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Clients push S&P to make ratings simpler

Standard & Poor's (S&P) is not making a big song-and-dance about it but the ratings house has dramatically changed its ratings scheme due to client demand for a simpler structure. Previously S&P would produce three separate ratings namely ratings for ...

Global navigator finds six more

The shift to regional investing is gathering pace with platform group Navigator adding three country funds supplemented with three global funds to its menus. The new country funds are Fidelity's Australian Equity, China and India funds, and the three ...

Macquarie gets into commodities

Where there's gold there's Macquarie and so they have launched Macquarie Comets Trust, a fund that specialises in exploiting opportunities in the global commodities market. "Unlike many other investments that offer exposure to commodities and financial ...

Platypus enters the long-short pond

Platypus Capital Management (PCM), an Australian hedge fund firm linked to Platypus Asset Management, have launched an Australian Long/Short Fund. The Platypus Australian Long/Short Fund has start-out capital of $33 million of institutional money to ...

UK fund managers to pile into private equity

... can play in an investment portfolio and this is reflected in the high proportion of UK institutions investing in the asset class," said AndrA(C) Jaeggi, managing director at Adveq, the fund of funds group that sponsored the study. The study also found ...

Trust shifts focus and reports stronger results

Trust Company of Australia announced an operating net profit after tax of $20.4 million for the six months ended in 31 August 2005. Trust has reshaped its financial services involvement over the last two years to align its ongoing businesses to trustee ...

Absolute Capital appoints portfolio manager

Structured credit specialist Absolute Capital Limited has appointed Andrew Lorking as portfolio manager. Lorking will work with Absolute's head of structured credit investments Bill Entwistle. Besides portfolio management, he will be involved in developing ...

Growth-Style Equities strong third quarter: Morningstar

Australian equities' performance is still buoyant for this financial year, according to Morningstar's league tables of major wholesale fund categories. The tables tracked performance to 30 September 2005 and revealed that Equities performance has continued ...

US equity funds back in favour

Investors are pouring their money into US equity funds at the expense of Europe and emerging markets equity funds, according to the latest weekly report by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Massachusetts-based EPFR, which monitors 8,000 global ...

REITs set for explosive growth: Cohen & Steers

... attractive dividend yields and little correlations to other assets. "It's the fairest, most efficient and conflict free asset class you can invest in," he said. Steers predicts that REITs will continue to climb higher on investor's agendas as countries ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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