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Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Moody's has announced that it has enhanced its CreditView platform by adding a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate analysis. Moody's said the expansion is part of its push to deliver an integrated suite of ESG solutions ...

Chief economist update: Australian outlook under COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Only seven months before, Australia was on course to bring its fiscal budget back in the black after 12 years and an almost equal number of promises later from both sides of the political divide. The Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook (MYEFO) - ...

AMP hit with credit downgrade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... unchanged." In March, AMP Group holdings and AMP Group Finance along with AMP Bank and AMP Life all had credit ratings lowered by Moody's AMP Group and AMP Bank have A3 credit ratings from Moody's.

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
Victorian supermarkets - Woolworths and Coles - have re-introduced buying limits in their stores as hoarders and panic-buyers returned, raiding shelves of toilet paper, paper towel, hand sanitiser, rice, pasta, flour, sugar and the like following reports ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A new report ranking US public pension funds by their ability to pay future benefits suggests several will likely go insolvent as a result of COVID-19. The issues facing public pension funds in the US are widely known, and while it's not clear how ...

TCorp funding hits $10bn since late March

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
The $100 billion investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales public sector has issued two new transactions, taking its total funding since late March to $10 billion. TCorp issued a new 2041 bond last week at $450 million and also ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Junk bonds, despite the unfortunate name, aren't the trash of the investment world, although in the current uncertain environment they sure could be. These credit products are issued by governments and companies, and offer higher rates of return ...

Property giant kicks off capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
A $38.9 billion ASX-listed real estate portfolio manager is set to bolster its balance sheet with a multi-million dollar institutional placement, as it moves to better withstand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the $275 million institutional ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Nothing focuses the mind as the choice between life and death. This choice has been thrust onto Planet Earth's population by the coronavirus pandemic. So much so, that men, women and children of the world are giving up - willingly or grudgingly ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... strengthening its strong liquidity position during a volatile period in global financial markets," Telstra said. Both S&P and Moody's have recently reaffirmed the company's credit rating at A- (stable) and A2 (stable) respectively. "Telstra's continued ...