&P fund services analyst, noted that this is the second time in ...

IML staff strategy gets nod from ratings firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... team's equity package to retain more analysts. Standard & Poors revised its ratings on IML's small cap funds from 'four stars' to 'two stars', due to a concern about the firm's ability to retain staff a month prior to that occurring. But the fund manager's ...

Walter Scott tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... ratings in the growth peer group. S&P continues to rate the Walter Scott Global Equity Fund at its highest rating of five stars based on confidence in its well established and proven investment process, which is implemented by a stable, highly experienced ...

New era at Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... revised rating affects the Aberdeen Australian Bond fund and the Aberdeen Income fund. Both funds were previously rated 'four stars' by the firm. Aberdeen announced it would buy Credit Suisse's Global Investors business in December last year. Later in ...

S&P withdraws six ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... Legg Mason fund and four AMP Capital Investors funds at the request of fund managers. The ratings firm withdrew the 'four stars' rating on the MIR Australian Equities Fund Class A, an Australian equities large cap fund and the 'three stars' rating on ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... nobody expected that this "lucky country" would be this lucky. While the biggest economies of the world thank their lucky stars that the pace of contraction in their economies have slowed in the second quarter, yesterday's Australian capex report suggests ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... and bank and corporate debt securities. Colonial First State Global Asset Management's wholesale cash fund is rated 'five stars' by Standard & Poor's. The fund manager has $38 billion in cash assets under management.