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S&P withdraws sell rating on 452 funds

S&P RELEASE | THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has withdrawn its 'sell' ratings on the CFS 452 Australian Share and Geared Australian Share strategies. This follows notification from the funds' responsible entity, CFS First State Investment, that it has completed ...

S&P places CFS funds on hold

S&P RELEASE | FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has put two CFS FirstChoice funds 'on hold' following the uncertainty surrounding the future of 452 Capital. The ratings house has placed the CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Boutique Australian Share Fund and CFS FirstChoice ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE | MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star 'new' rating to the UBS Property Securities Fund. The ratings house placed the fund 'On Hold' in October 2009 when its co-portfolio managers resigned and management was transitioned to the ...

Boutique and big brands top SMA

S&P RELEASE | MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Fund managers Dalton Nicol Reid, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Hyperion, Ralton, UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) were all rated as the top SMA model portfolio providers, research shows. Standard & Poor's has named the stand out investment fund manager ...

Aus Ethical changes portfolio manager

S&P RELEASE | THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010

Standard & Poor's has placed the Australian Ethical Large Companies Share fund 'on hold' after the portfolio manager was changed. Australian Ethical Investment replaced the lead portfolio manager, James Harvey, with research analyst, David Macri, who ...

S&P retains Perpetual fund ratings

S&P RELEASE | THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010

Standard & Poor's has kept its ratings on all Perpetual funds following the resignation of managing director, David Deverall. According to a statement, S&P is comfortable with the ratings because Deverall has no direct involvement in investment management ...

Whitten resigns from CFS GAM

S&P RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010

David Whitten, head of global resources at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), has resigned from his role. Joanne Warner, senior portfolio manager at CFS GAM, will succeed Whitten as head of global resources when he leave at the ...

BlackRock portfolio managers resign

S&P RELEASE | FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010

Andrew Jackson, head of scientific active equity investments at BlackRock Investment Management, and colleague David Walsh, head of portfolio management active equity, have resigned from the group. Jackson will see out his three-month notice with the ...

UBS GAM replaces Aussie bond manager

S&P RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010

UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) has appointed Tim van Klaveren as senior portfolio manager of the UBS Australian Bond fund. Van Klaveren replaces Adam Bowe who left the firm in March. He joins the team after working for the Sydney UBS team before ...

Amundi fixed interest team walks

S&P RELEASE | MONDAY, 19 APR 2010

Amundi Asset Management's global diversified fixed interest fund has been placed 'on hold' after the fund manager's London chief executive and chief investment officer left the firm. Bruno Crastes, chief executive and chief investment officer of the ...

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Macquarie AM splashes billions on Applied Digital Corporation

MATTHEW WAI

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has pledged US$5 billion to NASDAQ-listed Applied Digital Corporation, which provides high-performance computing (HPC) data-centre solutions.

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

IFM Investors and HESTA, by way of its mandate with the former, will take a 49% stake in Splend Group, a provider of subscription electric vehicles.

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN

AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed her top five wishlist items for 2025, with hopes for lower inflation and avoiding a trade war.

MUFG Pension & Market Services awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA

MUFG Pension & Market Services (MPMS) has awarded Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) a mandate to help transform its retirement solutions business.

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