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Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... its credit ratings by the three major credit ratings agencies -- Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October) - last year to investment grade. It's gonna get even better. In just a year and a bit (8 May), Standard & Poor's ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... StarBiz news service that he didn't see ARC competing directly with the big three of Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investor Services because ARC not being US-centric means it could provide a differentiated service. He said this includes ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... Currently, Turkey is rated BB+ ("highest speculative grade") by Standard & Poor's, BAA3 ("subject to moderate credit risk") by Moody's and BBB- ("good credit quality") by Fitch. I bet many would disagree with me on this but I have always admired then ...

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... credit ratings upgrade to investment grade earlier this year by Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October)....Not the weather though. Like the devastation it wrought on Filipino lives, property and infrastructure, super ...

The missing link

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013

ME Bank wins A3 rating on super fund backing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
ME Bank, which was started by industry super funds, has been assigned an A3 rating by Moody's. The rating is a result of ME Bank's focus on providing low-risk residential mortgages to its members. "While it is a small bank in the Australian context ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... March is particularly discouraging given the inevitable impact on the economy from the sequester," said Sophia Koropeckyj of Moody's Analytics. "However, the recovery is on much better footing this year than in the last few springs and the recovery in ...