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WRAP - Ratings agencies greet pre-election budget

... package with a number of "policy sweeteners", but one which maintains the country's strong economic position. Standard and Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services said tonight's Budget remained consistent with Australia's AAA rating. It said the government handed ...

Bank of Scotland prices $225 million MTN

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... fungible with the BOSIAL 6.5 per cent fixed rate November 15 2006 issue. BOSIAL is rated AA (negative outlook) by Standard and Poor's. Settlement will occur on March 11. Lead manager was ABN AMRO. Co-managers to the issue were RBC Capital Markets and ...

CBA and NAB launch 10-year MTN issue for Merrill Lynch

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... The MTNs will be marketed at 63 basis points over the 10-year mid swap rate and will be rated A-plus stable by Standard and Poor's and Aa3 by Moody's. Both CBA and NAB are joint lead managers.

St George announces Crusade Trust No. 1 program

... subordinated tranches of approximately A$32.3 million. It is expected that the senior tranches will be rated AAA by Standard and Poor's and Aaa by Moodys Investors Service. The USD issue will be Lead Managed by Credit Suisse First Boston, with Barclays ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A opens weaker after US dollar strengthens

... 10,247.48 while the Nasdaq climbed 34.05 points or 1.77 per cent to 1,955.38 at the closing bell. The broader-market Standard and Poor's 500 index ended higher 12.45 points or 1.16 per cent at 1,088.93.

HHG to be added to indexes

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced changes to various Australian equity market indexes, pending the successful demerger of the AMP group. Effective from the close of business on 17 December 2003, HHG PLC will be added to the both the S&P/ASX ...

S&P acquires former SSB equity indexes

Standard and Poor's will absorb Citigroup's SSB global equity index system, the ratings agency announced today. SSB's former indexes, to be known now as the S&P/Citigroup Global Equity Indexes, cover more than 7,500 companies in 52 markets. S&P's existing ...

Changes to S&P/ASX indexes

Standard and Poor's has announced the addition of Sigma Company Limited to the S&P/ASX 100 index, effective after the close of business on 31 October. The ratings an information agency also said OAMPS Limited will be added to the S&P/ASX 200 index at ...

S&P research reveals turnover frequency of funds impacts long-term returns

In recent research conducted by Standard and Poor's in the US of 15,000 domestic mutual funds, it was ascertained that funds with a lower than average turnover had outperformed their high turnover peers in all nine domestic fund styles on a three and ...

St George Bank announces $580 million US subordinated notes issue

... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has said the notes will qualify as Tier 2 capital for St George Bank. Standard and Poor's are expected to give an A- rating to the notes, whilst Moody's has indicated a rating of A.