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S&P withdraws Lazard ratings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Asset Management Pacific has requested ratings firm Standard & Poor's to withdraw the four-star ratings on five Lazard equities funds. The funds affected were Lazard Select Australian Equity Funds (I and W Classes), Lazard Australian Equity Funds (I ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... "Across the board, we are down but as the day goes on there are a few glimmers of hope," ABN AMRO Morgan's director of equities, Bill Chatterton said. "Toll Holdings is quite strong and has a good balance sheet," he said. Toll added 22 cents or 4.19 ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... cumulative perpetual preferred shares for new preferred shares with revised terms to help improve the quality of AIG's equities and financial leverage. Because AIG has a finger dipped in a multiple of other institutions scattered around the globe, it ...

Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... manager also scooped two other awards namely "Fund Manager of the Year Multisector" and "Fund Manager of the Year Domestic Equities". Schroders' country chief executive Greg Cooper said their portfolios managed to stay in the top quartile during the ...

OneAnswer adds six

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... said Pankhurst. The new funds added to the OneAnswer platform include BT Core Australian Shares, Fidelity Australian Equities, Legg Mason Global Multi Sector Bond, RARE Infrastructure Value, T.Rowe Price Global Equity, and Vanguard Index Diversified ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... rating methodologies. The first series of SMAs that van Eyk would look to review are those that specialise in Australian equities. This year's Financial Standard Managed Accounts seminar was held in association with the Institute of Managed Account Providers ...

Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... years. It has been a feature that has helped advisers encourage investors scarred by market losses to get back into the equities game and rebuild their wealth. "Advisers are recommending it highly," said Adrian Emery, AXA general manager sales and marketing. ...

Lonsec 'recommends' Instreet DPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... issue the DPA. The ratings firm said the product is appropriate for investors seeking passive exposure to Australian equities, but investors should be aware the product does not include capital protection. George Lucas, Instreet managing director, said ...

Bell profit hit by bad markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... is conservatively managed with an average gearing of 44 per cent. And Bell Financial Group purchase of Southern Cross Equities in July last year, is expected to boost profit in the group's wholesale banking and equity capital markets in time. "Although ...

Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Where Westscheme has cash available for investments, the funds are put into different asset classes such as Australian equities, international equities and property. "We're a long term investor and we invest money according to that strategy - we're not ...