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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... fiscal current year, a sign that businesses are spending more on computers, servers and other technology. Abercrombie & Fitch Co rose six per cent after the teen clothing maker said its fourth-quarter net income nearly doubled on strong sales overseas ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... cent in the previous year. Indonesia received an upgrade in its sovereign credit rating to one below investment grade from Fitch and Moody's for its efforts. And it's not only in America and Europe and Asia. The Egyptian turmoil appears to have eased ...

UBS head of credit research joins QIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... where he was head of credit research, Asia Pacific. He has more than 10 years experience in credit with UBS GAM, Westpac and Fitch Ratings. QIC GFI has more than 20 investment professionals in its team. It manages a range of fixed interest strategies ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... year? Wake up! This is ancient news. Standard & Poor's downgraded Spanish debt from AAA to AA way back in January 2009. Fitch Ratings chopped Spain's rating to AA+ last May. And at the time, I already thought that Fitch was "too late the hero". For sure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... Dual-listed banks fell, with ANZ down 77c to 2840 and Westpac losing 106c to 2820, after a downgrade of French bank BNP Paribas by Fitch hit Europe's banking stocks overnight. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 0.095 points, or 0.003 per cent, at 3,054.298. ...

Moody's cries boo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... Greece? And at the time, I thought that S&P was already too late the hero. And that other credit-rater? According to Reuters, Fitch does not plan to follow its brethrens' lead because "We've already said that unless there was a major, unforeseen development ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... stocks closed lower on Wednesday, as investors worried about whether Europe would be able to tackle its debt woes after Fitch Ratings said Britain faced a "formidable" fiscal challenge. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended down 98.81 points, or 1.04 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... All Ordinaries index gained 79.9 points, or 1.82 per cent, to 4,479 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street tumbled on Friday after Fitch cut Spain's credit rating, reviving fears that eurozone financial woes will unravel the fragile global economic recovery. ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Public Employees' Retirement System won court approval to move forward with a lawsuit against ratings agencies Moody's, Fitch and Standard & Poor's over negligent misrepresentation. But back to Greece and contagion. For my next witness I call on former ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... credit ratings to securities backed by risky and toxic mortgage-backed securities." California has also issued subpoenas to Fitch Inc. and Standard & Poor's last September. And you thought Eyjafjallajokull was bad. Just wait till this volcano blows.