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USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Currency For immediate release August 5, 2011 Agencies Issue Guidance on Federal Debt Earlier today, Standard & Poor's rating agency lowered the long-term rating of the U.S. government and federal agencies from AAA to AA+. With regard to this action ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... billion euros in May to 6.1 billion euros in June, a fall of 1.4 billion euros in just one month, reports said. Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has reportedly downgraded major Cypriot banks Marfin Popular Bank and Bank of Cyprus for their Greek ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... poor growth data out of Washington. The euro gained against the dollar on the worrying US news and despite Moody's ratings agency issuing a gloomy warning over Spain. Investors focused on the potential of a US downturn and set aside company results from ...

Lonsec casts eye over fund fee structures

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Ratings agency Lonsec has analysed the fee structures of fund managers in its Australian Equities Long/Short peer group and discovered two funds that employ a performance hurdle of 0%. While the performance fee hurdles employed by most managers in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... Markets had largely surged last week on news of a eurozone deal, but sentiment was shaken early Monday after Moody's ratings agency downgraded Greek debt -- and warned the new bailout was almost certain to trigger a cut to default status. In Europe at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... although trading remained cautious amid fears of a debt default by the United States. The dollar was pressured after another agency warned of a downgrade for Washington's credit rating, although it was supported by comments from the Fed chief that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... 9,936.12, while the Topix index shed 3.65 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 856.88 amid US dollar weakness after Moody's rating agency threatened the debt-saddled US with a downgrade. The Nikkei index briefly entered positive territory shortly before the ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Major credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... wasn't enough to keep bad news about Ireland from sinking US stocks. Ireland's government bonds were downgraded by ratings agency Moody's to junk status shortly before US markets closed, sending stocks sharply lower and erasing the day's gains. The move ...

Qantas signs up Russell for FX trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Implementation Services (RIS). Qantas Super, the trustee of the airlines $6 billion fund, has appointed RIS to provide agency foreign exchange services, in a move it hopes will save up to $1 million per year. "Implementation efficiency is a key focus ...