S&P releases Mortgage Fund sector review

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has released ratings for funds in the 2012 mortgage fund sector review. All ratings remained stable.   There were three funds reviewed, which included one conventional mortgage... Read more continue reading

van Eyk realigns its strategy to meet the new investment market challenges

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Investment research provider and ratings house van Eyk is addressing the challenges of the future by realigning its research resources and output with its long term asset allocation strategy.  van... Read more continue reading

S&P rates BTIM’s Global Fixed Interest Fund as Four-Stars ‘NEW’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released its four-star ‘NEW’ rating on the BT Global Fixed Interest Wholesale Fund, managed by BT Investment Management (BTIM). The fund is rated in... Read more continue reading

Lonsec changes research process for index funds

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Lonsec will now rate index funds – including index managed funds and index-based Exchange Traded Funds – using a separate research process from that used to assess actively managed funds.... Read more continue reading

Rating unchanged after Aberdeen Global Government Bond Fund incorporates Emerging and Asian market debt

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today announced that its rating on the Aberdeen Global Government Bond Fund remains unchanged following Aberdeen Asset Management’s decision to incorporate emerging-market and Asian debt... Read more continue reading

Continued evolution in the Equity Income fund sector

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Lonsec’s annual review of the Equity Income sector has found that there has been a continued evolution of strategies to deliver income from equities. Senior Investment Analyst Lin Ngin commented,... Read more continue reading

A-REIT sector changes mean opportunities for some, says S&P

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The investment approaches taken by A-REIT fund managers in a changing A-REIT sector while operating in an uncertain macroeconomic environment is a key theme among fund managers in the Australian... Read more continue reading

S&P places Three-Star ‘NEW’ rating on Swita International Asset Allocation Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today announced its three-star ‘NEW’ rating on the Swita International Asset Allocation Fund. The strategy is rated in the S&P Alternatives Multi-Asset Multi Strategy peer... Read more continue reading

S&P removes from ‘On Hold’ & rates three OnePath Australian Equities Trusts

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has announced ratings for three OnePath Trusts previously rated ‘On Hold’. The OnePath Australian Shares Trust and the OnePath Select Leaders Trust were assigned four-star ‘NEW’... Read more continue reading

S&P assigns Four-Star ‘NEW’ ratings to OnePath Emerging Markets and Companies Trusts

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned four-star ‘NEW’ ratings to the OnePath Wholesale Global Emerging Markets Share Trust and OnePath Wholesale Emerging Companies Trust. The funds were previously rated... Read more continue reading