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Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... look out below. But you won't land with a thud, don't forget that Ben would be there to cushion your fall. And then there's Moody's. It appears to be on a roll since last month - downgrading here, warning there. Moody's downgraded Greece's debt rating ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... industry. Fixed interest professionals expect that when the new methods are implemented in the fourth quarter, S&P will follow Moody's Investors Services with a downgrade of Australia's Big Four banks. Vivek Prabhu, portfolio manager and credit analyst ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
New Zealand's major banks had their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Services on Friday as the rating's agency followed through on an earlier downgrade of their Australian parent institutions. ANZ National Bank, ASB Bank (subsidiary of Australia's ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... that if Greek defaults, Ireland and Portugal and Spain and Italy are in the hock. And soon it'll be the entire Eurozone. Moody's is the torchbearer on this one - warning of downgrades everywhere. But if you're going to believe one credit rating agency ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... modest gains, wtih London's FTSE rising 22.52 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 5858.41 points, despite credit ratings agency Moody's announcing it is reviewing 14 British banks for a possible downgrade. Moody's cited the diminishing prospect of more government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... the DAX rose 0.41 per cent to 7,150.66 points, and in Paris the CAC 40 added 0.25 per cent to 3,916.88 points. On Tuesday, Moody's Investors Service said it was reviewing 14 British banks, including Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland, for possible downgrade ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Property Portfolio Services, will step in to assist portfolio manager Damian Fitzpatrick until the fund finds a replacement. Moody's cut credit ratings on the long-term senior unsecured debt of Australia's big four banks from AA1 to AA2 despite average ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... per cent slump markets expected - following a 0.8 per cent slump in the December quarter. Australian equities also ignored Moody's Investors Services downgraded long-term debt of CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ from Aa1 to Aa2 - as they should. Perhaps - like ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... will prompt Washington to get its fiscal house in order. The heck it will. The same way it did back in December 2009 when Moody's - another credit rater -- warned that the US could lose its AAA in 2013. The best I could come up with this "fresh" Standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... push gold to fresh record highs as they put their money in the traditional safe haven. The euro slipped, meanwhile, as a Moody's downgrade for Ireland and a new Greek austerity plan stoked concerns that the eurozone debt crisis remains far from resolved ...