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Fitch says downgrades QBE long term rating to A

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, has on Monday downgraded QBE Insurance Group\'s long-term rating to \'A\' from \'A+\'. At the same time, the agency has assigned its proposed GPB150 million senior unsecured sterling issue due 2009 an ...

Credit default swaps fuel global credit derivatives growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004
Single-name credit default swaps have fuelled growth in the global credit derivatives market this year, a Fitch Ratings survey has shown. The ratings agency said the surveyed global credit derivative market had expanded 71% to $2.8 trillion of gross ...

CBA prices September 2008 $500 mln MTN issue

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2004
... in arrears. The Commonwealth Bank said the issue had been rated AA-minus by Standard & Poor\'s, Aa3 by Moody\'s and AA by Fitch IBCA.

Macquarie Bank announces new funding vehicle for subsidiaries

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
... of non-ELE subsidiaries. MIFL has been rated A3/P1 by Moodys Investors Service, A-/A1 by Standard & Poor\'s and A/F1 by Fitch Ratings. MIFL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie and has $400 million of share capital.

Heritage launches $500 mln in residential mortgage backed notes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
... worth $488.5 million, have an expected weighted average life of 3 years and are rated AAA/AAA/Aaa by Standard & Poor\'s, Fitch and Moody\'s respectively. The Class B Notes, worth $11.5 million, have an expected weighted average life of 4.9 years and ...

Fitch says housing downturn unlikely to hurt banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
A special report from international ratings agency Fitch Ratings has found Australian banks have sufficient safeguards in place to ensure that a downturn in the residential property market would not translate into material loan losses. The agency said ...

Fitch downgrades Telstra credit rating

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
Fitch Ratings today downgraded Telstra's long-term credit rating to A-plus from AA-minus, becoming the third ratings agency this week to drop Telstra a notch. Fitch said its outlook for Telstra has been revised to stable from negative. "The revised ...

Fitch assigns senior unsecured rating of A-minus to PBL

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
... Broadcasting is likely to continue to make "bolt on" style investments or acquisitions, according to international rating agency Fitch. Fitch today assigned a senior unsecured rating of A-minus to media and entertainment company PBL, which recently made ...

LBW plans $A domestic issue in the near future

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
... targeted investors in Sydney and Melbourne. LBW is rated Aaa by Moody's Investor Services, AAA by Standard & Poor's and AAA by Fitch. It will be looking to issue Medium Term Notes from its already established domestic note program.

Fitch ups News Corp rating to BBB from BBB-minus

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2004
Fitch Ratings upgraded the senior unsecured debt rating for News Corp and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, News America Incorporated ("NAI") and News Corporation Finance Trust II ("Trust") to 'BBB' from 'BBB-minus'. The rating outlook is stable. News ...