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AMP gives $200m small cap mandate to UBS

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... Companies Fund follows the departure of former senior portfolio manager Michael Hughes in April. The departure led S&P fund services to place a "sell rating" on the product. A spokesperson for AMP said the choice of UBS GAM was made following a thorough ...

S&P withdraws sell rating on 452 funds

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has withdrawn its 'sell' ratings on the CFS 452 Australian Share and Geared Australian Share strategies. This follows notification from the funds' responsible entity, CFS First State Investment, that it has completed ...

Titanium challenges rating

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Camden-based fund manager Titanium Asset Management said S&P fund services' research on one of the group's funds contain "major inaccuracies", and has requested S&P to withdraw its 'sell' rating on it. S&P Fund services assigned a "sell" rating on the ...

S&P reinstates ratings on AMP funds

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has upgraded three AMP Capital Investors responsible investment leaders (RIL) funds to 'Three Stars' after they had been placed on hold in May due to concerns over high staff turnover. Following a subsequent review and ...

INGIM hires two for Aussie equities

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... portfolio manager, small companies, after the departure of Sinclair Currie for Challenger in August. Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which placed the ING Emerging Companies Trust funds 'on hold' in August after the departure, said that it was reviewing ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... than face an independent research process that could rate them poorly," said Thomas. However, Mark Hoven, head of fund services at S&P, argued that the entire debate about research house conflicts has been oversimplified. "There seems to be a view out ...

AUI increases redemption levels for mortgage fund

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... years has been to increase redemption offers for investors whenever possible," he said. Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's Fund Services advises that its two-star ratings on the Australian Unity Mortgage Income Trust and Australian Unity Wholesale Mortgage ...

S&P places CFS funds on hold

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has put two CFS FirstChoice funds 'on hold' following the uncertainty surrounding the future of 452 Capital. The ratings house has placed the CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Boutique Australian Share Fund and CFS FirstChoice ...

452 Capital mandates at risk

RUTH LIEW AND JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... available to it to ensure any actions taken were in the best interests of its investors. And in late developments, S&P fund services has downgraded the 452 Capital suite of funds from "three stars" to "sell" with van Eyk Research also downgrading the ...

Challenger poaches ING portfolio manager for small cap fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... The departure of Sinclair Currie, former lead portfolio manager at ING, for Challenger prompted Standard & Poor's Fund Services to place the ING Emerging Companies Trust funds 'on hold'. Currie will head the new fund alongside Alex Milton, current portfolio ...