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Transurban revisits Aussie debt market

... referenced against a mid rate semi-annual benchmark. The issue will be rated A- by Standard & Poor's, A3 by Moody's and A- by Fitch Ratings. ABN Amro head of Australian debt capital markets Malcolm Coleman said "we anticipate good support for this repeat ...

West LB launches minimum $300 million MTN

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2004
... for the floating rate tranche. The issue will be rated AA by Standard & Poor's, Aa2 by Moody's Investor Service and AAA by Fitch Ratings. Joint lead managers are ABN AMRO and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Pricing is scheduled for 1500 AEST tomorrow ...

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 ...