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In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... ratings from Standard & Poor's. Meanwhile, at the other end of the quality spectrum, Kazakhstan and India have ratings of BBB+ and BBB- respectively. Lunt added that even following a bumper 25% return from the Asian dollar bond index in 2012, she anticipates ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... expected retail spending, industrial production and lending. Fitch Ratings slashed Italy's government debt rating from A-minus to BBB-plus with a negative outlook. And only yesterday, Reuters reported on the 13.1% plunge in Japanese machinery orders ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... to dampen the markets' mood. Or is this another hit to credit raters' credibility? S&P cut Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA to BBB-minus (one notch above junk) from BBB -- its share price surged by 6.0%. Banca Carige is no longer investment grade, reduced ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... News that the European Central Bank (ECB) is expanding the range of securities and lowering the ratings threshold - down to BBB- from A- -- it'll accept as collateral in exchange for cash would keep market hopes alive again as trading commences this ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... to anyone though. Too, markets were able to rally even after Fitch demoted Spain's sovereign credit rating by 3 notches to BBB from A with a negative outlook only last week (7 June). According to Fitch, "... Spain is expected to remain in recession through ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... and the resignation of the Dutch government and Standard & Poor's two-notched downgrade of Spain's credit rating from A to BBB+ with a negative outlook. Methinks, it won't stop there. There'll be another slashing of Spain's rating down the track considering ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... the day when Standard & Poor's decided to go on a chopping spree. S&P lopped two notches off the credit grades of Italy (now BBB+), Spain (A), Portugal (BB) and Cyprus (BB+). No surprises here and the one-step downgrade of Malta (to A), Slovakia (A) ...

Big four banks downgraded

ELISE BURGESS, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, by one notch. Meanwhile, Macquarie Group had its long-term rating downgraded from A- to BBB while Macquarie Bank, which is its majority funder, remained unchanged at A. "The outlook for the rating is stable. Westpac's ...

Bendigo finds safe harbour from wholesale storm in retail deposits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's credit rating from stable to positive, with a possibility they could soon move the bank from a BBB+ to an A- rating. Richard Fennell, chief financial officer of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank said the ratings agency recognised ...