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Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008

... offering something quite different, and cannot be compared with the other funds side-by-side," said S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott. Scott said pure commodity funds obtain exposure through commodity futures and forwards and do not contain the equity beta ...

New multi-managers challenge incumbents: S&P

... reducing their interests in the past couple of years, there is a changing of the guard occurring," said S&P analyst, Simon Scott. Taking their place are newer, younger managers that are fresh out of the trading rooms at the larger banks and are now managing ...

HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007

HFA's Octane Global Fund has been rated 'investment grade' by Standard & Poor's. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said the the gearing and long-short strategy of the HFA Octane Global Fund meant only investors with a sound understanding of this type of ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006

... received the top rating from S&P, the only fund of hedge funds from a field of 25 that S&P assigned the top rating. Simon Scott, S&P fund analyst, said the funds were awarded the top rating because of S&P's conviction they would continue to outperform ...

Mum and dad investors want a slice of the private equity pie

... commitment periods and the timelag before investments are realised, are mitigated," said S&P fund ratings analyst Simon Scott. Alongside Macquarie, Credit Suisse has also launched a global private equity fund rated 'recommended' by Zenith while Franklin ...

S&P gives local LIC thumbs down

... rating to local fund Global Masters Fund (GMF) which invests in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said that GMF, which is a listed investment company, is offering retail investors poor value and taxing high fees. "S&P ...

S&P rates Macquarie's Fusion Funds

... exposure to a selection of nine managed funds, with a capital protection security offered on maturity. S&P's fund analyst Simon Scott said this was a positive option for the cashed up investor who could afford the monthly interest repayments, or those ...

S&P gives Basis funds Five Stars

... and the Basis Yield Fund. The "very strong" rating has been awarded to Basis on the back of what S&P fund analyst Simon Scott says is a fund that has strong internal systems and manages a team who keep a close eye on their risk portfolio. "We have reviewed ...

S&P rates Macquarie Newton funds 4 stars

... available to professional investors. We see this as a first for the Australian retail market" said S&P fund analyst Simon Scott. Initially four underlying funds are included in the multi-strategy. This is expected to increase to six if Asian exposures ...

S&P backs Allco Max securities

... investors seeking excess returns in an equity-style product with fixed-income-style volatility," says S&P fund analyst Simon Scott. The securities provide investors with returns through leveraging the funding gap between the income it receives in its ...

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HUB24 shutters Xplore Wealth MDA services

ANDREW MCKEAN | 12:42PM

HUB24 plans to shut down its Xplore Wealth Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services next year, with discussions underway with financial advisers to explore alternative options.

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN | 12:39PM

The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData.

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200.

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA | 12:35PM

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Vanguard US$106.4 million for "materially misleading" investors in the Investor Target Retirement Funds (Investor TRFs) about their future tax liabilities.

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