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Investment

Adviser portfolios add commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Commodities is the new asset class in the Securitor Select Blend Portfolios.

Russell slashes Aust jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Russell Investment Group has cut around 20 per cent of the firm's Melbourne and Sydney staff, but leaves local investment teams mostly intact.

S&P puts 12 CFS funds 'on hold'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed 12 Colonial First State's (CFS) small-cap growth funds 'On Hold'.

Morningstar keeps PM Capital rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Ratings firm Morningstar has kept its 'recommended' rating on PM Capital's Absolute Performance strategy.

Bank guarantee must stay in place

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
The government should resist pressure to change the guarantee on wholesale bank funding, according to the head of debt capital markets at a leading investment bank.

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance.

BT alters intl fixed interest mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
BT Financial Group has broadened the international fixed interest mandates with two investment managers to take advantage of opportunities in global credit and mortgage backed assets.

S&P raises GSJBW equities rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's has upgraded the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Equities funds to a 'three stars' rating after a review found the investment team is more stable.

Morningstar withdraws LM rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Morningstar has dropped the firm's rating for the LM Mortgage Income fund after the investment manager announced the firm is undertaking a repayment program for its line of credit.

S&P awards Bennelong fund 'three star'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's has assigned a 'three star' rating to the Bennelong SGI Global Equities fund.