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We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... is back. Last night, Standard & Poors downgraded Greece to BB- vs. BB+ with a negative outlook and downgraded Portugal to BBB- vs. BBB also with the negative outlook remaining. The UK has escaped a downgrade because of its implementation of severe fiscal ...

Australian Unity issues $80m debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... broker firms, with a smaller $2,000 minimum for organisation members and employees. Australia Ratings assigned the notes a BBB+ long-term credit rating, Australian Unity said. Australian Unity said it had $12.4 billion in funds under management as of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Europe and hamper economic growth elsewhere. Standard & Poor's said it was lowering its rating on Greece's debt to BB+ from BBB-. That means that the country's debt does not carry the investment grade tag. The agency is also warning debtholders that ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... beyond 2010. This measure - which lowered the ratings threshold of securities that the ECB will accept as collateral from A- to BBB- -- became effective on October 2008 and was scheduled to expire by the end of this year. Why in the world would the ECB ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... one after the other - under the weight of debt. It was Greece's turn last night. Fitch Ratings downgraded its debt rating to BBB+ with a negative outlook. According to reports, this is the first time in 10 years that a major international ratings agency ...

First corporate bond issue of 2009

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... AAA, making Australia Post an unusual issuer in the corporate bond market, which is usually populated by issuers with A and BBB ratings. Head of debt capital markets at ANZ, Alison Gray, said the deal opens the corporate bond market. Gray said: "I think ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... Class B notes. The credit rating assigned to the Class B, CNH Capital Australia Trust No.3, notes was raised to 'AAA' from 'BBB' as the Class B notes are now the senior notes following the complete amortisation of the Class A notes. The Class B notes ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... partners. Those were the terms of the deed. "We thought investors would see the outcome as a good one for them. Coles was rated BBB and Wesfarmers BBB+. Note holders were getting better security because we put a cross-guarantee in place. "The mistake ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... securities and credit funds. It is a more diversified portfolio. "Almost all of our exposures are senior secured bank loans at BBB and BB levels. The fundamentals at that level are strong." Harding-Davis said the difference in risk profiles was reflected ...

S&P downgrades Aust Unity insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
Standard & Poor's has downgraded Australian Unity General Insurance's (AUGI) BBB rating, placing it on credit watch 'with negative implications', following its acquisition by Calliden last week. The S&P report cited Calliden's unrated nature, relative ...