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Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
One of the US' biggest pension funds, the $223 billion CalPERS, has filed a lawsuit against three of the world's most powerful rating agencies to claw back some of its losses from the GFC, but local super funds look unlikely to follow suit. CalPERS ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Waiter, there's a fly in my soup. Financial markets stopped enjoying the tasty aroma of recovery in their soups last night after Standard & Poor's warned that it might downgrade the United Kingdom's AAA credit rating because of its widening budget deficit ...

Macquarie launches cash account

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... Trust which is one of the most secure and functional cash investments available in Australia with a Standard & Poor's AAA rating," Maher said. "We have always said that with respect to the Macquarie Cash Management Trust, Macquarie Investment Management ...

Health Super seeks CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... over 210,000 and provides superannuation solutions to the Australian health and community services sectors. It has a AAA rating from Selecting Super's Quality Fund Assessment.

Media Super moves away from enhanced cash

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... when the [PRINT SUPER and JUST SUPER] merger took place," he said. The CFS Wholesale Premium Cash Fund, which has a AAA rating by Standard & Poor's, was singled out as the better option following the review and the $70 million was transferred mid last ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... of that the group providing the financial guarantee for the credit-wrapped bonds funding the tunnel, MBIA, lost its AAA rating, triggering a fall in the value of the bonds. So when one of those investors encountered delays getting documentation from ...

Moody's takes action after ratings blunder

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... obligations (CPDO) worth approximately $1 billion. After testing the firm's CPDO models output, Moody's found the initial Aaa rating should have been Aa. Moody's subsequently withdrew its ratings on four of the 11 CPDO securities due to the repurchase ...

On the sub-prime defensive

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... total investment portfolio. Manly defended its choice in the Federation product considering it's Standard & Poor's AAA rating meets the NSW Local Government Minister's investment guidelines. However the underlying 'bundled' securities in CDOs are typically ...

AGEST to hold AGM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... cent higher compared to last year while our membership is up 9 per cent," he said. AGEST was recently awarded the top AAA rating from SelectingSuper.

St.George on mortgage backed securities Crusade

... AUD 800 and subordinated tranches of around AUD 15 million. It is anticipated the senior tranches will be awarded an AAA rating by Standard and Poor's and Aaa by Moody's Investors Service. The bank intends to list the senior notes on the Australian Stock ...