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• S&P says US equity leaders have failed on performance.

  - 2008-03-17

  Many of the previous leaders of the US equity market have failed to continue last year's stellar performance into 2008, according to Standard & Poor's.. James Kenny Many of the previous leaders of the US equity market have failed to continue last year's stellar...

  Tags: equity, leader, performance, S&P

• Asset Allocation commentary by Standard & Poor's.

  - 2006-12-18

  The IMA Asset Allocation sectors remain consistently in the mid range of the performance league over the 12 months to 11 December and sector average returns are similarly modest over six months and three months to date. The IMA Asset Allocation sectors remain consistently...

  Tags: asset, asset allocation, performance, S&P

• S&P to track top-performing funds for consistency; Finds past performance may be an indicator of future results.(News)

  - 2005-08-08

  Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. BOSTON - Standard & Poor's has a new measure for evaluating mutual funds: consistency. The company, which already ranks funds based on their performance, has unveiled a score card designed to...

  Tags: performance, S&P

• More companies embrace corporate citizenship; Increase in reporting of social performance might sway investors.(News)

  - 2005-07-18

  Byline: Rick Miller CHICAGO - Socially conscious investment firms might consider investing in publicly traded companies that they once shunned now that some of the latter are starting to report their social and environmental performance, acco Byline: Rick...

  Tags: company, General Electric Co., Hilton Hotels Corp., performance, S&P

• Hannover Re ranked as top cat reinsurer in Bermuda by S&P.(International)(Standard & Poor's Corp)

  - 2005-05-16

  Byline: JUDY GREENWALD HAMILTON, Bermuda-Hannover Re Ltd. ranks as the top property catastrophe reinsurer among its Bermuda peers, according to an analysis by Standard & Poor's Corp. In a special report, S&P evaluated the five Bermuda pr Byline: JUDY GREENWALD ...

  Tags: competitive position, financial, performance, reinsurance, S&P

• ResCare S&P Ratings Raised; S&P Cites Improved Liquidity and Operating Performance

  - 2005-01-10

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- ResCare (NASDAQ/NM: RSCR), the nation's leading provider of residential, training, educational and support services for at-risk youth and people with special needs, today announced that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has recently raised its ratings for ResCare. The Company's corporate credit rating was raised to a...

  Tags: Company, performance, S&P

• Pick carefully.(Pick carefully)

  - 2004-11-27

  Some private-equity firms are much more successful than others FROM its creation in 1976 to the end of 2003, KKR invested $18.4 billion. The firm calculates that these investments have increased in value to $49.7 billion, of which $39.3 billion has already been banked. ...

  Tags: bank, endowment, FINANCE, Harvard Business School, Investment, investor, performance, S&P

• StarMine Selected by Standard & Poor's to Objectively Measure Research Analyst Performance

  - 2004-11-24

  StarMine, the leading provider of objective equity analyst ratings, has announced that Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services will use StarMine Monitor, a Web-based service, to track and evaluate its internal research analyst performance. StarMine will measure the performance returns of Standard & Poor's STARS stock recommendations for each...

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• Poor performance all over.

  - 2004-11-15

  By Ashutosh Kumar The S&P Fixed Income Global Sterling Based sector registered a poor performance last year as more than 50 per cent of the funds posted negative returns. Out of the 37 funds within the sector, which in IMA speak is...

  Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., bond, FINANCE, Investment, performance, S&P

• Large-cap growth fund performance strong: S&P.

  - 2004-08-16

  VALUE fund managers have seen stronger performance this year, according to Standard & Poor's. VALUE fund managers have seen stronger performance this year, according to Standard & Poor's.

  Tags: performance, S&P