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Macquarie gets Zenith approval

... 'Recommended' rating, which it said is subject to the collateralised debt obligation (CDO) product achieving a credit rating of BBB or higher from Standard & Poor's. Zenith said the CDO backed Notes were "another cleverly constructed financial vehicle ...

S&P assigns ratings to Members Equity

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its BBB-minus long-term and A3 short-term counterparty credit ratings to Members Equity. The outlook is stable. S&P said the ratings reflect Members Equity's sound and developing business profile, its ...

CommSec launches company stress test for investors

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
... most highly stressed companies, mainly due to the negative outlook placed on it by ratings agency Standard & Poor's. With a BBB+ rating and a negative outlook, Qantas stands at over six per cent on the FSI, well above Origin Energy Ltd, which is also ...

S&P lowers Lumley Life rating to BBB

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... Standard & Poor's said today that it lowered the insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Lumley Life Ltd to BBB from A and removed the ratings from credit watch with developing implications. The rating outlook is now stable. The ...

S&P lowers Lend Lease rating to BBB

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today that it lowered the long-term corporate credit rating on Lend Lease Corp Ltd to BBB from A-minus. S&P also removed the rating from creditwatch with negative implications, where it was placed on Jan. 23, 2003. ...

S&P reduces Carter Holt rating to A-3

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2003
... 50.46 per cent shareholder International Paper's corporate credit rating. International Paper's credit rating was affirmed at BBB but its outlook was revised from stable to negative, Carter Holt Harvey said in a statement to the New Zealand Exchange. ...

S&P says Coles result has no impact on ratings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2003
... excludes the earnings and cost impact of the Shell petrol transaction, which commenced post year-end 2003." Coles Myer is rated BBB long-term with stable outlook and A2 short-term by S&P. -

Fitch affirms Bank of Queensland ratings

Fitch Ratings has today affirmed its ratings of Bank of Queensland (BoQ) at long-term BBB and short-term F2, following the announcement that the bank is to acquire UFJ Finance Australia Limited for around $13 million. The outlook is stable. In addition ...

S&P places BBB-plus ratings on Deutsche MTN program

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's has placed its BBB-plus ratings on Deutsche Office Trust's (DOT) medium-term note (MTN) program and outstanding debt issues on CreditWatch with positive implications. At the same time, the corporate credit ...

Holcim Finance prices $260 million MTN

Holcim Finance Australia today priced the Australian bond market's largest ever BBB-plus debt issue in its debut offering to the local market. The two tranche $260 million medium term note (MTN) offering was oversubscribed with both domestic and offshore ...