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It was another busy week for Australia’s rating agencies, both on a corporate and operational level. On the one hand, Australia Ratings Group was acquired by Foresight Analytics, something we covered here. More topical though, was the upgrade of a number of popular, high-performing funds in 2020 and 2021. The Firetrail Australian Small Companies Fund…

Managed funds research and ratings start-up Foresight Analytics is expanding further in the ultra-competitive retail and advised investment sector through the acquisition of the analytics business of Australia Ratings Group. This follows a tie-up announced earlier this month with Style Analytics Group, a factor analysis firm with offices in Boston and London, which provides research…

The Asian middle class, but particularly that in China and India, is one of the fastest growing-population cohorts in the world; and potentially, the most important long-term thematic for investors. The scale of growth in the middle-class is unprecedented, and will have far-reaching impacts on consumption patterns ranging from luxury goods, to staples, banking, financial…