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Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Suisse Private Banking and panelist at last week's annual Rainmaker Marketing Symposium, said external research houses' ratings should not be used to formulate advisers' approved products lists. She cited FOS' decision last year, which determined that ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... best quarter in the company's 42-year history" while at the same time raising guidance for third quarter revenues well beyond market projections. Bring it on!

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... a rush to meet a tax credit that expired in April. The upbeat report provided some hope on the nation's housing market. Beyond those numbers, stocks were boosted by a rebound in energy companies, where heavy losses were posted a day earlier when the ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... European Central Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet announced that the ECB would extend its "emergency collateral" program beyond 2010. This measure - which lowered the ratings threshold of securities that the ECB will accept as collateral from A- to BBB- ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... predicted most asset classes will provide good returns except, perhaps, long-term bonds and unlisted property. Looking beyond 2010, geopolitical risk will move up the list of things that could unstable markets everywhere. "If you look at the rise in ...

Local S&P veteran heads to global stage

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... They have joined with a remit to integrate the currently separate European and Australian fund research businesses, and beyond that, expand into new markets such as Asia and North America in order to create a global business covering fund ratings, research ...

Reed fund not a concern: CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... capital growth. According to Standard & Poor's, the fund manager is not intending to buy any more direct property assets beyond existing contracts in the short term and is focussing "bedding down the contracted acquisitions" and debt reduction.

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... conflicts in a comprehensive fashion and improve any practices that expose the CRA to ethical problems. And this may go beyond what has already been proposed by the SEC and other global regulators." Many respondents noted that the payment structure between ...

Clear lines between ratings and research

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... need to be clarified particularly after the Westpoint scandal, where the sales practices of some product promoters are beyond the control of a credit rating or research house. Cruickshank explained that credit ratings agencies look at debt and the credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... National Australia Bank group chief executive John Stewart speaks at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch on "NAB - beyond the turnaround". The Australian share market closed in the black on Tuesday following a strong US lead overnight, with ...