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452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... confidence in the current team to continue to manage the funds during this period," said James Gunn, analyst at S&P Fund Services at the time. Note: A previous version of this story included an 14 month gross return for the 452 Capital Australian Share ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... market signals to outperform their peers, according to one ratings firm. Justine Gorman, analyst at Standard & Poor's Fund Services, said Australian equity quantitative managers would become more protective of their intellectual property (IP). "Historically ...

GSJBW infrastructure director resigns

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Ben Hare, director of Goldman Sachs JBWere's infrastructure team, has resigned - prompting Standard & Poor's Fund Services to place the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Infrastructure Fund 'On Hold'. Hare has decided to move to a role outside of financial ...

Whitten resigns from CFS GAM

S&P RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... will succeed Whitten as head of global resources when he leave at the end of June, according to Standard & Poor's Fund Services. It is understood Whitten left for personal reasons. Warner has been at CFS GAM for more than 12 years manages the CFS Global ...

S&P places AMP responsible funds 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed three of AMP Capital Investors' Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) fund 'on hold' due to concerns with high staff turnover. This means the RIL Australian fund, RIL International fund, and RIL Balanced fund ...

North gets S&P very strong rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has assigned its 'very strong' rating to the North Protected Retirement guarantee. According to a S&P's statement, the rating indicated the product was well designed for the needs of the retiree market while including downside protection ...

S&P downgrades Challenger Aus Share funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has placed the Challenger Australian Share Income Fund 'on hold' and derated the group's Australian Share Fund and Select Australian Share Fund from four stars to three stars, citing resourcing issues. The changed ratings come on the ...

Fidelity and Perennial top Aus eq review

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... strong stock-picking abilities as well as the core team of locally based analysts," said James Gunn, analyst at S&P Fund Services. "[The ratings firm] considers the experience and stability of [Perennial's Growth] team to be key strengths of the manager ...

S&P places sell rating on AMP fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
S&P Fund Services has assigned a 'sell' rating to the AMP Capital Small Companies Fund after AMP Capital Investors announced the resignation of its portfolio manager, Michael Hughes. This leads to uncertainty surrounding the future of an Australian ...

Managed accounts forum tackles key issues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... partner at Minter Ellison; Tristan Laszok, director strategic development and design at AMP; and Rodney Lay, director fund services at Standard & Poor's. Panelists and speakers will tackle issues such as an independent view of Australia's current advice ...