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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... Oil Search added 10 cents to $6.50 and Santos gained six cents to $15.60. Telstra shares were up four cents to $3.28 as Fitch Ratings said the proposed federal government changes to the telecoms industry will have no immediate impact on Telstra's rat ...

ASIC reviews prospectus disclosure of CRAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... which it appears. The relief permits issuers to cite credit ratings from Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investor Service and Fitch Ratings in a prospectus or PDS without the consent of credit rating agencies themselves. The ability to cite ratings this way ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... economy has called into question the country's ability to repay this deficit. This doubt became manifest last Friday when Fitch Ratings revised NZ's credit outlook rating from stable to negative. The international credit rating agency took this decision ...

Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... state court in relation to $1 billion in losses that it claimed were a result of inaccurate credit ratings from Moody's, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's, according to a report by Reuters. CalPERS said the "top" ratings on highly structured investment ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... senior debt rating from A2 to B3. It reduced its subordinated debt to Caa2 from A3 and its preferred stock to Ca from Baa1. Fitch also did the same. Cant' find anything on Standard & Poor's but my guess is they went the way of Moody's and Fitch. Where ...

CBA buys BankWest and St Andrews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... other Australian businesses including Capital Finance Australia, BOS International and HBOS' Australian Treasury. Moodys, Fitch and Standard & Poor's confirmed the Commonwealth Banks credit ratings and stable outlook after the purchase.

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... with triple A ratings), and A$5.2 million of Class B notes with preliminary ratings of 'AA-/Aa3/AA-' from S&P, Moody's and Fitch. (Note: the Class AB notes are subordinated to the Class A notes.) There was also talk that Macquarie Group is readying a ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... money market operations that will tighten collateral conditions to prevent abuse by banks that try to leverage the system. Fitch Ratings put American International Group's (AIG) AA minus senior debt credit rating on credit watch. News on the global economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... sell more shares than anticipated to compensate for losses from the housing slump. Merrill Lynch & Co. also dropped, after Fitch Ratings put its long-term credit default rating on watch for a possible downgrade. With dismal bank and lender earnings expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,720. Today, Goodman Group provides an operational update. Fitch Ratings reports on the Australian corporate sector. Coles, owned by Wesfarmers, will front the grocery inquiry in Melbourne. ...