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Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... cent of its national output as at September? Don't fret...Moody's is on their case. Moody's announced that these countries' AAA credit ratings are at risk because of their deteriorating public finances. Huh? And Greece was already downgraded because ...

SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... The Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards are chosen from among the best super funds in Australia, which have already earned the AAA SelectingSuper quality assessment rating. Rainmaker investigates super funds' administration, communication, persistency of ...

Countdown to awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... sporting television personality Ken Sutcliffe highlights the top super funds in the Australia that have already earned the AAA SelectingSuper rating. The Rainmaker research team investigates super funds' administration, communication, investment returns ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... stimulate, therefore borrowing money. And of course the government, as the 800-pound gorilla in the markets with a triple AAA rating, is going to be a very attractive competitor to anyone that is seeking to find funds," he said. "A prudent government ...

Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... packages of securities including subprime mortgages did not properly reflect the risk of these investments. The suit said the AAA ratings given by the agencies "proved to be wildly inaccurate and unreasonably high", according to Reuters. Despite CalPERS ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... most since November 2001 - a positive for labour market prospects. Greener shoots. Standard & Poor's reaffirmed America's AAA sovereign credit rating. Ten of the US's big banks repaid US$68 billion in TARP funds to the government and promised to start ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... of GDP % of GDP S&P US$ Billion US$000 % % Ratings 1. Ireland 2,311 550 811 31.5 AA+ 2. United Kingdom 9,388 154 336 47.2 AAA 3. Belgium 1,618 155 327 80.8 AA+ 4. Hong Kong 660 94 295 14.5 AA+ 5. Netherlands 2,439 146 268 43.0 AAA 6. Switzerland 1,304 ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... tasty aroma of recovery in their soups last night after Standard & Poor's warned that it might downgrade the United Kingdom's AAA credit rating because of its widening budget deficit and ballooning national debt. The fear is that the United States could ...

Instos search for cash alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
Corporate investors and government bodies are assessing alternatives to holding funds in government guaranteed deposits as cash rates fall and the $1 million fee eats away at returns. Subash Pillai, executive director and head of cash and fixed interest ...