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Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... Defined Benefit, and Plum Superannuation Fund Employer Division. Leading the pack, however, Insignia secured the most AAA ratings for its products, totalling 11. It was followed by Equip Super with nine, and Future Super with eight. The full list of ...

Hostplus surpasses $100bn in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... investment outcomes in our members' best financial interest for the years ahead," he said. Hostplus was recently awarded AAA ratings from Rainmaker Information for six of its products.

Top rated superannuation products in Australia revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... VicSuper, each had four AAA-rated products. Also notable, MyNorth, Brighter Super and Acclaim Wealth had new products with AAA ratings for the first time in 2023. Of the 392 products available in the market, 158 passed all the benchmarks to receive a ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... the next two years. As a result S&P extended the revised 'negative' outlook to the Australian major banks and the AAA ratings of the New South Wales, Victorian and Australian Capital Territory state governments. Langer notes the downgrade is of particular ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Three Australian superannuation funds have received AAA ratings for their climate change risk management from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project's (AODP) 2016 benchmark index, The Global Climate 500 Index. Local Government Super and Australian Super ...

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... products. Church groups, charities and 91 Councils in Australia launched a class action against S&P's decision to give AAA ratings to complex derivative products sold by Lehman Brothers in the lead up to the global financial crisis. The Federal Court ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... fatigue? I'm so sick of it I could puke. These credit-raters seem to be overdoing their penance for giving glowing AAA ratings to junk investments back in the days. At any rate, the Japanese bond market's reaction shows that I'm not alone. The downgrade ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... downgraded until the day it went under. Then there was the mortgage-backed securities debacle, when agencies bestowed AAA ratings on bonds backed subprime mortgages, as well as the alphabet soup of structured products (ABS, CDOs, CLOs, CDO-squareds) ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... except ASB Bank which remained at C+. A stable outlook was issued for all ratings and there was no impact on the backed AAA ratings of debt securities the banks issued between 2009 and 2010 under the New Zealand Government's wholesale funding guarantee ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... opinion still matters. Financial markets, it seems, have forgotten that just over three years ago, they were giving AAA ratings to structured investments that turned out to be worst than junk. Shhhh... quiet! How can I forget you...when there is always ...
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