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Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Ho-hum! It would have been another boring day in the markets last night were it not for the strong finish on Wall Street - and Europe. Another day, another up day as investors continue to chase the QE3 carrot that's being dangled in front of their noses. ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Uh-oh, we're in trouble now - really big trouble -- or so they say. No use pretending not to know what I'm talking about, it's splattered all over the weekend news. S&P has dropped one A from the USA's AAA. I must admit, I too didn't know what to think ...

Seven super funds win AAA for entire product range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Telstra Super, AXA North and QSuper are among seven superannuation funds to have recently gained a AAA rating for all of their superannuation and retirement products from research firm Rainmaker in the last three months. Rainmaker research has reviewed ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Templeton Fixed Income Group said today. Financial markets are again in decline, spooked by the threat of the US losing its AAA rating on Treasury securities due to the failure of the US Congress to reach agreement on raising the debt ceiling. US markets ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... must also address the "real problem" of a huge budget deficit, both current and long term. A downgrade from America's AAA rating would leave it behind six counties on the credit scale, the consequences of which would be "very real and very serious," ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... funding in 2013. Oh yes, Moody's is correct. Its latest downgrade of the country's credit rating made it so. Just as its AAA rating of CDOs, mortgaged-backed securities and other structured investments back in the days -- when the GFC stood for Geelong ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
New Zealand's major banks had their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Services on Friday as the rating's agency followed through on an earlier downgrade of their Australian parent institutions. ANZ National Bank, ASB Bank (subsidiary of Australia's ...

Fund reaps reward in shopping centre debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... million for Australian commercial mortgage backed securities. The deal is subject to ratings agency confirmation of the AAA rating on the note. The universities-based superannuation fund is purchasing the securities from Charter Hall Retail REIT, which ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Is this the start of something big... or another dip buying op? Wall Street retreated big time last night. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq all closed 1.1 per cent leaner. Is it perhaps investors want to gain a head start on that good 'ol adage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... added to the bearish sentiment. News that Fitch Ratings downgraded the sovereign debt of Spain to AA+ from its top AAA rating accelerated stock selling in mid-session. Fitch said it lowered the credit rating largely because government measures to reduce ...