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Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... government's massive spending. As Moody's Investor Service noted when it recently maintained Australia's AAA rating with a stable outlook, "...the resilience of the Australian economy supports a return to positive growth next year, without ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... remain at elevated levels for a number of years," S&P said. Australia was one of the few countries that maintained its AAA rating during the Global Financial Crisis.

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... "[We are] assuming the absence of significant changes in the nature and implementation of policies. Australia's Aaa rating is supported by the country's very high level of economic strength and moderate level of government debt," Petch said. ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... held in money market funds. It said the HSBC Australian Dollar Liquidity Fund offers same-day liquidity and has an AAA rating from both Standard and Poor's and Moody's. The fund invests in low-risk, high-quality money market instruments such as bank ...

BT and Asgard add bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... deposits (bank risk) and Australian Bank shares. " "In this regard, JCB's active high grade bond strategy, with an average AAA rating, becomes a sensible option to consider for protection against sequencing risk for portfolios," King added. Late last ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... the government's revised forecasts. Fitch Ratings has no problems whatsoever saying it's still consistent with its AAA rating. Go ahead take their ratings as gospel truth...but they've lost me when they were giving AAA-ratings to collateralised debt ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... the conference that talk about Australia's Budget repair and getting it back to surplus was not the main risk to its AAA rating. "While the government's public sector balance sheet is quite strong in absolute terms and when you compare it to other sovereigns ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Life and general insurers face the risk of higher asset charges if a sovereign downgrade occurs, according to senior portfolio manager- fixed income at Nikko Asset Management, Darren Langer. In July Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) revised the ...

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... government from that perspective. He said about 60% of funding comes from banks because "they're attracted to us by the AAA rating and the highly liquid nature of our bonds, particularly our benchmark bonds." "The second group [makes up] about 25%, which ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... was upgraded from AA to AAA. The funds join just nine other institutional investors across the world to receive the AAA rating. The AODP global benchmark rates the world's 500 biggest asset owners - pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, foundations ...