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Mercantile Mutual Insurance gets lowered ratings from S&P

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
Standard & Poor's has lowered its ratings on Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Australia). The ratings agency said it lowered its insurer financial strength and counterparty ratings on MMIA to A-plus from AA-minus and removed the ratings from CreditWatch ...

S&P revises ratings on AMP subsidiaries

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
Standard & Poor's ratings services said today it had upwardly revised the rating outlook on a number of AMP subsidiaries. AMP Life, AMP Group Holdings and AMP Bank have been revised by S&P to positive from stable and the insurer financial strength and ...

MYOB appoints Christopher Williams to board

Accounting and business management software provider MYOB said today that it had appointed former National Australia Bank senior executive Christopher Williams as a non-executive director. \"MYOB\'s greatest strength is our brand and the quality of ...

S&P affirms Tower ratings, upgrades outlook.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) have upgraded its outlook guidance on all rated Tower entities to stable from negative, S&P said today. "Tower's outlook change reflects the return to profitability in the past two halves and the steady progress ...

S&P to monitor APRA probe into Zurich

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2004
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today it was monitoring the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) formal review of certain past reinsurance arrangements made by Zurich Australian Insurance. APRA confirmed on Tuesday that it was investigating ...

Macquarie ProLogis Trust to co-invest in portfolio

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
Macquarie ProLogis Trust on Monday said it will invest with joint venture partner ProLogis in a $95.5 million portfolio of seven properties. The portfolio is expected to the trust's increase earnings per unit by about 4% in financial years 2005 and ...

S&P says nonlife insurance sector will remain strong in 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
Strength in Australia's nonlife insurance sector is likely to continue in 2004 despite indications the insurance cycle has peaked recently, a report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Monday. The Australian nonlife insurance sector reported ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
The Australian share market is likely to track sideways after a lacklustre session on Wall St overnight, but stronger commodities prices could drive resources stocks higher. In New York, key indices ticked in both directions. The broad Standard & Poor's ...

S&P says places Mercantile Mutual on watch negative

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday said that it had placed its AA-minus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Australia) on CreditWatch with negative implications (previously negative ...

WRAP - Ratings agencies greet pre-election budget

International ratings agencies have greeted Australia's federal Budget as a typical pre-election 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 ...