Liquidity is aim of the game in Alternative Strategies – Multi-Asset Sector

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Fund-of-hedge-fund (FoHF) strategies continue to modify holdings in order to provide more liquidity and potentially more alternative returns. This is one of the key findings in S&P Fund Service’s sector

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AMPCI Corporate Bond Fund assigned Five-Stars in 2012 Fixed Interest Review

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has released ratings for funds in the 2012 Australian fixed interest sector review. All ratings remained unchanged except for AMP Capital’s Corporate Bond Fund which

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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S&P’s Alternative Strategies Multi-Asset Sector Review finds no change in rating outcomes for managers

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released its ratings on the 10 strategies reviewed in the Alternative Strategies Multi-Asset – Diversified Multi Manager and Multi Strategy peer groups. No fund

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S&P releases ratings for the 2011/2012 Australian Listed Property Securities Fund sector review

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released ratings for funds in the 2011/2012 Australian Listed Property Securities fund sector review. Overall, peer group ratings remained stable with just two rating

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