S&P: Three-Star ‘NEW’ Rating Hunter Hall Global Ethical Trust Hedged Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its three-star ‘NEW’ rating to the Hunter Hall Global Ethical Trust Hedged Fund. This is a new product offered by Hunter Hall Investment... Read more continue reading

Product innovation needed to boost Australian ETF popularity among institutional investors

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New Russell research released today shows 30% of institutions will consider using ETFs in future in a significant way Education and innovation will be key to evolution of institutional ETF market... Read more continue reading

Australian Mortgage Funds Continue To Suffer Redemption Pressure

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Funds in Standard & Poor’s Fund Services’ Australian Fixed Interest – Mortgages rated peer group have all continued to deliver monthly income distributions and capital stability, but most are experiencing... Read more continue reading

Principal Global Investors Central Bank Research May 2011

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Principal Global Investors’ Central Bank Research for May 2011 carefully examines the trends across the US Federal Reserve (Fed) bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The outlook explores... Read more continue reading

Managers Take Different Approaches To Address Mortgage Fund Liquidity With Mixed Outcomes, says S&P

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services’ rated nine mortgage fund products as part of its Australian Fixed Interest -Mortgages sector review. The funds included six conventional mortgage funds, two hybrid funds,... Read more continue reading

S&P Three-Star ‘NEW’ Rating for Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its three-star ‘NEW’ rating to the Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund, managed by Australian Unity Property Funds Management Ltd. In September 2010, Australian... Read more continue reading

Lonsec releases its Global Equity Fund Sector Review

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Lonsec’s latest Global Equity Fund Sector Review included 36 large cap and three small cap funds. x Of these, nine large cap funds attained Lonsec’s top rating, Highly Recommended, including... Read more continue reading

S&P Fund Services Rates North Protected Retirement Guarantee As 'Strong'

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S&P Fund Services has assigned its ‘Strong’ rating to the North Protected Retirement Guarantee (PRG). The rating reflects our view that the product is the superior guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit... Read more continue reading

S&P Assigns Three-Star Rating To MLC Global Property Securities Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today removed from ‘On Hold’ and assigned its three-star rating to the MLC Global Property Securities Trust. We placed the fund ‘On Hold’ last year... Read more continue reading

S&P Three-Star ‘NEW’ Rating for Glennon Capital Small Companies Portfolio

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its three-star ‘NEW’ rating to the Glennon Capital Small Companies Portfolio, a SMA model portfolio which is managed by Glennon Capital and available... Read more continue reading