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Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... market operations that will tighten collateral conditions to prevent abuse by banks that try to leverage the system. Fitch Ratings put American International Group's (AIG) AA minus senior debt credit rating on credit watch. News on the global economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... shares than anticipated to compensate for losses from the housing slump. Merrill Lynch & Co. also dropped, after Fitch Ratings put its long-term credit default rating on watch for a possible downgrade. With dismal bank and lender earnings expected in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... exchange, the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,720. Today, Goodman Group provides an operational update. Fitch Ratings reports on the Australian corporate sector. Coles, owned by Wesfarmers, will front the grocery inquiry in Melbourne. ...

Bear Stearns a 'reasonable risk': JPMorgan

... constituencies based upon the current circumstances," he added. The development however, has not allayed ratings agency Fitch Ratings, which proceeded to downgrade the outstanding credit ratings of Bear Stearns. Fitch said 2008 will be particularly challenging ...

ASF to overhaul issuer disclosure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... and guidance for its members. "What we are aiming to do is improve transparency and give investors better data." Fitch Ratings analyst Claire Heaton said it was a welcome move. She said issuers could improve transparency in a number of ways. "We would ...

Banks to brace for bumpier ride: Fitch

Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings predicts that the earnings growth of the country's largest banks will likely be 'moderate' this year compared to last year due to increased competition for the consumer dollar and lesser housing finance deals. "For ...

Asia-Pacific buyouts build a head full of steam: Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... tails of a worldwide trend, leveraged buyout activity in the Asia-Pacific region is rising rapidly, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch noted that compared to the leveraged buyout plays in the US and Europe the Asia-Pacific is still in its infancy, though ...

Borat movie and bank credit demand push Kazakhstan centre stage

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... credit growth. But in a special report, Kazakhstani Banking System and Prudential Regulations: The Risks of Growth, Fitch Ratings said increasing reliance on foreign funding to fund this growth could pose significant risks for the sector. Dmitri Angarov ...

US slowdown won't hurt China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
Fitch Ratings is optimistic China's economic growth will be unaffected by slowing US growth. James McCormack, head of Asia sovereigns at Fitch ratings, told the Global Structured Finance Conference 2006 Asia, being held in Beijing this week, that a ...

Derivative Fitch rates structured products

Fitch Ratings has launched what it claims is the first ratings agency specialising in the global credit derivatives market, which is fast approaching the $44 trillion (US$33 trillion) mark thanks to the rising demand for structure products. The new ...