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Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... ratings (each with triple A ratings), and A$5.2 million of Class B notes with preliminary ratings of 'AA-/Aa3/AA-' from S&P, Moody's and Fitch. (Note: the Class AB notes are subordinated to the Class A notes.) There was also talk that Macquarie Group ...

Moody's takes action after ratings blunder

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Moody's Investor Services is taking legal action against a number of its employees and improving its rating processes after it bungled the ratings of 11 European constant proportion debt obligations (CPDO) worth approximately $1 billion. After testing ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... cooling housing market and a deteriorating external environment," noted analyst Matt Robison in a briefing he prepared for Moody's economy.com and Dismal Scientist. "In a rapid turn of events, the New Zealand economy contracted in the first quarter. ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... caused chaos in developed world credit markets, the Asian banking system continues to weather the storm amazingly well. Moody's Investors Service said the ratings outlook for many banks is generally stable and for some it's actually positive. Nonetheless ...

Planners set to Ignite the Difference

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... ethical decision making. Keynote speakers include founder of the Choir of Hard Knocks, Jonathan Welch, CSIRO executive, James Moody and psychologist turned business coach, Ed Jacobsen, covering both motivational and financial planning related subjects. ...

Macq bond insurance will diversify group

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... the US bond insurance market - a move that is consistent with the company's international diversification strategy, says Moody's Investor Services. Eric Dinallo, New York's state insurance superintendent, told The New York Times he has been discussing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... dipped after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed concerns about the prospect of rising long-term inflation and Moody's flagged downgrades for big bond insurers. The technology-laden Nasdaq rose on positive broker comments on chip makers ...

CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... pension fund, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), has backed efforts to push rating houses Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's to reform their methods for rating government-issued bonds. According to a statement released by CalPERS ...

Schroders expands fixed income team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... analyse the Australian hybrid securities and corporate bond markets. Fullerton previously spent five years as lead analyst at Moody's Investor Services in the Australian, New Zealand and Asian based issuer diversified portfolio. Prior to this position ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... downgrade bond insurers AMBAC Financial Group Inc and MBIA Inc as early as today. A CNBC reporter said he believed that Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services may remove their triple-A rating on the two companies, which together ...