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

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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

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S&P awards four stars to Pengana Asian Equities Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star rating to the Pengana Asian Equities Fund, which is a long/short beta variable equity fund managed by Pengana Capital Ltd. The

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S&P finds portfolio manager tenure has influence on fund performance

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Portfolio manager tenure is playing a role in the performance of Australian equity funds. S&P’s analysis of its rated long-only Australian equity funds shows that managers with long tenure are

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S&P: strong case for unconstrained strategies of Alternative Equity Funds

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Alternative equity strategies are proving they have a place in a diversified portfolio, as absolute return, alternative income, and market-neutral strategies continue to outperform relative long-only strategies in uncertain and

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S&P affirms four star ratings on Aviva Australian equity funds

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today affirmed its four-star ratings on three Australian equities large-cap funds managed by Aviva Investors Australia. The three funds are the Aviva Investors Professional Dividend

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S&P finds global property securities fund performance absolutely positive but relatively negative

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Performance of currency hedged global property securities funds has continued to be strongly positive in absolute terms over the year to 30 June 2011, but most actively managed funds have

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S&P puts Invesco Wholesale Asian Share Fund on hold

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has placed the Invesco Wholesale Asian Share Fund ‘On Hold’. This follows notification from the manager Invesco Australia Ltd. that the fund will move to

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S&P rates Russell’s new After-Tax Fund four stars

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The Russell Australian After-Tax Australian Shares Fund (the fund) has been awarded a four star – new – rating by Standard and Poor’s (S&P), in recognition of Russell’s “comprehensive and

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S&P: SMA Manager numbers on the rise

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Investor acceptance of separately managed account (SMA) investments is continuing to grow and managers are improving their services on platforms that offer the products. Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today

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