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Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... across the credit rating spectrum." The likes of Singapore and Hong Kong are among the highest quality in the world with Triple A ratings from Standard & Poor's. Meanwhile, at the other end of the quality spectrum, Kazakhstan and India have ratings of ...

Super funds eye World Bank Green Bonds: Nikko AM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... Kinnersley. Presently the portfolio is split roughly equally between developed and emerging market paper and all issues have a Triple A rating. Kinnersley explains that the strength of the strategy comes from the relationship Nikko has with the World ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... money and the government would shut down - and oh, there was also Standard & Poor's threat to snip an A out of the USA's triple A (which it eventually did). That was real fear. The VIX index soared to 48 points in August of last year because of these ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Didn't they already ban the running with the bulls in Spain? Ahh yes, my bad. The Spanish region of Catalonia only banned bullfighting, but approved running with them. For bullfighting kills bulls, running with them only kills... ehem, people. I was ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... accusing S&P of injecting itself in the political process just as it did back in August after it downgraded the USA's triple A over the budget standoff. So did European Central Bank governing council Christian Noyer. "They changed their methodology and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... amid light volumes after the ratings agency warned Germany, France and 13 other eurozone nations they risk losing their triple A ratings. The pullback came despite gains in US and European markets and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... that ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned Germany, France and four other eurozone nations they risk losing their triple A ratings. At 0821 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,332. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Europe, but only temporarily as the main worry remained centreed on Standard & Poor's momentous decision to lower its triple A rating for the US. Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 3.4 per cent at 5,068.95, while France's ...

RMBS market low risk and high return: Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... "bullet proof" asset class. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income at Aberdeen, said the Australian RMBS market, full of triple A-rated securities, is providing returns of 130 basis points over bank bills for two to three year maturities. Issuance is ...