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S&P says Tower ratings not immediately affected by spinoff news

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
... separate listing for its Australian wealth management operations. Tower is rated BB-plus/stable/B, while Tower Australia is rated BBB-plus/stable. S&P said details of the proposed spin-off, which are still in their infancy, will be decided next month. ...

AMP recaptures A credit rating after bumper H1 profits

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
... to the strength of AMP\'s profits, Standard & Poor\'s on Friday upped its rating on AMP Group Holdings to A-minus/A2 from BBB-plus/A2. AMP Bank also had its rating raised to A-minus/A2 from BBB-plus/A2. S&P raised its insurer financial strength and counterparty ...

S&P places DDF rating on watch positive

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
Standard & Poor\'s Ratings Services on Wednesday placed its BBB-plus long-term ratings on Deutsche Diversified Trust (DDF) on CreditWatch with positive implications, following DB Real Estate Australia and Deutsche Asset Managements proposal to Deutsche ...

UBS to discuss enhancements to bond indices

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
... it said. The expansion of the UBS Credit Index and UBS Composite Index criteria to include issues with a rating of at least BBB-minus by Standard and Poor\'s or Baa3 by Moody\'s Investors Service, will also be discussed. And UBS said it will also put ...

S&P revises ratings on AMP subsidiaries

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
... ratings on these companies assured. AMP Life is now rated A-plus/Positive, while both AMP Group Holdings and AMP Bank are rated BBB-plus/Positive/A2. "The outlook revision to positive reflects the improved financial structure and quality of capital of ...

S&P affirms Tower ratings, upgrades outlook.

... financial services ratings Carolyn Rajaratnam said. In the same statement, S&P also reaffirmed its BB+/B rating on Tower and BBB+ financial strength and counterparty credit rating on Tower Australia. "Growth in new business, combined with significant ...

Fitch ups News Corp rating to BBB from BBB-minus

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2004
... Corp and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, News America Incorporated ("NAI") and News Corporation Finance Trust II ("Trust") to 'BBB' from 'BBB-minus'. The rating outlook is stable. News Corp and certain other subsidiaries are guarantors for substantially ...

S&P places Lend Lease, GPT ratings on credit watch

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
... on each entity on CreditWatch. The A-plus/A1 ratings on GPT are placed on CreditWatch with negative implications, and the BBB/A2 ratings on Lend Lease are placed on CreditWatch with positive implications. At the close of trade on Tuesday, GPT close more ...

S&P assigns BBB/stable ratings to Alinta Co-generation

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it has assigned its BBB/Stable long-term issue rating and outlook to Alinta Co-generation (Pinjarra) $118 million project finance bank-loan. S&P said the project finance facility is guaranteed by Alinta ...

S&P says Leighton profit downgrade within ratings guide

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... that Leighton Holdings results for the nine months to March 31, 2004, were disappointing, but can be accommodated within the BBB-plus corporate credit rating. Leighton reported a profit after tax of $77 million (unaudited), and the company has forecast ...