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S&P affirms Tower ratings, upgrades outlook.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) have upgraded its outlook guidance on all rated Tower entities to stable from negative, S&P said today. "Tower's outlook change reflects the return to profitability in the past two halves and the steady progress ...

Fitch assigns senior unsecured rating of A-minus to PBL

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
... Broadcasting is likely to continue to make "bolt on" style investments or acquisitions, according to international rating agency Fitch. Fitch today assigned a senior unsecured rating of A-minus to media and entertainment company PBL, which recently made ...

S&P to monitor APRA probe into Zurich

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2004
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today it was monitoring the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) formal review of certain past reinsurance arrangements made by Zurich Australian Insurance. APRA confirmed on Tuesday that it was investigating ...

Standard & Poor's appoints new head of fund services

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
International ratings agency Standard & Poor\'s on Friday announced that it has appointed Mark Hoven as head of its fund services business in Australia and New Zealand. Mr Hoven replaces David Collins, who has been appointed to a chief compliance officer ...

Cayman Islands insurer banned from trading after ASIC action

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
... the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Supreme Court of NSW found Triton Underwriting Insurance Agency and Trans Pacific Insurance Corporation, an insurer registered in the Cayman Islands, had traded between August 2002 and ...

S&P says winds blowing in favour of Aust life insurers

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
A report by ratings agency Standard & Poor's has underlined the view that times are good for Australian life insurers. The operating environment for the life insurers has improved since investment markets began to kick higher in early 2003. S&P said ...

Fitch: investment properties more risky than owner-occupied

... for investment properties were more risky in an economic downturn than loans for owner-occupied properties. The ratings agency said loans for investment properties had a higher probability of default in an economic downturn, as borrowers would fight ...

Fitch says Aust RMBS delinquencies on the rise

... with past trends, due to the lagged effects of increased consumer spending over the Christmas holiday period. However, the agency said the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate increases late last year may have also contribute to the rise in reported ...

Ratings Blow to AMP Capital Investors

Ratings agency Assirt Research has placed 10 separate AMP Capital Investor's funds "on hold" following the departure of three key personal from the group's Australian equities team. Management at AMP Capital Investor's also indicated to Assirt that ...

Rentenbank prices $150 mln increase to June 2011 issue

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has today priced a $A150 million increase to its existing June 2011 Kangaroo bond issue. The increase was priced at a re-offer spread of 41 basis points over the June 2011 Australian ...