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Putnam scandal impacts BT ratings

... resulted in two portfolio managers facing civil charges, continues to produce local fallout. At least one Australian ratings agency has downgraded BT's international equities rating and another has announced a review of the group's international equities ...

Citigroup given low rating for international equities capability

... investment opportunities or a clear strategy to reduce conviction and move closer to the index," Morningstar said. The ratings agency noted Citigroup had been overweight Europe and underweight US markets in the year to June 2003, and which had reduced ...

Changes to S&P/ASX indexes

... Company Limited to the S&P/ASX 100 index, effective after the close of business on 31 October. The ratings an information agency also said OAMPS Limited will be added to the S&P/ASX 200 index at the same time. The additions follow the pending removal ...

Agency confirms CFS ratings, following Harding's departure

Research group Morningstar has reconfirmed its Australian equity ratings for Colonial First State Investment Managers (CFS), following the decision of Ian Harding, head of Australian equities at CFS, to resign in early 2004. Colonial First State's "GDP ...

AMP debt down by 2005: CEO

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
... Moody's said the approval had prompted a move from negative to stable outlook on its short term ratings. However the ratings agency said changes to the initial proposal and AMP Ltd's continued exposure to HHG plc had prompted it to maintain its negative ...

Moody's launches Australia/NZ web site

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service today launched a specialist web site for its Australian and New Zealand products and research. The site will allow users to look up Australian and New Zealand rating actions as well as provide news and research ...

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Interstellar RMBS program

International ratings agency Standard & Poor's today assigned its preliminary ratings to the fifth issue this year under the Interstar Millennium residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) program. Interstar Millennium Series 2003-5G Trust will issue ...

Banks, resources supported, telcos challenged : Citigroup

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2003
... is focussed this week on the expected resolution of Telstra's capital-management-based CreditWatch Negative from ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P). "With the outcome looking lineball depending on how prospective S&P intends to be, under either outcome ...

New Zealand growth slows in second quarter, figures reveal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... up in the third quarter. A drought led to high power prices and exacerbated the slowdown in the June quarter, the state agency said. The high electricity prices raised the cost of production, causing manufacturing output to contract 2.1 per cent. Exports ...

S&P lowers Lend Lease rating to BBB

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today that it lowered the long-term corporate credit rating on Lend Lease Corp Ltd to BBB from A-minus. S&P also removed the rating from creditwatch with negative implications, where it was placed ...