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Press releases regarding credit rating updates 3. Financial News Websites Financial news websites and platforms frequently report on company credit ratings, especially for large or publicly traded companies. Some popular sources include: Bloomberg Reuters Yahoo Finance MarketWatch 4. Stock Exchange...
The article reports that European leaders are planning to revoke the licences of the country's major rating agencies including Moody's Investors Service Inc., Standard & Poor's Corp., and Fitch Ratings Ltd. It is believed that these agencies failed to forsee the ongoing tough economic ...
The simplicity of the DTS allows for a wide application. As it provides a single measurement, this method can be used to compare the exposure to the credit spreads of different types of credit assets – regardless of rating or maturity, for instance. It can also be used to compare the ris...
Source: Bloomberg, Standard Chartered.US and France 10Y government bond yield changes; 0 denotes the day of the rating downgrade. Nowhere else to turn Following the US rating downgrade, some of the most common questions we received were whether it would force institutional investors (pension funds...
Credit spreads tightened Friday with the Bloomberg Barclays index at 147 bps Friday versus 148 bps Thursday. U.S. corporate bond update: issuance may remain healthy this week For the year ahead, the Research team forecasts modest gains in equities and credit, a weaker dollar, widening credit sp...
Some background:AT1s belong to a type of bank capital known as “contingent convertibles.” They are popular with institutional investors because they often offer a higher yield than other bank debt and corporate bonds with a similar rating. However, their “convertible” nature means they ca...
Anderson’s credit rating meant he was turned down by two commercial lenders. By chance, he saw an advert for Glasgow-based community lender Scotcash on television and, to his relief, was approved for a £100 loan. He is deeply appreciative. “They bent over backwards to help me,” he...
Callen, Livnat and Segal (2007) note that although the CDS premium is related to credit ratings issued by the rating agencies, rather wide variation in CDS spreads are observed for firms having a given rating. Following the recent subprime debacle, rating agencies have come under much scrutiny...
A rating of BBB and above is deemed investment grade—the safest sort of investment. Ratings below that are considered speculative, having a greater degree of risk. The chart below displays S&P's rating system for short-term debt—bills, loans, and other obligations with a maturity of one ye...