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ME Bank wins A3 rating on super fund backing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
ME Bank, which was started by industry super funds, has been assigned an A3 rating by Moody's. The rating is a result of ME Bank's focus on providing low-risk residential mortgages to its members. "While it is a small bank in the Australian context ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... March is particularly discouraging given the inevitable impact on the economy from the sequester," said Sophia Koropeckyj of Moody's Analytics. "However, the recovery is on much better footing this year than in the last few springs and the recovery in ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... use as an excuse to take profits. There's the US budget ceiling and the prospect of "sequestration" come 1 March. There's Moody's downgrade of the UK's triple-A credit rating to AA1. There's China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index which fell ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Demand for Australian bonds has grown stronger after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating, leaving global investors with one less top-rated economy. Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now ...

Water scarcity a factor for resource fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... when investing, Tyndall AM head of Real Assets Richard Lourey said, commenting on a report about water scarcity released by Moody's last Friday. The report is entitled "Global Mining Industry: Water Scarcity to Raise Capex and Operating Costs, Heighten ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... spending, war against corruption and general good governance - appear to be working and have been given a thumbs up by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's which recently upgraded the country's credit rating to one notch below investment grade. That'll ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... Composite slipped 6.21 (0.21 per cent) to 2909.86. LONDON - European stock markets rose as solid US housing data outweighs Moody's stripping France of its coveted triple-A rating. The Paris CAC 40 index shook off early lows and rallied to close 0.65 ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Spurs Nikon Never mind the other news that Spain's economy contracted for the fifth straight quarter in September or that Moody's downgraded 5 of the country's regions, or that the Bank of Japan is set to lower its growth outlook (again) next week. Never ...