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| | | ... largest pension fund, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), has backed efforts to push rating houses Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's to reform their methods for rating government-issued bonds. According to a statement released ... |
| | | | ... constituencies based upon the current circumstances," he added. The development however, has not allayed ratings agency Fitch Ratings, which proceeded to downgrade the outstanding credit ratings of Bear Stearns. Fitch said 2008 will be particularly challenging ... |
| | | | ... which won't help its wealth management arm already under pressure in the current markets. International ratings agency, Fitch, has moved quickly to downgrade the bank's rating from "AA" to "AA-", and its individual rating from "B" to "A/B", following ... |
| | | | ... principles and guidance for its members. "What we are aiming to do is improve transparency and give investors better data." Fitch Ratings analyst Claire Heaton said it was a welcome move. She said issuers could improve transparency in a number of ways. ... |
| | | | ... expansion," said Culver. The ratings firm have rated the new company favourably with an AA from both Standard and Poors and Fitch and Aa2 from Moodys. MGIC is the leading provider of lenders mortgage insurance in the US, with $214.6 billion (US$176.5 ... |
| | | | Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings predicts that the earnings growth of the country's largest banks will likely be 'moderate' this year compared to last year due to increased competition for the consumer dollar and lesser housing finance deals. "For ... |
| | | | ... the coat tails of a worldwide trend, leveraged buyout activity in the Asia-Pacific region is rising rapidly, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch noted that compared to the leveraged buyout plays in the US and Europe the Asia-Pacific is still in its infancy ... |
| | | | ... rapid credit growth. But in a special report, Kazakhstani Banking System and Prudential Regulations: The Risks of Growth, Fitch Ratings said increasing reliance on foreign funding to fund this growth could pose significant risks for the sector. Dmitri ... |
| | | | Fitch Ratings is optimistic China's economic growth will be unaffected by slowing US growth. James McCormack, head of Asia sovereigns at Fitch ratings, told the Global Structured Finance Conference 2006 Asia, being held in Beijing this week, that a ... |
| | | | Fitch Ratings has launched what it claims is the first ratings agency specialising in the global credit derivatives market, which is fast approaching the $44 trillion (US$33 trillion) mark thanks to the rising demand for structure products. The new ... |
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