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Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... terms of outcomes, especially when striking a balance between Australia's sovereign credit quality and individual bank metrics. S&P said in an update that its goal is to minimize uncertainty and volatility in the market stemming from the potential ratings ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... asset quality. "We don't see it improving in the near future... there's been no significant improvement in asset quality metrics in the last one or two years," she said. New Zealand's big four banks are structurally sensitive to wholesale funding market ...

Industry still lagging on green IT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... companies, including Suncorp, are understood to be considering a 'bring your own computer' policy. Improving measurement metrics is possibly the greatest priority, however. "There are just massive opportunities for financial services to achieve cost ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... maintain a cautious outlook for Japan... valuations of Japanese stocks remain supportive, with both asset- and earnings-based metrics at the lower end of historical ranges. I believe that the downside of the market is limited, but the market has few ...

UBS promotes Rider to new head of inv strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Rider will now chair the Australian Investment Committee and be responsible for the development of commodity valuation metrics and strategy as part of global commodity research. Before UBS, Rider was Australian chief economist for UBS Investment Bank ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... assessment of the outlook for the domestic economy. An outlook that could all change next week when the Fed changes the money metrics. Am sure the RBA is aware of this. Maybe Glenn is on the phone with Big Ben at this very moment asking him the size ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... globally - sees it as an issue, we are really in a strong position," he said, noting that Australia's debt and deficit metrics stack up more than favourably with comparable economies overseas. And with the two leading political parties committed to restoring ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... segment fund members beyond the usual Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomer divide. The 2010 Ultimate Superannuation Marketing Metrics study, conducted by Longship Research & Consulting, concluded super funds should be aware of four new key super situational ...

More million dollar members for MDRT

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... top 6 per cent of financial service professionals globally that have met the criteria set out by MDRT, which includes metrics measuring the success of their business. MDRT is an international, independent association of over 31,500 members of the world's ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... strength" as a result of the high cost of bank bailouts and expectations of "severe" deterioration in the government's debt metrics. The IMF and the EU and the World Bank chopped Hungary off the block. They suspended talks with the Hungarian government. ...