Standard & Poor’s Fund Services, in association with Professional Planner magazine, today announced the finalists for the 2011 S&P Fund Awards. This year, S&P is offering awards across 10 sectors and two group categories—Product Distributor of the Year and the coveted Fund Manager of the Year. In addition, this year we are launching a new... Read more continue reading
19
Aug
2011
Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released its style-neutral peer group as part of its 2011 Australian Equities Large-Cap sector review. We upgraded the Schroders Wholesale Australian Equity Fund to five stars and downgraded the BlackRock Wholesale Australian Share Fund to two stars. At the same time, we affirmed our ratings on 13 funds, including... Read more continue reading
17
Aug
2011
Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that its ratings on all products offered and managed by Aviva Investors Australia are unaffected following the sale of the business to nabInvest, the direct asset management business of National Australian Bank. Aviva Investors has stated that there will be no change to the management of its existing... Read more continue reading
15
Aug
2011
Standard & Poor’s has announced that it is launching International Equities Research services for the Australian market on 1 September 2011. S&P International Equity Research provides independent equity investment perspectives, with both qualitative and quantitative research on selected global equities. The research incorporates a broad array of proprietary S&P data on valuation, risk, and cross-asset... Read more continue reading
09
Aug
2011
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