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CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... The US' largest pension fund, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), has backed efforts to push rating houses Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's to reform their methods for rating government-issued bonds. According to a statement ...

Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... called for trustees to have a clear direction of their fund's management strategies, and said it was then up to rating houses to help bring that message across to members. "It's not our job to tell you how to run your funds," said Dunnin. "Work out what ...

AUI appoints head of research relationships

... PIMCO in the USA. In her new role, she will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with retail research houses on behalf of AUI and its joint venture partners, Acorn Capital, Platypus Asset Management and Vianova Asset Management. ...

Pinnacle appoints distrib exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... manager. In this position, Chambers will be based in Melbourne and build relationships with asset consultants, research houses and major investment clients for the group's boutique firms. The firm is expected to appoint another executive to a similar ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... reprice lending, there is a real risk banks will ultimately be limited in the amount we are able to lend customers to buy houses or to expand their businesses. "We saw this earlier [last] week when Macquarie became the first prime lender to say it would ...

GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... traditional yardsticks, such as dividends. The snag is that the fund is still in the process of getting ratings from research houses. "Ideally we want to have our ratings completed by 2009 fiscal year. We're already half way through the process with ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

... The company is the first foreign financial firm to receive the nod and joins a select list of leading Japanese trading houses and companies. "We are delighted that the Japanese authorities have recognised our capabilities in this area," Arun Murthy ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... should be considered a medium term investment and will be available through banks, specialist fixed income distribution houses and high net worth planning firms. Tim Yule, UBS head of fixed income product structuring and sales, said the investments had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... index closed at 4,885.83 points, up 24.03 or 0.49 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks climbed to a two-week high as trading houses rose on strong metals prices and big-name exporters were snapped up by individual investors. The Nikkei hit a high of 13,853 ...

Streetwise $26m fraudster awaits sentence

... discovery of the fraud, Bangaru was featured in BRW's Rich List and owned several sports cars and multi-million dollar houses. Bangaru will appear before the court later this week (February 8) to obtain a date for sentencing. Michelle Baltazar