Colonial First State Global Property Securities Fund rating unaffected by portfolio manager departure

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated its rating on the Colonial First State Wholesale Colliers Global Property Securities Fund is unaffected by the departure of Stuart Martin, a Senior... Read more continue reading

S&P: Corals Commodity Fund rating unaffected by proposed change in Responsible Entity

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that its rating on the Barclays Corals Commodity Fund is unaffected by Barclays’s proposed change of responsible entity from Aurora Funds Management to... Read more continue reading

BlackRock Index Fund ratings unaffected by fee reduction

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that its ratings on a range of BlackRock index funds are unaffected by the manager’s announcement that it would lower its management fees... Read more continue reading

S&P places UBS Property Securities Funds ‘On Hold’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today placed the UBS Global Property Securities Fund and UBS Property Securities Fund ‘On Hold’. This follows a change in portfolio and research responsibilities, and... Read more continue reading

S&P: Australian equity large-cap fund managers striving to stay on top

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Big brand and boutique managers alike continue to raise the bar in the quality and scope of research undertaken within the Australian equity sector, according to Standard & Poor’s Fund... Read more continue reading

S&P assigns Four-Star ‘NEW’ Rating to Advance Alternative Strategies Multi-Blend Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star ‘NEW’ rating to the Advance Alternative Strategies Multi-Blend Fund, which is a hybrid approach to fund-of-hedge-funds (FOHF) investing managed through a... Read more continue reading

WHK: fifth quarterly SME pulse survey findings

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The 5th Quarterly Pulse Survey, commissioned by WHK Group, provided few surprises.  Businesses are still concerned about the current economic outlook. But in an era of relatively low unemployment, it... Read more continue reading

S&P Fund Services rates CBA Capital Series Spectrum product as ‘Strong’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has assigned its ‘STRONG’ rating to the Commonwealth Bank’s (CBA)’s Capital Series Spectrum product, indicating it is an efficient and effective structure offering a value... Read more continue reading

Lonsec considers the drivers for alternative assets positive in current environment

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Lonsec’s review of the Alternatives sector encompassed 25 funds across ‘Alternatives – Single Strategy and Alternatives – Multi-Asset/Multi-Manager funds. Five funds attained Lonsec’s highest rating, Highly Recommended – the Fauchier... Read more continue reading

S&P assigns Three-Star ‘New’ rating to Hunter Hall Asian Value Trust

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its three-star ‘new’ rating to the Hunter Hall Asian Value Trust, which is managed by Hunter Hall Investment Management using the same process as... Read more continue reading