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Southcorp chief denies sale rumours; S&P downgrades credit rating

... decrease of 10 per cent on 2002. Yesterday Standard & Poor's ratings service lowered the wine industry giant's credit rating from BBB/A-3 to BB+/B. "S&P's release refers to the potential for asset write-downs at the end of the 2003 financial year," Southcorp ...

Southcorp's S&P credit rating lowered to BB+/B

Ratings Service Standard & Poor's has lowered wine industry giant Southcorp's credit rating from BBB/A-3 to BB+/B it has announced. "S&P's release refers to the potential for asset write-downs at the end of the 2003 financial year," Southcorp said. ...

Qantas raises US$450 million (A$681.81m) senior unsecured debt

... priced at 187.5 basis points over the 10 year U.S. benchmark treasury bond and was rated Baa1 by Moody's Investor Services and BBB+ by Standard & Poor's, Qantas said.Gregg said there was strong investor demand for the offering - distributed to US, European ...

Standard & Poors lowers Tower ratings

... financial strength and long-term counterparty credit ratings on various Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries of Tower Ltd to BBB-plus from A-minus. It also has removed these ratings from CreditWatch. In addition, the BBB-minus long-term and A-3 short-term ...

S&P leaves AMP and Investa ratings unchanged

... AMP's announcement of an agreement to sell its $222 million rural loan portfolio in New Zealand to Rabobank. AMP Bank is rated BBB-plus long-term, negative outlook and A2 short-term by S&P. S&P said the ratings on AMP Bank are helped by explicit support ...

S&P downgrades AMP Group Holdings' rating to BBB+

Standard & Poor's has downgraded AMP Group Holdings Limited - the guarantor of the AMP Income Securities - to BBB+ from A-, and removed it from CreditWatch. The AMP Income Securities rating has also been lowered, to BBB- from BBB. These downgrades follow ...

Standard & Poor's downgrades AMP's financial operations

... business units in the wake of its proposed demerger. AMP Life has been lowered to A+ from AA-; AMP Group Holdings and AMP Bank to BBB+ from A-; Pearl Assurance and National Provident Life Ltd (NPLL) to BBB from BBB+; and NPI Ltd to BBB+ from A. The outlook ...