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ClearView rated stable

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
In its first ever Fitch rating, ClearView Wealth has been declared stable. ClearView Wealth has picked up a long-term issuer default rating of BBB from credit rating issuer Fitch, the wealth manager's first rating by the firm. According to Fitch, both ...

Fixed income investors spooked by global politics: Fitch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
A Fitch Ratings report has found Australian fixed-income investors consider political and geopolitical risk to be the greatest threat to domestic credit markets in the year to come. The Fitch Ratings fourth quarter 2019 fixed-income investor survey ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... the end of the year. It also led Goldman Sachs to reset higher its price targets for the next three, six and 12 months. Fitch Ratings edged higher its iron ore forecasts to an average $US65 this year and $US72 in 2020." In another AFR article, "Liberum ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... news.com.au "Australia to see world's worst 2019 house price fall: report" - abc.net.au The story behind the headlines is Fitch Ratings' research report (released 16 January 2019), predicting that: "Australian house prices would decline a further ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... tax revenue is set to delay the Federal Government's 2019/20 financial year surplus, according to market analysts at Fitch Solutions. In December 2018, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced the Federal Government ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... his unlucky stars, but Standard & Poor's is thanking its lucky ones. Its re-joined ratings agencies Moody's and Fitch by upgrading Australia's AAA credit ratings outlook from "negative" to "stable" less than a week before the "Final Budget ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... gave Moscow's currency and stock market an extra boost. This is the second investment grade rating for Russia along with Fitch Ratings which has kept its investment grade rating on Russia unchanged on the same day. While Moody's Investor Services still ...

Most investors shun credit ratings: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... the CFR said. The US and Europe have taken steps to regulate the three main agencies (Standard and Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch Ratings) to ensure more transparency and competitiveness. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ...

Asia leads growing green bond market

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
Global green bond issuance increased 60% in 2016, continuing the asset class' rapid rise. Fitch Ratings' research shows green bond issuance rose to US$113 billion globally in 2016, underlining investor and issuer interest, especially exposure to environmental ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... of credit Steven Hur, and will focus on bottom-up credit portfolio management. Before this role, Jaehne was a director at Fitch Ratings and a senior research analyst at McKinsey and Company. AMP Capital's global fixed income team also recently announced ...