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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... weaker eurozone member states. Dealers said losses were widespread, with sentiment taking a bad knock late in the day after Moody's downgraded Greece's sovereign debt ratings for the second time since December. The Greek lead unsettled Asian markets ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... California's State Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing that other player in the subprime debacle - the ratings company Moody's Investor Services. According to the newspaper, California "is seeking a court order to make Moody's comply with a subpoena ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... obtain an Australian Financial Services License to provide credit ratings. The company joins the ranks of Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, as CRAs licensed by ASIC. CSC general manager ratings services Brad Walters said ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... weaker than 15 European Union peers, which will put pressure on its public finances over the medium term." But what's new? Moody's already downgraded Portugal to Aa2 last 13 January. So did Standard & Poor's when it lowered Portugal's long-term credit ...

Wen has spoken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines when in early December last year, Moody's issued a report that the US and UK could "test the Aaa boundaries" because of their worsening public finances. Remember ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... cent as at September 2009? And the UK is even worse, 14.5 per cent of its national output as at September? Don't fret...Moody's is on their case. Moody's announced that these countries' AAA credit ratings are at risk because of their deteriorating public ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... credit rating agencies were shocked along with them. Goes to show the more things change, the more they remain the same. Yes, Moody's and Standard & Poor's quickly downgraded all Dubai government-related debt. But not quick enough. Like the subprime ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the session after a positive lead from Wall Street. Chinese state banks led gains after a series of ratings upgrades from Moody's and Credit Suisse on the major lenders. ICBC and Bank of China ended at two-year highs. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...