Bond issuer upgrades look set to increase
Bond issuers poised for a credit-rating upgrade have exceeded the 12-month average for the first time in two years, according to Standard & Poor's in a report that signals improvements in the global economy.The ratings agency said 174 global iss ... [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 17:48:20
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Fitch: EMEA/ASIAPAC Corporate Treasurers Reviewing Liquid Asset Policies
In Fitch’s second annual survey of Corporate Treasury Policies, ... with, and keeping a far more active watch on the credit quality of those counterparties than ... issuers. A total 78% of respondents in developed markets use criteria which includes credit ratings [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 07:18:40
Credit Card Laws and Court Rulings–Have They Helped Consumers?
This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com . Congress passed the Credit CARD Act in May but gave issuers and banks almost one year to implement the major provisions of the bill. Since then, issuers did exactly what they threatened to do–raise rates and fees on a broad group of cardholders. Consumers and elected officials are not happy about this, and members of Congress plan to introduce a bill to accelerate the effective date of the bill from February 22, 2010 to December 1, 2009. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-25 19:18:38
Failure to Govern
From Mina Kimes at Fortune: Experts are divided over whether the municipal default rate, which is historically just 0 ... by much, but he argues that the credit stress facing issuers is an overriding concern to investors ... , according to data from Thomson Reuters… The market for municipal credit protection has “quite literally [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:00:30
DEBT DEFAULTS
DEBT DEFAULTS With the performance of the stock market over 2008, ... interest-bearing investments are safer, there are still risks. A report entitled “Default and Recovery Rates of Canadian Corporate Issuers, 1989-2007” was published last year by Moody’s Credit Research [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 15:04:18
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